Decked For Awesome

by THX 0477

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The sunlight was glaring and assaulted my eyes as I burst through the front doors of the delapidated hotel. A long night of ducking into shadows and tense showdowns had left them bloodshot and aching. My vision was so impaired I had to stop at the sidewalk, but it seemed a good time to check myself for blood stains.

I realized carrying the old revolver with the broken handle, though necesary and even helpful last night, was not going to go unnoticed on the L.A. strip. Poor thing probably wouldn’t have fired anyway, not when Dr. Keiger had confronted me about the dossier, not when Liz had told me of her affair, and probably not now when I’d have just as soon turned it on myself.

Some oblivious surfer bum, sun-bleached hair and tanned skin said enthusiasticly to me while admiring the vista of palm trees and glistening sand, “Dude, is it not a most awesome of awesome days?” He was so content, so happy just to be alive.

That’s when I decked him. Some people should learn to keep their mouths shut.

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Average Reader Rating: 5.0 stars out of 5

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    Eckhouse's Buddy Icon Eckhouse

    Posted 2 months ago

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    Decking people for being annoyingly enthusiastic is made of awesome.

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    Kermitgorf's Buddy Icon Kermitgorf

    Posted 2 months ago

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    man he sure has a chip on his shoulders. hates happiness.. great story.

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    Geek Mythology's Buddy Icon Geek Mythology

    Posted 2 months ago

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    The way this goes from chilling noir to beating up hapy go lucky surfers is just, well, awesome!!

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    paper flowers' Buddy Icon paper flowers

    Posted 2 months ago

    Nice…I’ll bet surfer dude’s not too happy anymore.
    Awesome story
    LoA

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    Blusparrow's Buddy Icon Blusparrow

    Posted 2 months ago

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    hehehe! You go around being to happy and you’re looking to be decked. lol

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    The Dod's Buddy Icon The Dod

    Posted 2 months ago

    Ever tried decking a beach bum in real life? My strategy is to hit them where it hurts: grab their girlfriends and run. The only problem is where to store all those girlfriends, but we have jungles here. Muhahahaha

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