The Striker: EPILOGUE #1
The Striker (Gods of the Game Book 1)
ADIL
Welcome to the Blackcastle Book Clubâs official group chat!
Seriously? You put a picture from The Land Before Time as the groupâs profile picture?
ADIL
Why not? Itâs a good movie
STEVENS
Dude, thatâs so wrong. Itâs a childrenâs film, and weâre reading about dinosaurs boning
ADIL
Itâs a good thing weâre not making them read the books, isnât it?
ADIL
But fine, I see your point
ADIL
I wanted to keep it a surprise, but since you insist on policing my admin decisions, Iâve changed the picture to the cover of this monthâs book club pick
ADIL
Gentlemen, prepare yourselves for **drumroll please** Shagging the Spinosaurus!
VINCENT
We already guessed that was the book of the month. We saw you reading it the other day
Arenât you supposed to read it with the rest of the club? Why are you reading it early?
STEVENS
Yeah, thatâs CHEATING
ADIL
Itâs called vetting. Also, Iâm the admin. I can do what I want
SAMSON
I tried looking for it at the bookstore yesterday and couldnât find it. Donovan, what was the name of the store you went to?
Uhâ¦I donât remember. Just some shop I stumbled on in the city. Iâm sure you can buy the book online
GALLAGHER
I donât understand. How do you shag a spinosaurus?
STEVENS
The same way you shag a triceratops and a T-rex, genius
GALLAGHER
Oh, you sound so bloody confident. Are you speaking from experience?
ADIL
Gentlemen, letâs get back on track! This is a book club, not a fight club
ADIL
Our first official meeting is on Wednesday. I want everyone to come prepared with at least one discussion question
GALLAGHER
Dibs on the âhow do you shag a spinosaurusâ question
ADIL
You canât ask that. It has to be a THOUGHTFUL question
VINCENT
How thoughtful do you want us to be? Weâre literally reading about dinosaurs fucking
And humans
If you forget them, thatâs human erasure
VINCENT
Fuck off, Donovan
Spoken like someone who doesnât have the IQ to come up with a good question
VINCENT
Yeah? Letâs wait until Wednesday and see. I bet my question will be better than yours
Youâre on. May the better questioner win
ADIL
Okayyy. Moving on.
ADIL
Noah, since you refuse to participate in the LITERARY side of our club, youâre in charge of snacks
NOAH
Fine
ADIL
Iâm thinking we could do a themed event with dinosaur crackers
ADIL
Do you think they make custom spinosaurus ones?
SAMSON
So weâre going to eat the little dude while we read about him getting it on? Thatâs so wrong
STEVENS
Poor Spiny. He deserves better
ADIL
It was an IDEA. I donât see you guys coming up with anything better
GALLAGHER
How about jungle juice to stay with the dinosaur theme?
VINCENT
Dinosaurs didnât live in the jungle
GALLAGHER
How do you know? Were you there?
Lol
VINCENT
Donât talk to your captain like that
GALLAGHER
Youâre our football captain. Youâre not the president of this book club
GALLAGHER
Also, I just looked it up and they did live in jungles, so youâre wrong
SAMSON
Wait, we have a president?
ADIL
Yes, itâs me
ADIL
Anyway
ADIL
Noah, can you call the dinosaur cracker company and ask them for custom spinosaurus snacks?
ADIL
Hello?
ADIL
Noah?
Noah Wilson left the conversation.