2nd January 2025 Writings

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Excerpt from: Daria’s Rugrats
Lou was exasperated. All this new stuff Stu and Didi were into was stuff he didn’t really understand. What he knew was that he had raised Drew and Stu well despite being old fashioned. He saw that Spike was hungry and grabbed some dog food for him and put it in his bowl. He then looked at where Daria was observing the chaos from the couch. ‘They have done well with her despite the nonsense,’ he thought.


The babies and Angelica went up to the dog food and all ate some of it. Only Phil liked the taste. “You know, I kind of like the taste.”

“When’s this stuff start working anyway?” Angelica asked.

“Maybe it takes a while,” Chuckie said.

“Wait a minute! I feel something,” Tommy said. “Woof Woof Woof.”


Daria looked as the babies and Angelica played around pretending to be dogs. ‘The usual antics,’ she thought. ‘At least the party wasn’t a total disaster.’


Words: 158


Excerpt from: Mysteries of Aurora
‘But a small amount, surely.’ She continued listened, and then paused. ‘Wait! What are the statistics for how many records from that era have been lost?’ She was sure that would be important. ‘But where would I find that information?’ She suspected that would a long term investigation.


After spending some time at the café, Freya and Alexia went down into the gallery.

Words: 63


Excerpt from: Interdimensional adventures
It was a half hour later when they saw a boat approaching. They saw that it was Claudia driving it. She docked next to the platform and disembarked.

Words: 28


Excerpt from: Spider Quinn
“We took him to the Historia,” Quinn began before adding that they talked and that she had noticed the scars.


“…And then he wielded the gun and we ran,” Daria concluded.

“It’s definitely very concerning,” Peterson said. “We’ll be very careful. You two stay on the street side of the hedge.” She looked at Helen. ‘I don’t know how much she knows about her daughters’ activities. I suspect that she doesn’t know.’


Helen followed Xanthe to the front door. ‘These people definitely have something to hide,’ she thought.

Xanthe knocked on the door. “Mrs. Morris?”

The teen’s mother came to the door. “Oh!”

“I'm sorry to disturb you, but I'd like to speak to your son,” Xanthe said.

“I’m afraid that is not possible,” the mother said.

“Where is he?” Quinn said, having crept forwards to behind a tree in the yard.

“Quinn, let the officer deal with this,” Helen said.

“He’s not in any trouble,” Xanthe said.

The father came up behind his wife. “Look, I don't know what the hell's going on here sheriff, but our son is dead.”

“He died in the lake eight years ago,” the mother said.

“We just met him last night!” Daria, who had come forwards next to Quinn, said in her usual tone.

“My daughters say that you threatened them!” Helen said.

“I've never seen these kids before in my life. Look, it's taken all these years to get past this, and then you show up and pull a prank like this. What kind of parent would raise a child to do a wicked thing like that?” the father said.


Daria knew the father was lying, but kept her tongue still. She knew that she could make it more difficult. ‘They’re hiding him somewhere.’


“We’re awfully sorry. Look, Helen, we need to go,” Xanthe said.

The mother closed the door.


They walked away. “They’re lying,” Daria said.

“We saw him go into that house,” Quinn said.

“This is a very awkward situation,” Xanthe said, looking at all three of them.

“If he is in trouble, I don’t want it on our conscience,” Helen said. “We have enough to deal with, with grief and everything else.”

“I will get a warrant,” Xanthe said. “You can depend on that.”


Quinn thought about it as she, Daria and their mother walked back to the car. ‘SpiderGirl and Ninja Talon are going to investigate further after school,’ she thought.

“You should have stayed put, but I’m proud of you,” her mother said. “It’s that I don’t want to lose either of you too.”

“We’re being careful,” Daria said.

Words: 432


Total: 691