The war. It changed everything. One second we ruled. The next second, nobody ruled. Chaos and anarchy reigned every moment. The world was never quite the same. We emerged from the underground bunkers, completely confused. The escalation of retaliation caused us to move underground. But we were never completely comfortable underground; it was awful. I think a lot of it was Marvin's fault, the jerk. He had us convinced that our cause was all that really mattered. Strange to see the world crushed by the weight of a stupid cause. _How_ did Marvin convince us that the world would be better off without _clowns_? We didn't realize that if they didn't _internalize_ our struggles, we would suffer mass chaos. We didn't realize that without the _laughs_ clowns provided us the world would go completely insane. If we had _known_, we would have never attacked the clown annex in Waco, their _last_ resort. We emerged from the bunker, realizing the world had fallen apart, and knowing it was _completely_ our fault. 2008-04-22T01:23:54Z http://ficlets.com/feed/story/28177 <p>Hilarious! Everything has its place, even clowns.<br />LoA</p> http://ficlets.com/stories/28177?basename=57957 2008-04-22T01:23:54Z Mistress Elsha Hawk http://ficlets.com/authors/mistress_elsha_hawk <p>It definitely had that &#8220;I&#8217;ve spent ages thinking about this&#8221; feel to it, which is great. :D</p> http://ficlets.com/stories/28177?basename=57886 2008-04-21T21:27:40Z Fyora Cartagan http://ficlets.com/authors/fyoramacragge <p>Geez!</p> <p>This is great!</p> <p>But why would anyone wage war against clowns???</p> <p>Sure, they&#8217;re creepy looking, but the children <em>love them</em>!</p> <p>Lovely job!</p> <p>LoA</p> http://ficlets.com/stories/28177?basename=57853 2008-04-21T19:27:08Z OrangeOreos http://ficlets.com/authors/orangeoreos <p>Great use of the challenge to tell a bizarre, bizarre story. Couldn&#8217;t even really pick up on the one additional word thing by the fourth or fifth sentence.<br />LoA</p> http://ficlets.com/stories/28177?basename=57807 2008-04-21T15:03:29Z THX 0477 http://ficlets.com/authors/thx_0477 <p>Great entry! This one really made me LOL . Imagine a world without clowns&#8230; how sad ;-D</p> http://ficlets.com/stories/28177?basename=57788 2008-04-21T05:58:47Z Ridcully Calvert http://ficlets.com/authors/user_joon