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Whoops

You’re about to cut the next wire, when the plastic grip of the wire cutter slips out of your palm. It hits the inside of the bomb with a metal clank. “Whoops,” you say to yourself. “Well, that’s why they put erasers on pencils. After all, pobody’s nerfect. I get knocked down, but I get […]

Green and Purple Wires

You cut the purple wire. The countdown clock ticks 5… 4… 3… 2… 1… The bomb beeps rapidly and then… silence. And then an EXPLOSION! KA-BOOM! You use your primary superpower – the ability to contain and neutralize the energy released from explosions – to contain and neutralize the energy released from this explosion. However, […]

Green and Yellow Wires

You cut the yellow wire. The countdown clock ticks 5… 4… 3… 2… 1… The bomb beeps rapidly and then… silence. And then an EXPLOSION! KA-BOOM! Confetti and DVDs burst out from the bomb, like a Blockbuster Video getting demolished with dynamite! You pick up one of the DVDs and it’s labeled, “Puppeteer – Academy […]

Orange and Purple Wires

You cut the purple wire. The countdown clock ticks 5… 4… 3… 2… 1… The bomb beeps rapidly and then… silence. And then an EXPLOSION! KA-BOOM! Confetti and wax lips blast out from the bomb, like a nightmare piñata! The bomb releases hundreds of packets of the unloved wax candy into the surrounding crowd. “Haven’t […]

Orange and Yellow Wires

You cut the yellow wire. The countdown clock ticks 5… 4… 3… 2… …and then it stops, dramatically. One of the googly eyes peels off the bomb and limply hits the pavement. Crisis averted. “Noooo!” screams The Unlikeable Puppeteer, who takes off his very inconspicuous trench coat and wide-brimmed fedora and runs from the crowd. […]