Fiction Fragment Friday
I had an idea for telling a story through witness statements. I wanted to play with the concepts of people being poor witnesses and conflicting statements without anyone actually lying. I hoped to come up with a deep world building story. Then I sat down to write and this came out. It is not at all the impactful story I hoped for. Not every experiment in story telling works. Hopefully this is still something you all can enjoy.
Witness Statement #1
Name: Sarah Thompson
Age: 38
Occupation: Elementary School Teacher
Date: Friday July 12, 2024
Time: 9:45pm
Statement:
“Sure I saw what happened. I was just heading back to my car after buying classroom supplies. You know they make us buy our own supplies, right? There is so much they don’t tell you when you say you want to become a teacher. What was that? Oh right, the incident. Well like I was saying I was in the Walmart parking lot heading back to my car when it happened. There was a loud explosion right over there and when I looked up a car was spinning through the air at me. I thought I was about to die when suddenly Ricochet leapt in front of me and caught the car. He tossed it right back at that Big Foot saying, ‘You dropped this.’”
Witness Statement #2
Name: Jacob Harris
Age: 43
Occupation: Declined answering pleading the 5th.
Date: Friday July 12, 2024
Time: 9:50pm
Statement:
“Now you might think I’m crazy for saying it, but I know what I saw. It was aliens. They came here to rob our Walmart, steal our cattle, and probe our butts. Really what is up with that. Why they gotta be so obsessed with the butt? Well, they ain’t getting in mine that’s for sure. This time though I didn’t even have to pull my gun cause one of those brightly colored superhero types came jumping off the roof and took the fight right to that probing bastard.”
Witness Statement #3
Name: Emily Davis
Age: 27
Occupation: Graphic Designer
Date: Friday July 12, 2024
Time: 9:55pm
Statement:
“I was just pulling out of my parking spot when this big furry thing jumped out of nowhere behind my car. It had to be a good ten feet tall. I did not hit it though I swear. Whatever it was it grabbed my car. I jumped out when he lifted it up into the air. The thing just swung it back and forth smashing my car into the ground until it exploded. I could smell burnt fur. Not sure what happened after that because I was too busy running for my life. I’m pretty sure one of the heroes saved me. I bet it was Cobalt. He’s my favorite.”
Witness Statement #4
Name: Miguel Garcia
Age: 32
Occupation: Government Employee
Date: Friday July 12, 2024
Time: 9:57pm
Statement:
“Let the record reflect that this was a simple gas leak ignited by a smoker. There was no creature or superhuman interference.”
Witness Statement #5
Name: Amanda Rodríguez
Age: 35
Occupation: Private Security
Date: Friday July 12, 2024
Time: 10:01pm
Statement:
“A gray Honda Civic backed into the supervillain Honey Badger. He took Umbridge to this and proceeded to rampage through the Walmart parking lot. I could have brought the situation under control, but as soon as I went to act that idiot Ricochet bounced in and started taunting him. If you may recall those two have a bit of a history. This further angered the supervillain causing him to throw cars at the so-called hero. I tried to intervene and deescalate the situation, but by that time it was too late. We’re just lucky no one was killed. You people need to do your jobs and get those damned vigilantes off the street.”
Witness Statement #6
Name: Ricochet
Age: unknown
Occupation: Superhero
Date: Friday July 12, 2024
Time: 10:02pm
Statement:
“Owww. Hey hands off the mask. What a statement? Sure thing. Stay in school kids and don’t do the drugs. Oh and there’s new merch on my site so ask your parents to order it for your birthdays. Wait, you aren’t a reporter? This isn’t going on the news? No comment then. Gotta bounce.”
Witness Statement #7
Name: Lester (Last Name Withheld)
Age: unknown
Occupation: Guy in the chair? No wait Technical consultant
Date: Friday July 12, 2024
Time: 10:03pm
Statement:
“Oh, yeah, I totally saw it all. That supervillain Honey Badger got hit by a car an was all like RAWR and started smashing things. Then Ricochet showed up and started saving people. This woman came in with a gun and started shooting. I mean come on everyone knows that Honey Badger is bulletproof. After she got sent flying back Ric managed to rip a powerline free an electrocute Honey Badger with it. Guy went down like a rock. He totally saved us all with hardly any property damage. I mean sure power went out around here, but that’s a small price to pay right?”
Witness Statement #8
Name: Amanda Taylor
Age: 19
Occupation: College Student
Date: Friday July 12, 2024
Time: 10:04pm
Statement:
“You know what today is? It’s shut your mouth Friday. I don’t talk to the po-po about nothing. Go hassle someone else.”
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