Mad, Mad Words: The Ritual Part I

     Here's another story we wrote using a Mad Libs word list.  For more details about how we came up with our story, see our original Mad, Mad Words post.  I've included our list below.  Feel free to try writing a story of your own using them and let us know what you come up with, either by posting in the comments below or by emailing me at hathaway.amber@gmail.com.

Word list:
*Turnips
*Slap
*Hydrogen peroxide
*Bubbly
*Spilling
*Roque mallet
*Hotels
*Topiary
*Larynx
*Shields
*Suffocating
*Thermometers
*Ice Cube
*Chalk
*Staircase

     He finally arrived at his location, the enormous turnips towering over him like skyscrapers.  He slapped one of the turnips with his briefcase.  The briefcase began to hiss like hydrogen peroxide applied to a fresh wound.  A purple, bubbly liquid oozed out of it.  The liquid spilled over the ground, slowly consuming the earth it touched.

     The man reached into the bushes and pulled out a roque mallet.  The many hotels that he visited on his journey provided him ample supplies for the ritual which he was about to perform.  He glanced back at the topiary which had concealed his mallet.  He began to hum, what seemed like an impossibly loud tone resonating from his larynx.  He stepped back behind the shaped hedges, using them as shields.  A wave of panic washed over the strange man, cutting off his voice, suffocating him.  He had forgotten the thermometers.

     Large ice cubes began to form on the turnips.  He pulled the piece of chalk from the interior pocket of his suit and drew a ring on the pavement, enclosing himself inside it.  A loud rumbling sound penetrated his ears and the pavement shook as a staircase formed underneath his feet . . .