--------------------------------------------------------------------- >> IMPORTANT: Please read the entire backstory below << --------------------------------------------------------------------- Let me introduce you to Quazi Antoinne, my character for the Diamond Llama Contest. Or should I say D-NAS... On a soft little bed in a shabby little house in rural Oshkosh, Nebraska, little Quazi was born to Mr. Mortimer and Ursula Antoinne. Growing up in a small town, Quazi's eccentricity stood out right away. He was different from all the other kids. When the schoolchildren went out to play ball and jump rope, Quazi stayed home and dissected squirrels. When everyone else was learning addition and subtraction, Quazi snuck out and set fire to the urinals. Quazi's parents agreed that something had to be done. So when the boy turned 12, they sent him off to the Philius Wallsworth Academy for Troubled Boys. Soon, things changed - but not for the better. The other boys saw how insane Quazi was, and so they feared him. Soon he was practically king of the school. Not even the teachers dared to cross him. But this wasn't enough. No, Quazi wanted more. So one night he fled the boarding school, on a horse whose fur he had subsequently spray-painted purple. Quazi decided it was time to pursue his ultimate dream: becoming a super-villain. Using money from a stolen RV he had sold, Quazi mail-ordered a variety of customized clothing, accessories, and other strange objects. The order form included a black jumpsuit, a lighted miner's helmet, purple hair dye, a yellow cape, a utility belt, and a plunger - among other items. All suited up and ready to cause major mischief, Quazi began to terrorize towns and cities, flaming plunger in hand. Under the name of D-NAS (Dino Nebulas Are Sick), he was able to keep his true identity hidden from the public eye. One night as "D-NAS" slept in his secret underground sewer lair, a strange voice woke him from his slumber. "Quazi....." said the voice. D-NAS froze. Nobody had called him by that name for a very long time. How... "QUAZI. You are better than this..." the voice said. "W-who are you?" he whimpered. Suddenly, a ghostly green figure materialized by Quazi's bedside. It began to speak. "Quazi Antoinne, I have watched you and guarded over you since the day you were born, and you were not meant to be like this." Quazi was now more confused than scared. "Are you... a frog?" He said. "Well, technically I'm a frog shaman in post-mortem titan form, but let's not get into that. I have been sent to Earth to remind you that you are not truly evil at heart. You have good in you." Quazi opened his mouth to speak but the frog shaman stopped him. "I am sorry, but I do not have much time left here. I wish I could answer your questions, but all you need to know is that you still have good in you. You just need to find it." And with that, the frog shaman disappeared in a cliché cloud of mist. The terrible almighty D-NAS was deeply touched. The very next morning, D-NAS made an oath to himself that he would fix his wrongdoings and fight for good instead of evil. He started by changing his name from D-NAS (Dino Nebulas Are Sick) to D-NAS (Definitely Not a Sociopath). And from that moment forth, D-NAS set to work washing out his villainous crimes and fighting it instead. Instead of a name said with utter horror, D-NAS became a name that was cheered on and said with glory and pride. Still today, D-NAS is out there fighting crime, clad in his black jumpsuit and cape, and flaming plunger in hand. *cue patriotic victory music* And that folks, is the tale of Mr. Quazi Antoinne - better known as D-NAS.
