The War of the Ants

So for the past 3 weeks, the Ants and I have been fighting a war. Below is an account of the epic battle, and the results of the war!

Background:
A few months ago, reconnaissance ants had tried to map out my room... but these spies were caught and killed on sight. As a result, Operation Take-Mson's Room for the Ants failed. Little did Mson know that it was just the beginnning...

Act 1: Operation A-Day
Approximate Time: Nov 27...
The day after Mson's unsuccessful gambling efforts at Vegas, he returns to find that ants have invaded the Kitchen. Forming a line between East Counter and Recycle Bin, some had even found their way onto his cutlery! Not only so, but reports of ants having invaded the Bathroom also arrive shortly after a brief scouting mission to the Bathroom.

Frantically, Mson scraps up paper towels and eliminate the ants on sight, sending them spiralling down the toilet. But there were just too many waves of them. Mson retreats back into this room. The Ants have drawn first blood!

Score: Ants 2, Mson 0

Act 2: Landlord Joins the Fray
Approximate Time: Nov 30...
News of the Ant Attack reach the Landlord and ant traps are immediately deployed near Recycle Bin. Swarms of ants fall for it, and gather around Recycle Bin. But there were just too many of them. The Landlord, in a desperate move, takes the Recycle Bin to an undisclosed place. The number of ants on East Counter reduces, but the ants still maintain control of Bathroom.

Score: Ants 3, Mson 0

Act 3: The Counterattack
Approximate Time: Dec 7...
Recylce Can returns, and the Ants reclaim Recycle Can. Mson searches around the house, and comes across an ancient weapon of mass destruction. Upon spraying it... instant death to the Ants!!!

Mson unleashes the weapon on the Ants at the Recycle Can, and also in the Bathroom... Unprecedented Ant casualties resulted. Reminents of Ants still remain on these battlefields, but they no longer have complete control of the territory...

After the battle, with utmost respect, Mson clears the dead carcasses of Ants on the battlefield, saluting them as they spiral down the toilet.

Score: Ants 3, Mson 2

Act 4: An Unexpected Ally for the Ants
Approximate Time: Dec 10...
Up until now, of the 4 rooms, 3 have remained neutral, leaving only Mson to fight this war... but this no longer was the case when one of the rooms (Room #3) decided to motivate the Ants. In an unexpected move, Room #3 cleans up his garbage of what seemed like leftover organic stuff (wtf was all that garbage doing in his room???). Ants take the bait and claims White Garbage Can in the Kitchen.

Maintaining the neutrality stance after this deliberate sabotage, Room #3 gets away scotch free, since Mson does not have evidence to proof with certainty his involvement; nor does he have the energy to face a two front war. Mson takes out the garbage immediately to reclaim White Garbage Can.

Score: Ants 3, Mson 2

Act 5: Dam that Ant Ally
Approximate Time: Dec 11...
Less than 24 hours after White Garbage Can was cleaned, Room #3 was at it again, dumping yet another bag of garbage to signal the Ants to move in.... Where the heck does he find so much nasty garbage???

Act 6: The 'Weapon' is Complete
Approximate Time: Later that Day on Dec 11...
Investing all his comprehension power, Mson researches (ie. reads) the directions on the weapon of mass destruction... The key phrase that was missed when it was last used was: "... Residue lasts for 4 weeks ..."

With his training at PARC, Mson realizes that by not wiping down the battlefield, the radiation from the weapon will remain active. The research on the weapon is completed. Victory is at hand!

Over the next 5 minutes, 3 deadly sprays, blanketed the locations: Recylce Bin, White Garbage Can, and Bathroom. Entire Ant armies at these 3 locations were wiped out. Upon losing Recycle Bin, Ants retreat from East Counter.

Score: Ants 3, Mson 6

Act 6: Takeover at West Counter
Approximate Time: Dec 15...
Out of desperation, the Ants try to reclaim East Counter by entering from the other side. Hiding behind chopping boards, they took control of the West side of the Counter without much resistance. In a bold move, they begin making the trek from the West to the East to regain the lost land. Along the way, they claim the outer edges of the Sink.

It seems that Room #3, with his wok, had motivated this endeavour. But there is still not enough evidence to unmask his ill intentions...

Because of the close proximity of the ants to the Sink, the Weapon could not be unleashed. Ants claim Sink and West Counter.

Score: Ants 5, Mson 6

Act 7: The Radiation Wall at West Counter
Approximate Time: Dec 16...
Upon detection of the activities in West Counter, the Weapon was strategically unleashed. To avoid unnecessary contamination, the Weapon was only unleashed on the borders of the West Counter. It is thought that by spraying at the border, this would close off the Sink area from the advances of the Ant army. Plan seems successful as over the next few days, ant corpses are observed at the borders of West Counter. Ants travelling across Sink decreases drastically.

Score: Ants 5, Mson 7

Current Situation:
Though there are still Ants roaming on the other side of West Counter, it seems that they cannot get past the radiation wall left by the 'Weapon'. It seems that all territories have been reclaimed by Mson, and are under control.

With the 'Weapon' in his arsenal and 4 more days left, it seems that Mson will come out victorious in this war!