30 Days R2/S2 - Day 4 "One for the road"
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lilfluffThis a Flashfic based on a prompt from aldersprig and kc_obrien's 30 Days of Flash Fiction: Round 2 Meme
My 30 Days of Flashfic: Round 2 Index Page
Day 4 – Prompt: one for the road.
Setting: Tales of the Mascot, wherein your average geek finds himself called by the Powers That Be to be the animal companion and guide to a new group of heroes.
One For the Road
Tamitha walked into the room and froze. On the far side by the windows most of their party was laughing as Kyle swung a broom about like a sword. The foxish creature hopping back and forth to portray both sides of a fight. Turning back to Lydia, who as often was busy reading, she sought out the group's voice of rationality.
"What is he doing now?"
"Telling a story."
"Is it some sort of lesson?"
"No."
The clatter of the broom falling to the floor and a cry of pain across the room got Tamitha's attention again. Spotting Kyle crouched on the floor, scooting back on his knees while holding his right wrist, his hand held back as if hiding it. Only to spring up, grabbing the broom and jabbing it out where he had been crouching. His next words growled out.
"No... I am your father. Search your feelings, you know it is true."
Dropping down to the floor once more Kyle cried out a pathetic, "No! Nooooo!"
The sounds of a page being turned brought her eyes back to Lydia, who had returned to studying. "Is he really acting all the parts?"
"Yes."
"For how long?"
"About a five minutes after you left."
"Why?"
"Because he is drunk."
"What! He's gone and got drunk after telling us to be careful? How many has he had?"
"One."
"One?"
"Yes. He said he was going to have, I quote, one for the road."
"And he's drunk after only one?"
"It is apple wine and he is small."
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The days so far:
1) the story starts with the words "It's going down." (LJ link)
2) write a scene that takes place in a train station (LJ link)
3) the story must involve a goblet and a set of three [somethings] (LJ link)
4) prompt: one for the road (LJ link)
5) write a story using an imaginary color (LJ link)
6) write the pitch for a new Final Fantasy styled RPG (LJ link)
7) prompt: frigid (LJ link)
8) write a scene in the middle of a novel called "The Long, Dirty Afterwards." (LJ link)
9) prompt: mourning dead gods (LJ link)
10) write a story set in three different time periods (LJ link)
11) Write a movie trailer style trailer for a story, existing or not-yet-written (LJ link)
12) prompt: sweet iced tea (LJ link)
13) re-write a story that everyone knows
14) write a vanilla story dealing with kinky subject matter (LJ link)
15) prompt: ascension (LJ link)
16) write a scene that takes place at the end of a long road trip (LJ link)
17) write an uncomfortable story (LJ link)
18) prompt: a step too far
19) write a story in which something goes BOOM
20) Write the end of the story "The Purple Bag."
21) Roll a d20 twice (Random.Org). Combine the themes of the two previous stories for those numbers
22) prompt: knight in shining armor
23) write a scene that takes place in a place that is war-torn
24) prompt: founding fathers
25) write a story set in a library
26) prompt: elemental
27) write a story using only one period. Bonus: write the story using only one /ending punctuation at all.
28) write a story set in a laundromat
29) (from Lilifluff) Randomly pick a number between 1 and 28 (Random.Org) . Re-write that prompt as a Spaghetti Western or Melodrama
30) the story ends with the words "coming up."
aldersprig and kc_obrien's 30 Days of Flash Fiction: Round 2 MemeMy 30 Days of Flashfic: Round 2 Index Page
Day 4 – Prompt: one for the road.
Setting: Tales of the Mascot, wherein your average geek finds himself called by the Powers That Be to be the animal companion and guide to a new group of heroes.
One For the Road
Tamitha walked into the room and froze. On the far side by the windows most of their party was laughing as Kyle swung a broom about like a sword. The foxish creature hopping back and forth to portray both sides of a fight. Turning back to Lydia, who as often was busy reading, she sought out the group's voice of rationality.
"What is he doing now?"
"Telling a story."
"Is it some sort of lesson?"
"No."
The clatter of the broom falling to the floor and a cry of pain across the room got Tamitha's attention again. Spotting Kyle crouched on the floor, scooting back on his knees while holding his right wrist, his hand held back as if hiding it. Only to spring up, grabbing the broom and jabbing it out where he had been crouching. His next words growled out.
"No... I am your father. Search your feelings, you know it is true."
Dropping down to the floor once more Kyle cried out a pathetic, "No! Nooooo!"
The sounds of a page being turned brought her eyes back to Lydia, who had returned to studying. "Is he really acting all the parts?"
"Yes."
"For how long?"
"About a five minutes after you left."
"Why?"
"Because he is drunk."
"What! He's gone and got drunk after telling us to be careful? How many has he had?"
"One."
"One?"
"Yes. He said he was going to have, I quote, one for the road."
"And he's drunk after only one?"
"It is apple wine and he is small."
* * * * *
The days so far:
1) the story starts with the words "It's going down." (LJ link)
2) write a scene that takes place in a train station (LJ link)
3) the story must involve a goblet and a set of three [somethings] (LJ link)
4) prompt: one for the road (LJ link)
5) write a story using an imaginary color (LJ link)
6) write the pitch for a new Final Fantasy styled RPG (LJ link)
7) prompt: frigid (LJ link)
8) write a scene in the middle of a novel called "The Long, Dirty Afterwards." (LJ link)
9) prompt: mourning dead gods (LJ link)
10) write a story set in three different time periods (LJ link)
11) Write a movie trailer style trailer for a story, existing or not-yet-written (LJ link)
12) prompt: sweet iced tea (LJ link)
13) re-write a story that everyone knows
14) write a vanilla story dealing with kinky subject matter (LJ link)
15) prompt: ascension (LJ link)
16) write a scene that takes place at the end of a long road trip (LJ link)
17) write an uncomfortable story (LJ link)
18) prompt: a step too far
19) write a story in which something goes BOOM
20) Write the end of the story "The Purple Bag."
21) Roll a d20 twice (Random.Org). Combine the themes of the two previous stories for those numbers
22) prompt: knight in shining armor
23) write a scene that takes place in a place that is war-torn
24) prompt: founding fathers
25) write a story set in a library
26) prompt: elemental
27) write a story using only one period. Bonus: write the story using only one /ending punctuation at all.
28) write a story set in a laundromat
29) (from Lilifluff) Randomly pick a number between 1 and 28 (Random.Org) . Re-write that prompt as a Spaghetti Western or Melodrama
30) the story ends with the words "coming up."
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Date: 2011-08-12 01:40 pm (UTC)<3 Kevin
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Date: 2011-08-13 01:28 am (UTC)Although it occurred to me this morning that enhanced hearing will make for a miserable hangover. ("It's false advertising! You called it wine! Double fermented and distilled isn't wine!")
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Date: 2011-08-13 01:30 am (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2011-08-12 03:44 pm (UTC)Oh my. Just realized. Hung over and improved hearing won't go well together.