Competition: Subterfuge: Smack Talk

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Subterfuge: Smack Talk

While the news of betrayal is surprising, neither Imperium or Excidium is known from backing down from a fight. With wildly different philosophies and skill sets, now comes the time to see which house would truly win. To further fuel the flames, You have been tasked with presenting the most epic of smack talks to demoralize your enemy, and rally your housemates to victory, written in a poetical form.

Poem must be in a formal format, no free verse. Minimum of 15 lines total (for example 5 haikus are acceptable). Will be graded based on poetic composition (flow, consistent form, imagery), and adherence to the prompt.

Competition Information
Parent Competition
[CSP] Subterfuge
Organized by
Lord Idris Adenn
Running time
2016-02-27 until 2016-03-19 (22 days)
Target Unit
Clan Scholae Palatinae
Competition Type
Poetry
Awards
Third Level Crescents
Participants
14 subscribers, of which 12 have participated.
Results
Member
Alara Deathbane
Textual submission

Imperium dogs
You thirst for affection
You step in the spotlight
You crave all attention

You think that Xen needs you?
You think he really cares?
You get nothing done.
You’re a disgrace to our forbears.

You let rules limit true power
You let fear take its place
You fight to stay in limelight
And to us, you hide your face.

But we don’t mind
No, we discourage the light
We prefer to be secret
Hidden in plain sight

We get our jobs done
We don’t require petty credit
We don’t let rules limit the Force
If it’s for passion, we embrace it.

So go on your way
See how far you can get
Petty support can only go so far
Consider true hard work your best threat

We’ve won in the past,
We will win yet again
We don’t need any honor
No, victory in goals complete remains our close friend.

Placement
1st place
Member
General Kell Palpatine Dante
Textual submission

Civil War
by Dante #2407

Every few years the houses clash
Xen has brought forth this bash
Combat rages as the conflict
In every part of the realm it does inflict

Dante has finally stepped down
In his place, Lex has the crown
Umbra has fallen around
Mayhem will abound

Slow to realize their error
Uniformed troopers will bring terror
Clandestine units will all fall
Killed by the regulars fresh from the ball

Scholae’s internal strife
Invigorates Imperium’s life
Many of both sides will die
Plenty will exhale their last sigh

Engaged throughout the system
Raging battles didn’t miss’em
Imperium dropships all around Excidium
Units destroyed changes the equilibrium

Many were the victories with Dante in Dorimad Sol
Reorganized as Imperium to increase the death toll
Under new management that is now notorious
Lex and his Imperials are victorious

Everywhere Excidium’s dead lay
Spies not dressed in Imperial gray
Soldiers are the ones who fight and strive
Continuing on with a big high five

Hate and secrecy only get you so far
Our men can kill you from afar
Lives are taken quickly with a nice long gun
All of Excidium is buried away from the sun

Each of the combatants gave their all
Pity that one house had to nearly fall
Around Judecca’s tower of power
Lost there was the cause to cower

All have come to fight and win
There can be only one to fin
In a short time all will end
Never break but it will bend

Another conflict will have arose
Even as this war comes to a close.

Placement
2nd place
Member
Adept Reiden Palpatine Karr
File submission
Smack_Talk(10106).docx
Placement
3rd place
4th place
Wagglehorn
Member
Wagglehorn
Textual submission

From the bridge of CPT Sparky's Acclamator,
A speech with bad pentameter.
To the desks of House Excidium
Comes this poem that doesn't rhyme with 'em,
And will be delivered by my greeter.

You may sneak 'round in shadows and ninja clothes,
but I'm 'fraid that won't help you Imperium-depose.
For ninja stars, sneaky tactics, and lightsabers with aplomb,
don't really do much against our orbital bombs.
And certainly you can't stand against such fine prose.

Talk all you want, scream, cry and pretend as you will, sir or madam.
But it won't really matter with your guts turned to atoms.
So you see all your smack talk and whining doesn't really matter
It's just hubbub, and yadda, and mindless plain chatter
This is just another day for mighty Imperium, not worth a glance or second call
Merely an exercise in futility for Exicidum-all.

^Captain Sparky von Wagglehorn III

Placement
4th place
Member
Aurora "Aura" Ta'var
File submission
BladeTavar_Subterfuge_SmackTalk.pdf
Textual submission

Enjoy.

Placement
5th place
Member
Lucyeth
File submission
Subertuge_Smack_talk.docx
Textual submission

#13700
Lucyeth

Placement
No placement
Member
Qor Kith
Textual submission

House Imperium,
United and free to kill,
The traitors within.

House Excidium,
A plague in our structure,
Disloyal pigs.

An order from him,
The Emperor demanded,
Excidium dead.

Mushroom clouds rise up,
Charred corpses to feast upon,
Won't be all that hard.

Caina will be razed,
Shaevalian and Humans,
House Imperium!

Placement
No placement
Member
Mauro Wynter
File submission
Toss_the_Gauntlet.docx
Placement
No placement
Member
Tribune Kanal O'neill
Textual submission

The time has come for battles fierce
Against our own blood from Excidium
They wish they could measure up to us
But the truth is that they don’t even exist
How could someone with no past, present, or future,
Hope to stand up against the rest of us.
They wear girly drapes around their waist
Trying to fit in all over the place
They walk around in the shadows
Because no one wants to see their ugly face
Even the mighty sarlacc would not consume them
For their smell it is so bad
Not even the stomach of the mighty beast can stand it
Imperium will defeat them quickly
Just bring us a hose and watch them float away in rivers of their blood.

Placement
No placement
Member
Maximus Alvinius
Textual submission

The Greasy Elbow Hip Hop

In The Style Of Eminem(Revised Eminem song)
by Cruise

May I have your attention please?
I'm not afraid (I'm not afraid)
To Destroy (to Destroy)
Everybody (everybody)
Come take my finger (come take my finger)
We'll walk through Judecca together, through the corn
Whatever weather, cold or warm

Her Fist are rough, Elbow's greasy, Skull's are slimy might as well be limey
There's food on her dungarees, brother-in-law's curry
She's nervous, but on the surface she looks calm and ready to run on,
But she keeps on forgetting what she wrote down, and sees Imperium coming on strong

And I am, mistaken
If I wasn't, then why would I say I am?
In the paper, the news everyday I am
Radio won't even play my jam
'Cause I am, mistaken
If I wasn't, then why would I say I am?
In the paper, the news everyday I am
I don't know it's just the way I am

Excidium the Enslaved
You know it sounds great no matter the time of day
You own it, you better never let it go
You only get one shot, do not miss your chance to Destroy
This opportunity comes once in a lifetime yo
You better Enslave
You own it, you better never let it go
You only get one shot, do not miss your chance to Destroy
This opportunity comes once in a lifetime yo, destroy Excidium yo

So lets go back
Follow the yellow brick road as we go on another episode
Journey with me as I take you through Judecca
I once used to call home sweet home

Well, gotta go, I'm almost at the Excidium now, time to drop the bomb and make sure they'll never see you now

And when I'm gone, just Destroy, don't mourn
Rejoice every time you hear the sound of my rough Fist smash the thorns
Just know that I'm looking down on you running through the Jorms
And I didn't feel a thing, So baby don't feel no pain as I you look at the emptiness that they mourn,
Just Enslave

And when Excidium's gone, just Destroy, don't mourn
Rejoice every time you hear the sound of her greasy Elbow making a chance
Just know that she's looking down on you complaining, hoping fiction can weigh in
And her didn't feel a thing, So baby don't feel no pain, as Excidium will hold no reign
Just Enslave in your dungarees, as it's the best shame they will receive.

Placement
No placement
Member
Sia Thiano
Textual submission

Excidium is the bleedium,
they want to be above the rest,
always trying to attempt their best,
even when they always fail the test,
they attempt to give what is considered only second best,
their lives are surrounded by failure,
their only hope is to arrive with their best,
Imperium is always there to save that ass,
always making sure to arrive in class,
because without them Excidium would never last,
Standing around looking through the glass,
While everyone just past them on past,
One day they will see the truth,
through the looking glass they will see the proof,
their live was always be lived in vain,
supporting the lime green and red was never meant to reign,
Their saving grace has always been known,
without Imperium they would never be in the fold.

Placement
No placement
Member
Drake Starfire
Textual submission

-Drake walks up to the podium and is handed a mic.-
"Ahem, this is a piece I like to call, Imperium is better than Exidium."
(remember that rap means rhythm and poetry...)

A: Troops are marching up and down the street, Imperial
A: We fight with our weapons and words, eating you like Cereal.
B: Crown Imperial, all of Imperium leave bruises like blue milk
B: Make no mistakes were hard as diamonds compared to us, you're silk.
B: Exidium you hinder our very existence as a clan, certified bilk.
C: Yes indeed we are the sword and you the shield
C: But it's still no surprise we still own the battlefield.
C: Ya'll too weak, like a hammer to a windshield
C: The battles already over, your fates sealed.
D: Hold on i'm not done I think it's time for some overkill
D: I understand I have ya'll running like it's a fire drill.
D: Standstill, maybe not, you're standing in an anthill
D: I'll give you some Advil, no promises, it could always be a poison pill.
E: Honest, Exidium beats Imperium when rock beats paper
E: Oh wait, paper beats rock, but too bad, that's the end of this Caper.

Placement
No placement