The sun pulls warm fingers through my hair and my smile come quick as the light.
You are here too, tangled in my thoughts.
Bliss
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
Chalice
Challange: Write a 250 word story from a promt/picture/etc
Prompt: http://www.elfwood.com/art/c/h/chrisdien/princessdragon.jpg
Story:
I curl around the tree in sleepy contentment. Rough bark sooths itchy scales as a warm breeze rustles and clatters along cold scales. A contented thrum starts low in my throat as I settle down to sleep, when out of nowhere a small creatures crashes towards me—clanking and brandishing a metal stick and yelling in the most horrible tones. I sit up, prepared to roast the interloper, when a girl darts to my tree. She spins to face the metal man. She shouts at him, pressed against my tree. She doesn’t move but she has a metal stick too. He freezes, eyeing me warily.
Her tones don’t hurt my ears the way his does, but it itches. Reaching out, my claws wrap around a tree branch, ready to smack the next one who talks. When I move, she grows still; he seems to have stopped breathing. My happy thrum rumbles into an annoyed growl.
She whispers, the itching grows worse. I wave the branch threateningly, glaring at her. She shuts up. Good. The metal man drops his metal stick and backs away. The girl looks at him, then at me, and spins her metal stick so it points downward. She assumes the position of Chalice, keeper and binder of the forest.
He says something, his metal suit moving and clanking. I growl—his din scrapes against my ears. She glares and gestures. He leaves. Chalice, keeper of the forest. I guess she can stay by my tree. For now.
Chalice is a postion from a great book by Robin McKinnley, check it out here: http://www.robinmckinley.com/books/chalice/
Prompt: http://www.elfwood.com/art/c/h/chrisdien/princessdragon.jpg
Story:
I curl around the tree in sleepy contentment. Rough bark sooths itchy scales as a warm breeze rustles and clatters along cold scales. A contented thrum starts low in my throat as I settle down to sleep, when out of nowhere a small creatures crashes towards me—clanking and brandishing a metal stick and yelling in the most horrible tones. I sit up, prepared to roast the interloper, when a girl darts to my tree. She spins to face the metal man. She shouts at him, pressed against my tree. She doesn’t move but she has a metal stick too. He freezes, eyeing me warily.
Her tones don’t hurt my ears the way his does, but it itches. Reaching out, my claws wrap around a tree branch, ready to smack the next one who talks. When I move, she grows still; he seems to have stopped breathing. My happy thrum rumbles into an annoyed growl.
She whispers, the itching grows worse. I wave the branch threateningly, glaring at her. She shuts up. Good. The metal man drops his metal stick and backs away. The girl looks at him, then at me, and spins her metal stick so it points downward. She assumes the position of Chalice, keeper and binder of the forest.
He says something, his metal suit moving and clanking. I growl—his din scrapes against my ears. She glares and gestures. He leaves. Chalice, keeper of the forest. I guess she can stay by my tree. For now.
Chalice is a postion from a great book by Robin McKinnley, check it out here: http://www.robinmckinley.com/books/chalice/
Monday, December 14, 2009
Christmas Comics!
So here are a couple of my favorite web-comics and their Christmas specials:
http://catenamanor.com/index.php?comic=14
Belle hates kids. And loud people. And rude people. And happy people. Come to think of it, she doesn't like very many people...
http://www.weregeek.com/2008/12/24/
This is me. But Settlers of Catan instead of D&D. lol
http://xkcd.com/521/
It's like a "create your own adventure" story!
So many good comics, so little time... *grins*
http://catenamanor.com/index.php?comic=14
Belle hates kids. And loud people. And rude people. And happy people. Come to think of it, she doesn't like very many people...
http://www.weregeek.com/2008/12/24/
This is me. But Settlers of Catan instead of D&D. lol
http://xkcd.com/521/
It's like a "create your own adventure" story!
So many good comics, so little time... *grins*
Saturday, December 12, 2009
A Story
ok, so here is a challange to all my faithful friends. Give me a picture, a sentence, or both and I will write you a story. Short, of course, but perfect (of course). So post it here, email me, facebook, whatever-- just give me something to work with! The most interesting 3 prompts get Christmas cookies when I see you next...
Love you all!
Love you all!
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