[ Episode 3 - Snapshot Showdown ]

Silver Spoon's POV

" EVERYONE GATHER OVER HERE! "

MePhone4 yelled, thus myself and all the others gathered around him, this got to be important, If he's here to waste my time, I'm going to go insane. 

MePhone4: " Welcome everyone to the grand opening of the PIC-NIX TABLES! "

MePhone4 proudly shows the table, pointing at it. Everyone looked at table and exchanged confused looks. This. is. SO absurd. I have NO idea why MePhone4 looked cheery over this dumb tacky blue table.

The Floor: " Uh...you mean "picnic tables"...right-? "
MePhone4: " Actually, I don't! I designed these tables to generate ANY food you pick! And if you change your mind about your choice...you can always NIX it! So.. Pic-Nix! "
Nickel: " Uh, is it too late to nix this whole idea? "
MePhone4: Keep it up and you'll be... "
"BANNED FOR LIFE.."
"..now if you'll excuse me, I'm going to pick a double chocolate chip cookie."

We watched MePhone4 generate a regular chocolate chip cookie. Most of us were amazed at it, ..hm maybe I was wrong about this table.

MePhone4: " Triple! "

MePhone4 generates the cookie with added chocolate chip.

MePhone4: " Like to dream big. "
Cabby: " Well, this seems like a fun place to both eat AND converse! Let me order for the table... Fudge Sundae for Goo. Matzo Ball Soup for Clover. Chocolate Cake with.. "

Here goes Miss-know-it all racketing about, I ABSOLUTELY despise her, sometimes I question myself.. where does she even get that information from?

Test Tube: "...Oh, I'm good! Heh, y'know I can think for myself. You've sure learned a lot from those files, huh? "

Cabby: " And you're all truly welcome to view any of them IF you ask! I only ever wanted them to help us! "

Mhm, yep I can tell she is UP to NO good with that last word.

Goo:  " Ooh! So can I borrow your file on pine cones? "

Cabby: " Sure thing Goo! ..May I ask why? "

Goo: " Mm... do you think I could give you an answer that would make you change your mind? "

Cabby opens her own cabinet and takes her file about pine cones.

Cabby: " Hooopefully nooot? "
Goo: " I better play it safe then. THANK YOU! "

Cabby drops her file to Goo whilst I instantly notice 2 photographers watching the whole scene, SINCE WHEN MEPHONE4 HIRED PHOTOGRAPHERS!? THIS IS OUTRAGEOUS! I hid behind the pic-nix table in fear of them, I wasn't prepared for a "photo shoot".

" B-EW! MePhone! Next time WARN us before you hire photographers! "
MePhone4: What? I don't hire anyone anymore!

MePhone4 turns around and sees Camera 1 and Camera 2.

Camera 1: " Oh! Just pretend we're not even here.  "
MePhone4: " We don't have to pretend if you leave!  "
Camera 2: " Oh of course. Do you think you can answer a few questions first?  "

Camera 1: " Like, why are you doing 2 seasons at once.. "
 " How is Bow alive..? "

... I'm not CERTAINLY sure I heard that correctly but ARE THEY SAYING this BOW person is DEAD the whole time!? B-EW! surely can't believe we have an UNDEAD contestant participating in this season.

 " ..Is there even a pri- "

MePhone4: " It's Snack Time! Can't a GUY just enjoy the food he worked so hard to instantly generate in peace? "

Jeez, this is HIS chance to actually be well known with the paparazzi, I would NEVER turn down an opportunity like THAT. I saw a flash from those cameras, snapping a photo of MePhone4.

Camera 2: " Fine, if that's how you want to play it, then we got what we needed. "

Both of the cameras walked away, I sighed in relief.

MePhone4: " Nice! I'm glad that's the last we heard of them. "

MePhone4 receives a popup notification on his screen stating:
[ You were mentioned in an article. ]
Crazed host opens food stands to distract

MePhone4: " Ooh! Notoriety! "

MePhone4 scrolls down the article about himself titled, ' THE TRUTH BEHIND " MEPHONE4 " '

MePhone4: " ..Well, they're right so far. "

MePhone4 goes to the bottom of his article by then seeing an " inappropriate " image of himself.

MePhone4: " AHH! This picture of me... it's... it's... "
Balloon: " It's okay, MePhone4. Trust me, I know how it feels to come off bad on camera. But you can't let it get to you- "

MePhone4 shows the image of himself to Balloon:

Balloon: " OH GOSH! There's no coming back from that! I can't unsee it! I'm SO SORRY! "

I-I-ITS HIDEOUS! everyone else was shocked, even I was too. I can't even unsee it anymore- Clover instantly fainted and squashed Bow, I had to witness that. Balloon started crying and runs away, I turned back to MePhone4 fuming with anger.

MePhone4: " That's it, NIX this party! I'm starting the next challenge immediately! After the intro! "

[ insert Inanimate Insanity Invitational Intro ]

https://youtu.be/YtwDnCra3tA

MePhone4: " Well done as that intro is, it did NOTHING for my mood. Since I don't know how else to deal with the embarrassing thing that just happened to me, I've decided to make a photography-based challenge.. you have to snap pictures that make someone from one of the other team look " bad! " Take as many photos of the other team members as you want, but EACH team can only present ONE! "

MePhone4 shows the shelf where the cameras were placed.

MePhone4: " Retrieve your cameras from this shelf. Whichever team looks the most humiliating loses. "
OJ: " Shouldn't be too hard. "

OJ looks at us as IF I would humiliate myself.

" ..Let's just try to not look stupid for the next, I dunno, several minutes or so? " he would chuckle.

MePhone4: " Well actually, this challenge will last 24 hours. Starting NOW! " he would set his alarm to 24 hours.

HUH!? N-NOW!?

Paintbrush, OJ, Cabby and Test Tube: " WHAT?! "

MePhone4: " Happy PICTURE Day! "

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Candle's POV

Hour ONE

I sneakily went into the Calm-Down-Cabana due to the commotion outside with the other objects. 

" We all raced for the cameras as fast as we could. Just thinking about the speed of it all... makes me shudder. "

I sighed as I headed out of the Calm-Down-Cabana as I embraced the chaos outside, It felt like a volcano erupting as the lava rushes down from the top to the bottom. A camera was flung and landed in front of my feet, I picked it up as Silver Spoon rushed and hid behind me.

Silver Spoon: " Where are The Sinkers? Is it safe for me to show my face again? "

*Giggle* typical Silver Spoon. I told him that no one was here to snap a photo of him and he seemed to calm down. I can feel he was terrified still so I motioned my hand next to him and held it. I saw him blush a bit, not expecting that. I could feel a strong aura from him, I can't really tell what it was. I softly giggled and stared at him until OJ said ran to us and said something.

OJ: " GUYS! Lifering just grabbed all his teammates and sprinted out of here! He pointed at the forest. "
Paintbrush: " Wait... I don't think they have a SINGLE camera. Which means, if they want ANY chance at winning, they'll need to come back here. And when they'll do...- "

OJ interrupts Paintbrush AGAIN.

OJ:  " We'll be ready... " He'd put on a serious, deep voice which made Silver Spoon shudder a bit

I just realized Floory wasn't here with the rest of us, he's probably at the Calm-Down-Cabana.

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Hour FIVE 
[ Yes I skipped a few hours ]

It's been a few hours into the challenge, and our team is currently brainstorming on how do we get through and win the challenge.

Paintbrush: " There must be something we can do. How are we gonna last 24 hours WITHOUT sleeping!?  "
OJ: " Heh, that's hotel manager life for you! WOOO! Keepin' us up and keepin' us together!  "

The Floor teleports behind OJ and Paintbrush.

The Floor: " HEY! "

Both OJ and Paintbrush shrieked.

The Floor: " I know The Sinkers' plan! They're gonna try to scare us all!  "

Paintbrush: " Geez, you sure that wasn't YOUR plan? How do you know?  "

The Floor: " Because I was there! I was trying again to achieve my dream of having a confessional.."

Floory's flashback starts:

Tea Kettle [ speaking in the background ]: Gotta say, Lifering scared me with the raft idea first, but now, *laughs* it's gonna scare EVERYONE! *sinister laughter*

[ spoken ] "..But Tea Kettle was already doing one. You can't see me from that angle, but I'm definitely there. "

Floory's flashback ends.

Silver Spoon: " You heard The Floor. We must remain ever-vigilant! Notice any spooks, anyone? "

I turned to look at the shelf filled with a few cameras, only to notice ONE missing.

" I do sense that something is.. missing. "

Silver Spoon: " A camera gone?! How did we miss that? They must be right here! I'm not polished, I-I can't get my picture taken today! I can't! I... I... WON'T. "

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Hour TEN

Silver Spoon's POV

Ten hours had passed. I STILL haven't got a SINGLE embarrassing photo of ANYONE yet, this must be MY chance.

" Where are you... Sinkers? Oh-ho-ho! " I said while hiding behind a rock.

The Floor: " They should have been here by now. Maybe they changed their strategy."
Paintbrush: " Why would they do that? "

The Floor: " Well, to be FAIR... "

Floory's flashback starts again:

Tea Kettle [ speaking in the background ]: "...It's gonna scare EVERYONE! *sinister laughter* 

Tea Kettle was about to head out of the Calm-Down-Cabana when she accidentally steps on Floory.

The Floor: " Ouch! "

Tea Kettle: " What are YOU doing here? You didn't hear that, did you? Shoot! "

Floory's flashback ends.

I frowned, HE COULD HAVE SAID IT EARLIER, WE DID ALL OF THIS FOR NOTHING. Gosh..

Paintbrush: " FEELS LIKE THAT WAS IMPORTANT TO MENTION BEFORE! "

Yin-Yang runs back to our team nervously. 

Yin [ In Yin-Yang ]: " Look out! They made plans! "

We all eavesdropped on their "meeting", they were already making PLANS on who to target in OUR team, oh GOD.

Cabby with everyone in front of her and her board: " Alright, focus on your targets, everyone. OJ for Goo, Paintbrush for Bow, Candle for Test Tube, and... I think I'll have a Silver Spoon. "

I jolted, hearing my name.

" NO! I already hate the pictures I take of myself! The thought of anyone else taking my picture is ALL the worse! "

Test Tube: " Heh, just as scared as you said he'd be. " She said as her team GAZED at us. 

" Stop it! Come any closer... and I'll SHOOT! " 

 I turned back at Yin-Yang and Candle who looked really frightened.

Cabby: " No you won't. I've read your file. You don't have it in you- "

I instantly snapped a photo of her, purposely interrupting her also oh-ho-ho! 

" You may have files, Cabby, but you never know what someone will do... UNDER PRESSURE! "

Cabby: " So, how do I look in the picture? " She said as she gave me that STUPID smug look on her FACE.

"Oh, ohh.."
I take a look at the photo I captured, AGH! IT WASN'T HUMILIATING ENOUGH. 
"..reeeallly bad... you- you do not want to know... mmmm.."

I saw a quick flash as I looked up, still Cabby with that STUPID creepy SMILE look. I am now agitated by this response given. 

"Oh! Very WELL, you want WAR? I'll give you ONE!"
I charged towards Cabby, screaming in vain.

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[ AUTHORS NOTE: HELLO EVERYONE, I'M BACK AGAIN. MATH EXAM WAS KIND OF HARD BUT I PASSED EITHER WAY I THINK, THIS CHAPTER TOOK A LONG TIME TO MAKE THAT I MAY HAVE TO DO A SECOND ONE DUE TO HOW LONG THE EPISODE AND THE TRANSCRIPT WERE, EITHER WAY, thank you, readers, for reading this book, I highly appreciate every one of you! bye for now !! ]

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Links :

Transcript: https://inanimateinsanity.fandom.com/wiki/Snapshot_Showdown/Transcript
Creator of this web series show: https://www.youtube.com/@AnimationEpic
Total Time: 2-6 hours [ I think ]
Word Count: 2038 words [ NEW RECORD FR ]

[ P.S I'm tired after writing this whole-ass chapter :sob: ]