The Legend of T-Town

I responded to an ad for a cheap scanner/copier today. "Eight bucks," said the ad. It said plenty of other things, too: in great condition, comes with all the necessary cables, software, and etceratia. So into my car I hopped, and off I went to the region of Tierrasanta, aka T-Town, in eastern San Diego, to pick up this scanner.

Tierrasanta, although difficult to translate from the ancient Spaniard tongue, can be translated loosely as "Earth-Santa." Earth-Santa was one of the five Elemental Santas, a race of powerful, jolly beings that constantly fought each other for power, and the right to give out the most presents. These "presents" were actually talismans of power themselves, which granted the bearers limited amounts of ability from their Elemental Santa of choice. In return, the mortals who received these gifts fought as pawns of the Santas, though many were fooled into believing that if they received enough gifts, they would be strong enough to overthrow their Santa and take the Throne of Power.

For all the destruction wrought by the Elemental Santas in the name of conquest, it was actually a weak outsider, Coca-Cola Santa, that won the Santa Wars by playing on the greed of the mortals. But that is another story for another time. Only two of the Elemental Santas, Void-Santa and Earth-Santa, survived the Wars, but they disappeared into obscurity, and it is unknown whether they live on today. T-Town legend has it that Earth-Santa still broods on his Throne of Power, which is buried just under the playground of Tierrasanta Elementary, waiting for his chance to regain power and the city of San Diego.

Anyway, I managed to use the scanner twice before it broke.