“Marko’s Revenge: A Wet Towel Saga"
It all began one muggy summer night in the cave when Paul, bored and probably high on hair spray fumes, discovered a wet towel left behind by some poor, long-forgotten beachgoer.
“Marko!” he yelled, grinning with chaotic glee. “Bet I can tag you with this from across the cave.”
Marko barely had time to look up before—WHAP!—he got lashed across the back with something that felt like Poseidon's personal belt.
“It’s called a towel duel,” Paul said, spinning the soggy weapon like a cowboy lassoing vengeance. “Winner gets bragging rights. Loser gets moist.”
Over the next 30 minutes, Paul hit Marko six times, one of them square on the forehead. The towel snapped so hard the cave echoed like thunder. David didn’t stop him. He just watched from his throne with a smirk like a Roman emperor enjoying gladiator games. Dwayne left. Smart man.
Marko took the hits in stride. Sort of. He said nothing. He just smiled that quiet, homicidal smile of his and disappeared into the shadows.
Paul’s brushing his bangs when—THWIP.
“Oops,” Marko cooed, casually aiming a handmade, wrist-mounted needle launcher. “My hand slipped.”
Paul stared at the tiny dart embedded in his shoulder. “DID YOU MAKE A FUCKING BLOWGUN?!”
“Maybe. Maybe I had time. Maybe I spent three days in the shadows, sewing vengeance into every stitch. Maybe next time you’ll keep your sea rag to yourself.”
Paul squinted. “Is this about the towel?”
Cut to Michael, later that week.
He corners Paul by the bikes and whispers, “Hey. How do you know if Marko’s mad at you?”
Paul sighs, lifts his sleeve, revealing a patchwork of tiny punctures, and says, dead serious:
“You know those zoo signs that say, ‘If the tiger is pacing, stay back’? Yeah. Marko doesn’t pace. He gets quiet. Too quiet. That’s your warning.”
Michael frowns. “But he smiled at me earlier—”
“Did he smile with teeth?”
Paul grabs his shoulders. “RUN.”
Let me know if you want Part 2: “Marko vs. the Glitter Bomb Incident.”
David, watching all this from his corner, sips from a bloodstained goblet and mutters, “Let them fight.”
Dwayne sighs, plugs in his Walkman, and pretends none of it exists.