This is a really strange story I have to tell today. I was picking up my daughter at school and I was waiting out front for her to come out. I was a little early though. It wasn't time yet.
So I was standing there with some other parents just milling around. Then we heard someone yelling and screaming. Not a huge deal at first. It sounded like it could just be some kids horsing around.
Then I see these two older boys running across the grass. They didn't go to this school. They looked about 15. And one of them tackled the other one to the ground and started beating the crap out of him. Right in front of the school!
It gets better though. Another kid comes running up and he tries to pull the bigger guy off. He gets knocked backwards. But the kid on the ground jumps up and tries to run again. He attempts to go into one of the classrooms, but it was locked.
The big guy caught up to him and threw him on the ground again. Then all of a sudden another kid comes running across the grass with a sword in his hand. Yes. A sword.
It took me a minute to register what was going on. It's not often you see a person running around with an actual sword in their hand. What was he going to do? I wasn't sure but I wasn't about to find out.
Luckily the prinicipal had come out, after calling the police, and we both rushed this kid with the sword. The principal knocked him down and I grabbed the sword. And I believe my exact words were 'what the fuck are you doing?'
Apparently they were doing some sort of wacky role playing game and it went tragically wrong. The guy who was being attacked broke some sort of rule. It pissed the other guy off and he went ballistic. Sword guy was just trying to come to his rescue.
But it was a REAL fucking sword. Shouldn't it be fake? How do you role play with a real sword? That would cause actual death to occur should you stab someone with it.
It was beyond me. I guess they liked to play this game in the park across from the school. And somehow they ended up running onto the campus instead.
I don't think they'll be doing it again. The police came and took the sword and called all their parents. I didn't stick around long enough to find out anything else. The bell rang and I got my daughter and left.
She wanted to know what happened. It's not everyday you get to tell your daughter you braved certain death by wrestling a sword out of someone's hand. In fact that was a first for me. And hopefully a last.
Kids these days are out of their minds. Shouldn't they keep their Dungeons and Dragons games in the basement where they belong? Or at the very least, don't use real weapons!
The world has gone mad.
