User blog:Lily8763cp/Random Story - Zombopolis Nature Channel

This one is half inspired by Gargologist coming this week and half inspired by some video parodying animal channel I find myself seeing over and over again.

This one isn't fully a story, but more of an episode on a TV show, so there's not really "plot". Though there is more plot at the end.

"Story"/Episode

 * *Zookeeper is tapping on a camera, then backs up so the camera is focusing on him. He's right out of a forest*
 * Zookeeper:Hello my fellow zombies! You are watching the Zombopolis Nature Channel! On this channel, I...
 * ???: *from behind the camera* Uh...I get that you JUST started this channel, but this is an episode. We should redo that.
 * Zookeeper: *groan* FINE! *taps the camera again* Ok...and...press record! *backs up again* Hello my fellow zombies! You are watching an episode of Zookeeper's Nature Trail! Part of the Zombopolis Nature Channel! Today, we'll be looking at some wonderful creatures of nature. Now, off to our first creature!
 * *A piece of paper is put in front of the camera, with the word "Chicken" on it*
 * *Scene cuts to a ranch in the Wild West area, Zookeeper is on the fence with Chicken Wrangler Zombie*
 * Zookeeper:Right now, we'll be talking about the wonderful chicken. With our expert right here, Chicken Wrangler Zombie!
 * Chicken Wrangler Zombie:Expert? Well...more like I raise them...
 * Zookeeper: *leans closer to Chicken Wrangler Zombie and yells at him* TELL THE PEOPLE AT HOME ABOUT THIS WONDERFUL CREATURE!
 * Chicken Wrangler Zombie:Oh! Right! Well, they are fast little rascals. And plants scare them, like so.
 * *Chicken Wrangler Zombie walks into the fence where 100 Zombie Chickens are clucking about. He then takes out a cardboard Lightning Reed and places it on the ground, and all the Zombie Chickens start clucking and flapping around*
 * Chicken Wrangler Zombie:They're pretty fragile.
 * Zookeeper:Less fragile than an Imp though.
 * Chicken Wrangler Zombie:Well, there has been chickens raised for battle. These aren't them.
 * ???: *from behind the camera* One more question sir.
 * Chicken Wrangler Zombie:Yes?
 * ???:Do you agree that chickens taste good?
 * Zookeeper:Oh no...
 * Chicken Wrangler Zombie:TASTE GOOD?!?!? ARE YOU MAD?!?!? *starts doing a "chicken dance" and clucking*
 * Zookeeper:Is this the mating call sir?
 * *Suddenly, all the Zombie Chickens start attacking Zookeeper, before lunging at the camera, causing it to static*
 * Zookeeper: *shouting and being attacked by some of the chickens, though the static makes this barely noticeable* OH CRANBERRIES! TURN THE CAMERA OFF! TURN IT OFF!
 * *The camera then changes to another piece of paper in front of it, with the word "Snail" on it. The paper is then thrown and it shows Zookeeper in an area around the Prehistoric Ages, his left eye is slightly twitching*
 * Zookeeper:My eye is still twitching...I...I mean! Welcome back people! Next, we'll be looking at a creature not getting the love and care it deserves. The snail! *A disgusting-looking snail is shown to be nearby, with it drooling* So majestic...*takes out binoculars* let's take a good look at it. *puts the binoculars on his face...the wrong way* Hmm...not the best way to see it, but maybe our cameraman can see it better?
 * ???: *sighs and turns the camera around to show the snail*
 * *The snail moves a tad...very slowly, and then barfs up some goop*
 * Zookeeper:Very underrated. I don't get why people dislike it. But, there's more to it! *takes out a jetpack* Let's just...*walks over to it, puts the jetpack on its shell, and ties a little rope** If properly armed, it's the perfect steed! Now to find a rider...
 * Random Jurassic Imp: *wearing orange clothing and has orange hair* Hi!
 * Zookeeper:PERFECT! *grabs the Jurassic Imp and places them on snail* There. Hold onto the ropes. *looks around* Now...*turns on the jetpack* time to watch it fly into battle.
 * *The snail and the Imp start flying frantically, with the Imp struggling to stay on, they get the hang of it...just to fly into a T-Rex's mouth*
 * Zookeeper: *looks shocked* ...and uh...that's the cycle of life people! *whistles and walks away slowly*
 * *A piece of paper is put in front of the camera, with the words "Deep Sea Gargantuar" on it*
 * *The scene "cuts" to Zookeeper in Big Wave Beach by the water, with Gargologist near him*
 * Zookeeper:Here we are, at Big Wave Beach! Studying the rare and fantastic creature known as the Deep Sea Gargantaur, with the help of professional Gargantuar researcher, Gargologist.
 * Gargologist:Pleasure to be helping you today. It's around this time they should come out of the water.
 * Zookeeper:To do what? To mate?
 * Gargologist:No, this is something they do this once every three months. It's a really pretty sight.
 * Zookeeper:Huh?
 * Gargologist: *grabs Zookeeper and they both hide behind a surfboard* Quiet, they're coming. And shorty, you should get over here too.
 * *The zombie holding the camera goes behind the surfboard too, and aims the camera towards the water*
 * Gargologist:Shh...they're coming!
 * *A ton of Deep Sea Gargantaurs start getting out of the water, shaking water off them as they leave the water, and start walking off the beach*
 * Zookeeper:We must follow them! *all three sneak around and record them*
 * *They keep following the Deep Sea Gargantuars, they arrive by the souvenir store, and see that all the Deep Sea Gargantuars walk in there*
 * Zookeeper:What are they doing?
 * Gargologist:They're going to get the newest issue of the Deep Sea Quarterly. By doing their Quarterly ritual.
 * Zookeeper: *whispers to the cameraman* Get in there and see what it is.
 * ???:What? *they get pushed into the store, where they see some of the Deep Sea Gargantaurs dance by waving their arms around, some smashing some shelves and one banging their stick against the counter*
 * Beach Flag Zombie:I get it! You guys want your magazines! *takes out a giant box full of them* Just take it! Don't destroy the shop!
 * Deep Sea Gargantuar: *smiles and grunts, then grabs the box and all the Deep Sea Gargantuars leave, and head back towards the sea*
 * *The camera man slowly follows them, with Gargologist and Zookeeper ahead of them, to see all the Deep Sea Gargantaurs go into the water, while the sun is setting*
 * Gargologist: *crying a bit* Isn't it beautiful?
 * Zookeeper: *staring at her with a confused look on his face* ...
 * *Cut to another piece of paper being put in front of the camera, with the word "Octopus"*
 * *Cut to Zookeeper outside of a house with fake octopi on it*
 * Zookeeper:And continuing on our creatures of the ocean, we have the octopus. An eight legged creature. And I know just the person. *knocks on the door*
 * Octo Zombie: *from the other side* What is it? I'm busy washing them.
 * Zookeeper:Can we come in?
 * Octo Zombie:Oh, go ahead.
 * Zookeeper:Ok! *opens the door to see hundreds of tanks, from the floor to the roof, even the furniture having tanks on them, each of them having at least two octopi on it* Oh...my...
 * Octo Zombie:They're big enough for them all to have fun! And I have a giant pool for them too! *begins hugging one and one of his eyes twitch* What questions do you have for me?
 * Zookeeper:Oh! Uh...right! Can we see one in action!
 * Octo Zombie:...oh, I'll do that! *throws an octopus at Zookeeper*
 * Zookeeper:YEEP! IT'S ON MY FACE! IT'S ON MY FACE! *runs out of one of the doors, which has him land in the pool full of octopi, getting covered even more* PORTER! HELP ME!
 * Imp Porter: *still has the camera and is still recording* I don't know. I think they're showing affection.
 * Zookeeper:Y...yeah! They're such nice creatures! *one squirts ink into his eye* GAH! MY EYE!
 * Octo Zombie:...o...ok, I think I'll get them off him.
 * Imp Porter:Go ahead. *one squirts ink on the camera, and the recording stops*
 * *Cut to Zookeeper sitting next to Imp Porter outside of his house, putting water in the eye that had ink squirted into his eye, while Imp Porter is washing the camera*
 * Zookeeper:I need a good shot! All we got are these things that end with something getting hurt or just...whatever happened with the Deep Sea Gargantaurs!
 * Imp Porter:How about we try one more time! We put all these failures in the episode first, then this last shot, if it works.
 * Zookeeper:Yeah. It's my last hope. Got any good ideas?
 * Imp Porter:None at all.
 * Zookeeper: *sigh* ...wait! I got it! The super rare Yeti!
 * Imp Porter:If we can find it.
 * Zookeeper: *smiling* And we will.
 * *Cut to a piece of paper being placed in front of the camera, with the word "Yeti" written on it, it's then thrown away from the camera, showing Zookeeper by the woods in Zomboss Estate*
 * Zookeeper:Here we are, at the Zomboss Estate, looking for the rare Zombie Yeti. Not much is known, except for something vital. *takes out a sandwich* It's favorite food! The roast beef and Swiss cheese sandwich! *places the sandwich on a nearby stump and hides with Imp Porter* Let's see what happens!
 * *Rusting is heard from the forest, then, the Zombie Yeti emerges from the forest, walking over and grabbing the sandwich. It then starts to eat it and walk back into the woods, with Zookeeper and Imp Porter silently following it*
 * Zookeeper:Look at it's beautiful fur. Such a pretty creature. It is also told that it could make things cooler!
 * *sees the Zombie Yeti freeze a bit of the sandwich*
 * Zookeeper:Like that.
 * *They keep following it until they bump into Haunting Zombie with Trickster and some other zombies with notebooks and Weed Spray*
 * Zookeeper:Oh, hi.
 * Haunting Zombie: *turns off Imp Porter's camera* I suggest you get out of here.
 * Imp Porter:Hey! We're recording! *looks around* And the yeti is gone!
 * Haunting Zombie:But, did you hear what's here? I mean, we're looking for it, but I doubt you are.
 * Zookeeper:What?
 * Trickster:Slenderman. A thing told to be here. A horrid monster that's told to...
 * Zookeeper:THAT SOUNDS LIKE A GREAT CREATURE TO RECORD! *grabs Imp Porter and starts running* Thank you!
 * Haunting Zombie: *facepalms*
 * Trickster: *smirking a little* I think that isn't going to end well.
 * *A few moments later, as Zookeeper and Imp Porter are walking through the woods*
 * Imp Porter:I feel a chill.
 * Zookeeper:Impossible. It's over 50 degrees! How could...*feels the same chill* huh...I feel it too.
 * Imp Porter:Yeah...*hears rustling and turns his camera on* Huh? *turns around* What's there? *looks up and sees a figure with what seems to be a white mask and a black suit, they lift one of their arms towards Imp Porter* GAH! RUN! *backs up quickly*
 * Zookeeper:W...well people! This is a legendary creature! Told to use long limbs to grab their prey and told that only a few have escaped it...and uh...that's it! *runs away* We need to get away from it's sight!
 * Imp Porter: *still has the camera focused on it* Yeah! I...I think this is good enough!
 * Zookeeper:Record more!
 * Imp Porter:But I...*the arm grabs his leg, making him drop the camera* YEEP!
 * Zookeeper:Shoot! Porter! I...*grabs a stick* LEAVE MY CAMERAMAN ALONE! *starts tapping on the legs, making them wobble and "split" into too, with a cloak over the top of the "bottom" part and some legs coming from the "top" part* I...I think I made it worse...
 * Imp Porter:At least they let me go. *grabs the camera* Now let's go!
 * Zookeeper:Y...yeah...
 * *both start running, until the bottom part trips Zookeeper and Imp Porter, and the top part starts coming closer, laughing the process*
 * Zookeeper: *on the ground with Imp Porter, he looks at him* *gulp* We should've listened to Haunting Zombie...
 * Imp Porter:Well...if anyone finds us. They got the camera proof.
 * Zookeeper:Y...yeah...sorry about this.
 * Imp Porter:It's ok. The only thing they can really do is separate our heads from our body or bury us. We're dead!
 * Zookeeper:Or uh...eat us.
 * Imp Porter:But we respawn that way.
 * Zookeeper:Oh yeah. *suddenly hears laughing* What the? *looks up to see the two parts laughing at each other, with the top part holding the camera*
 * Top Part:Look at them! They're totally spooked!
 * Bottom Part:I feel sort of bad, but you're right! This is funny! ...but did I have to be the butt?
 * Top Part:I know how to pretend better than you, so I thought it'd fit. *they notice Zookeeper is seeing them* I mean...ROAR!
 * Imp Porter: *stands up* What is going on? *storms over and pulls on "Slenderman"'s face, revealing it was truly a white mask, and it was Trickster* ...
 * Trickster:Heh heh...*folds his arms out* you've been tricked!
 * Zookeeper:Because making us think we were going to die was funny.
 * Trickster:Well, how about this? You got footage for your show! You can cut *pulls the cloak off the bottom part, showing Haunting Zombie was assisting him* us laughing!
 * Zookeeper:I guess. Just...don't do that again.
 * Trickster:Ok.
 * *Cut to Zookeeper sitting on a chair by a deck and tv, with Imp Porter, Trickster and Haunting Zombie nearby, on the other side of the desk, is Dr. Zomboss himself*
 * Zookeeper:And that's the show! Do you accept it?
 * Dr. Zomboss:Hmmm...not as good at my shows, but sure. People apparently want a show without me in it. How crazy is that?
 * Imp Porter: *ahem*
 * Dr. Zomboss:Anyways, go ahead.
 * Zookeeper:Really? *hugs Dr. Zomboss* Thank you sir!
 * Dr. Zomboss:Er...yeah...just...don't hug me.
 * Zookeeper: *lets go of him* Sorry.
 * Dr. Zomboss:It's ok. But now, leave.
 * Zookeeper: *shrugs and leaves with the other zombies*
 * Dr. Zomboss: *looks both ways* ... *starts up the part with Zookeeper being attacked by the Zombie Chickens again and starts laughing*
 * *End of story*

Trivia/Notes

 * "Slenderman" appearing near the end is a reference to the Zomboss Estate easter egg, having Slenderman appear on the map.
 * Originally, this episode would've been Gargologist stalking some Gargantuars and recording the life of certain ones, but it was scrapped.
 * But if this is "popular" enough, I might make this idea in this format.
 * I chose Imp Porter to be the cameraman simply because I thought they'd somewhat fit the bill. Plus, I used Paparazzi Zombie as a main character recently (and takes photos, not records videos.)
 * Originally, Trickster would've done the Slenderman prank, but by himself and have not been shown before the reveal. Though it was chosen to have him be shown with Haunting Zombie and some other zombies to hint that Slenderman might not be real.
 * A little "unneeded backstory". Trickster and Haunting Zombie were planning on doing this prank to whoever they saw pass by the woods first. The other zombies were there to help them set up for the prank, with the notebook being used to pretend they were studying the area. If any plants got in the way they'd Weed Spray them.

Have you read this story? (Zombopolis Nature Channel) Yes! Cluck!