Whispers of Test

An ice-hockey fan bud-pair encounters a costumed nihilist in the parking-lot post-game for an 'examination' of sports cards and jingle in Pennsylvania.

A sports culture goosebumps tale. Thanks for reading, 

DISCLAIMER: This work of creative fiction contains images/references with no ties to any representative person(s)/body (e.g., US-city of Pittsburgh) and is (therefore) cast as purely a 'personal' expression for social art (for 'open' views/interpretation).

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AMLAN: What did this Phantom want (with us), pal?

RAKI: He made mark of your cyber-post about hockey-cards!

AMLAN: So, I made a Penn state area ice-hockey trophy mark.

RAKI:  The Phantom was sure such card image for vanity was IQ.

AMLAN: So, he wished to test us for sports linked with confidence.

RAKI: He was a costumed freak, a Devil's Advocate (arguably).

AMLAN: Damn (Facebook-like?).

AMLAN: I do understand/appreciate his offbeat inquiries, pal.

RAKI: He approached us since we trekked to that Pittsburgh arena.

AMLAN: Pittsburgh is a nice superstitions area for Earthlings, ok.

RAKI: You made the right reaction-word for Phantom's question(s).

AMLAN: He wanted to know if we knew my hockey card's religion!

RAKI: You said the right stuff, "Cards make for vanity equivalences."

AMLAN: Selfie-like (sure!).

AMLAN: Your ex-wife was at the ice arena on the night of the visit.

RAKI: The Phantom knew I'd be in angst as your best-bud.

AMLAN: I blogged about us trekking to the arena together.

RAKI: You wrote about the game/card and about us, so right?

AMLAN: The Phantom marked us as like a dynamics-duo for sports.

RAKI: Pittsburgh's jardinieres (cool).

AMLAN: My card was a man of colors and glassy reads of IQ!

RAKI: Phantom wanted to know if you/we knew of its symbol.

AMLAN: I explained we were bud-fans of hockey's imagery.

RAKI: Pittsburgh cheered on the night; Phantom waited in the lot.

AMLAN: That costume was freakish, and he was disguised as a fan!

RAKI: He wished to see if your card and our friendship was American.

AMLAN: We're ethnic minorities but American fans/patriots of hockey!

RAKI: That's what he wanted to measure...lines of sports-image Rationalism.

AMLAN: We sure explained our trophy card was one of Homeland qualia.

RAKI: It's sure a nice reflection of what makes hockey-cards jingle.

AMLAN: Cool (relief).

Amlan and Raki, pals of the Penn state area, made mark of a special Pittsburgh ice-hockey contest view after Amlan blogged (online) about his magical superstitions-reflective sports-card featuring an iconic American Homeland celeb (athlete!); and they were coolly approached by a costumed terror-nihilist ('the Phantom') who wished to measure the Rationalism behind Amlan's social media comment(s) and his friendship with Raki. Raki's ex-wife was at the game, and there were jitters in both their hearts, as Amlan claimed to his co-workers that Pittsburgh would 'snatch' a triumph. They did. Amlan thought the Phantom's clear messages of challenge (simply) concerned some adjective for the icy-wind of what made mark of American logic of fan-arts for biases. Maybe the Phantom wanted to measure patriotism/fanfare to decide if terrorism threats were simply unwarranted. He seemed to be adversarial (at least) of what made hockey (and cards!) great Earthling qualia for super heroics (wow).

"Doing well is the result of doing good. That's what capitalism is all about" (Ralph Waldo Emerson). 

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"Money is everything" (Ecclesiastes)