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[Everything's Magic]

Those books are epic. I did parodies of them on YouTube. They're just so amazing.

Anyway, keep writing, and I'll keep reading.

And don't let the Pendragon stuff put you down, it's a cool last name.

[LaNcEleCtriKuTion]

[LaNcEleCtriKuTion]

[LaNcEleCtriKuTion]

I don't know if it's the right thing to do, but from now on, I'll place the new updates in a new post. This eases the ability the find this thread within all the other ones.

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Multiple Sightings of Case Designate "Cloverfield"
Camera Tapes Retrieved at U.S. Site 986
Area formerly known as "Newark International Airport"
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Tom Greenburg, his sister Sarah and his best bud Kevin Pendragon go to Manhattan via Subway from Queens. Since they had free time (Tom was actually a cameraman for FOX news, but he was fired for zooming in on things that interested him only and not what the report was about.) for a week, they decided to spend it sight-seeing.
It's 2300 (Military) and they arrive at Times Square Station and decide to head south for a nighttime view of Battery Park.
Camera is played with around a lot, and hilarious jokes can be heard from Kevin. As they observe the river in a serene, calm sense, Tom (Current Operator of Camera) notices something moving behind a large ship, presumably the Tagruato Tanker. The tanker is remarked as traveling extremely faster than other ships in the harbor, and just as Tom notices a small ripple with strange bubbles popping up, a HUGE earthquake is felt. (Rob was near Lower Manhattan when this happened, and it was large. Standing right next to it is "HOLY SH-")

Everyone visible is struggling to stand up. Tom zooms right back into the ripple, except we see Monstridae Grandis Paratism's (MGP) head for a few seconds before submerging. Tom doubts himself at first and actually wipes the camera lens to make sure he wasn't seeing things. CRAANNKKK. The Tanker is seen to be going down, tipped over and stopped. By now, Kevin and Sarah are intensely focusing on what's happening in the camera zoom.

A patrol boat is first on the scene, but that's after a few helicopters are on scene already. Camera speeds up to a few minutes later, when everyone within a 3 block radius is basically looking out at the river, peering out through the "Quarter Binoculars" they have at river parks.
MGP finally comes out of the water, and stares at the patrol boat before picking it up and throws it for no apparent reason in the city a few blocks behind where Tom's standing. (MGP's a baby, as confirmed in interviews. Throwing that would be just random, like a baby in a new environment. MGP also roars in excitement while watching the explosion.)
The explosion coincidentally occurs near a gas station, launching flaming barrels of oil into the sky.

A few seconds later, machine gun fire is being shot from the Tanker (Apparently someone's still alive onboard with some guns), and MGP roars again- this time in agitation. He crashes his hand/knuckle into the area where the gunfire was coming from in the ship and it's in flames, but not yet sinking (Hull Currently Undamaged) and while it does this, his tail just rips through the SoL's head, which crashes even farther from Tom.

Boom. BooM. BOOM. Footsteps of MGP get louder and louder as he gets closer. Since MGP is still excited and curious like a little baby, he doesn't get any "hand-held object phobia" like he did with Hud. (From there on, every other hand-held object in sight causes searing pain and bullet deflections.)
So because MGP just waltzes in Lower Manhattan, Tom gets a full 100% view of MGP slowly observing things, walking on trees and etc. (And it's only ten minutes into the movie! Yay!)
Then someone throws something at it. Some visibly drunk retard threw a stone at his head, thinking it's his girlfriend's ex. Tom is far enough to be safe as MGP lunges at the drunk and chomps on his body, only to spit it out later-
MGP doesn't like beer glass in his mouth.
Tom is breathing hard now as Sarah and Kevin rush to his side and tell him to get moving- MGP's walking towards the explosion- first slowly, then into a sprint, then finally into a astonishing crawl at high speeds (Think super-fast spiders).
Tom instinctively rushes to follow the monster- he might have been fired for not paying attention to important things no matter how boring, but this was exciting AND important. Hard to find that in life anymore.

The helicopters are now following the monster, obviously getting a much better view. Tom knows this and rushes into the closest electronics store and flips the largest TV on to NY1. His guess was good. A much Arial view of MGP is on scene, and Sarah and Tom just caught up with him, now staring at the TV.
"Shit. I was gonna go for a job interview at that place tomorrow." Remarks Tom, as MGP crushes a McDonalds store on TV.
FUDDA FUDDA FUDDA.
Tom rushes outside with the camera, and sees an Apache helicopter fly above the buildings. On TV, the helicopter reporter says to viewers that the Army is ordering all civilians to stay away 1000 feet.
(It's now 24 minutes since MGP bounces into town.)
As the news helicopter backs off, the cameraman on the helicopter catches a few Apache helicopters engage the monster.

Clearly, Monstridae Grandis Paratism is not a very tamable species. As missiles come into contact with skin, the roar is heard again. Now it's much more pissed and a little scared. Tom turns away and looks if any other TV's are showing this, as a large crowd is forming around them. While doing this, a large bang is heard from the TV. One Apache copter made contact with MGP's tail. Another is clawed by his left hand it is launched into the sky, and in mid-air, it explodes.
Again, News reporters are just too excitable at real action. Being closer than ordered by the Army, a burning fragment spins through the air and hits the NY1 copter.
TV fazes out.

Tom looks away for a second and turns off the camera as he tries to squeeze through the stunned crowd.
Outside, Sarah and Kevin are fussing at him.
"Yo shithead. We need to get out of here ASAP." Sarah says.
"Fine, fine. Just let be look around here for a second." Tom replies.
"Dumbass! You can get killed! We need to get out of here!"
"FINE! Don't be such a prick, sis…"
Kevin breaks in.
"Guys!! The closest bridge is the Brooklyn Bridge!! We should go now…"

Tom sighs and turns of Rec. Mode as they start heading to the bridge.
34 minutes later, they're now entering a disaster zone- dust and debris everywhere. Tom guesses that a building fell.
Cars are on fire and ambulances are seen all over the place. A cop tells them to keep moving, and Tom doesn't feel like talking to anyone right now, only taping the environment.
The trio is now on the bridge. Tom has another view of the SoL and tanker and proceeds to zoom in. He notices another guy with another video camera.
"You're still filming?" Asks the guy's companion.
"Yeah. People are gonna wanna know, you know, how it all went down." Replies the guy.

Tom considers this. Yup. People are gonna wanna know.
Tom is still zoomed into the SoL on the camera when he turns and looks for the place the Apache helicopters went down. All he sees is smoke and some lights. Whatever it was, it had moved on.
Suddenly something out at sea caught his attention. A few ships were shooting at the creature in the water.
Apparantly, MGP figured that this neighborhood doesn't like his kind and he had to bounce. The ships wouldn't let him. Tom watches in terror as MGP scrambles away from the ships in the water, causing large ripples until he submerges his head in the water. The direction MGP was heading was the Brooklyn Bridge.

Tom grabs Sarah and Kevin and tells them that the creature was coming. Bewildered, they both follow him, since his face wasn't the face he made when joking around- it was hard and serious. Tom trips. The camera stumbles around and finds its way into Kevin's hands. Just as he adjusts the camera while Tom staggers up...
CREAAAKKK
Kevin says one word: "Shit."

He sees a large shape under the bridge and in the corncer of his eye, he sees some guy climbing a pole, most likely to get a better view. A tail emerges from the water, and crushes the bridge's center. So much for an engineering wonder- the Brooklyn Bridge is falling down.
Wires snap back and the platform shakes. Luckily, they were close to land and ran like hell.

Time Lapse- Kevin's still holding the camera, and they appear to be entering a building, still running and breathing very hard. Sarah comes with a bunch of water bottles from the fridge of the closest apartment.
After a minute of silence, Kevin breaks in.
"Guys. We-we have to keep going.. damnnit..."
Sarah replies. "Fuck this...I'm dreaming- totally dreaming..."
Tom, who's currently at another room, calls them to the living room of the apartment. The TV's on, and the Governer is making an emergency speech.
(67 minutes since Battery Park Arrival)
"My fellow New Yorkers, word has been told to me that Lower Manhattan is in seige. As I'm speaking, millions are trying to escape the island. The Army is not sure what they're dealing with, and are keeping all facts closed for now. There is no need for panic- the situation will be assesd and-"
ROAAARRR.

The TV and lights momentarily goes out. When Tom gets the TV back on, he switches to a local channel, like NY1.
The NY1 anchorwoman is looking very stressed and word keep flashing at the bottom of the screen- "MANHATTAN IN SIEGE. MANDATORY EVACUATIONS." After some repeating images and videos, the anchorwoman seems to get some kind of sign from the cameraman.
"Viewers, this NY1 station has been ordered to be evcuated by the military, as this... creature... is heading northbound. We are sorry for not being here for 24 hours, but we-" BOOOOMM. The NY1 News Room's lights blink out. MGP's getting closer. Then static. Then BEEEE... the screen shows the 'No Feed' video (Like the one when there's no reception from a station).
Kevin shuts the TV, because he's seen enough.
"Alright guys- Holland Tunnel."

[TheSerenityOfSirens]

give me closure on rob and beth. call me a sap. whatever.

[xboyonfirex]

[LaNcEleCtriKuTion]

[ecw209]

a military view while being interesting seems unrealistic. The military is fighting off a giant ass monster & needs all the help it can get. I'm pretty sure a military view would consist of soldiers repeatedly screaming at the camera holding soldier "wtf are you doing with that camera? put it down & grab a gun & help us."

Therefore I'd like to see a 2nd camera view from a member of TIDOWAVE. It 's a new perspective & can tie together major ARG plot lines.

[pegassissy]

Its good, if you continue, just remember to include the small MGPs.

[Varan]

Very cool....wait, we can post fanfics now? Or do we need special permission?

[Magus00]

Hmm...I think I'ma head to fanfiction.net and see if anyone has Cloverfield Material.

And yeah, I think you should post this there.
MHO.