tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-49438469396153053092024-03-06T00:15:49.076-08:00FictitiousI'm cranking out stories.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10290341729529760698noreply@blogger.comBlogger120125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4943846939615305309.post-63162103749993922672015-03-11T18:19:00.000-07:002015-03-11T18:19:09.718-07:00Dungeon<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I could scream and someone would hear.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The gate is so close, but my parents are so far. And, besides, I don’t know where I am.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But I know, if I scream like I did that night they captured me,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Mum will lose more sleep.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And Nancy and Bill say they’ll kill</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Mum and Dad if I tell.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But the gate is open</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And the neighbors are out watering their lilies.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Someone will help me</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Someone will take me home.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I can’t go, though, because if I am caught again,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Surely the belt blows will break my bones.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I have to keep Mum and Dad safe,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Because I can,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So I’ll stay someone else’s son today.</span></div>
<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10290341729529760698noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4943846939615305309.post-41771401976327982442015-02-08T03:30:00.000-08:002015-02-08T03:30:42.555-08:00Obscurity<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /><div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Every light bounces haphazardly from street lights and road strips.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I hope I'm closer to home.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>- on the drive home. </i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Driving through dangerous conditions seems to be my forte.</i></span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10290341729529760698noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4943846939615305309.post-39744498804984687852015-01-22T20:16:00.000-08:002015-01-22T20:16:14.197-08:00Peeled<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><br /><br />Pulling her skin off over her head like a sweater.<br /><br />His hide slips from over his hips and down his knees. He walks out of them when they reach his ankles, tossing them aside in a crumpled mass behind him. </b></span><div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>She helps him take his upper half off after pulling him in for a kiss - before he loses his lips. </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Standing bared to his bones, she smiles at him and kicks her feet. He grabs her toes and she clacks her jaw as he tugs her bottom half cleanly in one swift pull. </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>- This is how I think. Welcome to a small slice of my mind. </i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>(This is a rough draft. Haven't put much effort into it or decided to work on it yet. Maybe later. Maybe not.)</i></span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10290341729529760698noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4943846939615305309.post-48607879345058247912015-01-05T20:13:00.000-08:002015-01-05T20:13:07.637-08:00I Can Be Garbage<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /><br />I have two slices of cheese in my hand. I had chopped 6 thick chunks because I felt like it, overestimating my own desire to consume them. <br /><br />Damn new knives that slide through marble blocks like a katana against freaking bamboo. Curse the satisfaction! </span><div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I'm too lazy to put them back in the fridge. That's one reason they're still on my left palm, but the other infuriates me. It's a challenge now of whether I can shove these two slices into my mouth and consume them. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I should not have sniffed them first. I can smell how long they've been sitting on my skin. Half an hour is not a pleasant smell on cheese.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I take a gulp of orange juice, making sure to ration the half empty glass through this ordeal. I'm going to need to gargle after this. Braving the first bite is like chewing on molten garbage. Quickly swallowing, I chase it with a mouthful of OJ but it won't go down fast enough. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">It takes a strength in me I'm not sure I like to peel the warm cheese off my life lines and dangle it over my lips. It had left greasy prints behind on my palm and before I can acknowledge my nauseousness, that chunk goes down my throat with the ease of a live goldfish down my esophagus. I drown it in the last of my orange juice and wipe my hand with this morning's towel heaped on the foot of my bed. </span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10290341729529760698noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4943846939615305309.post-72169250946733813202015-01-02T02:05:00.001-08:002015-01-06T00:27:51.971-08:00Trading Licks For Fire<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />My fingers are frozen into tight little fists underneath these thin lace gloves. The skin is bright through the spaces between the webs and I worry my fingers won't make it through this winter. <br /><br />Frostbitten appendages would severely hinder customer appeal.<br /><br />Angel whimpers beside me, sticking her cold, red nose into my arm as she snuggles closer for warmth. She isn't finding what she needs, neither of us are, but we wrap our arms around each other anyway, watching the doorknobs with dread and hope.<br /><br />It's warm in there, but warmth comes at a price.<br /><br />The lamps are dim, and flicker with an uncertainty at our low clientele. We clench our teeth and tug tighter. Our arms wrap around our bodies easily without anything to hold onto except our own hips. Angel shudders under her sheer blouse, tucking her fingertips into the hem of her leather panties, the only real article of fabric that has a chance of staving off the chill. I have no such luck with my own attire comprised of a worn, lacy corset and boa set, and nothing else. I wrap the scraggly boa tighter around my neck, squeezing any ounce of heat the remaining tufts of feathers can produce.<br /><br />We're not insulated at all. We envy the abundant coats and thick scarves our customers trudge in. They complain as soon as they enter the rooms, immediately ripping off their layers and wiping up patches of sweat. We can only dream for a proper, wool glove.<br /><br />This rickety bench creaks under our skimpy weight when we shiver. Between clouds of cold breath, we wiggle our toes to fight for circulation. They hang off the edge of this narrow old bench like icicles threatening to fall.<br /><br />A doorknob down in the shadows clicks as an invitation and I nod my head at Angel. She shakes her head but I untangle her bony arms from my waist and shove her off the bench and towards the door. She squeezes my hand appreciatively and cracks a grateful smile with her full blue lips. A gust of heat escapes before she can shut it behind her and it leaves me envious with its taunt.<br /><br />Maybe hell is like this, and not warm at all. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /><br />The Queen Consort of Gloom is a leviathan of billowing cobalt clouds and vapor. Her face is obscured by her nebulous crown; curling over her taunt, pale cheekbones and sharp jaw.<br /><br /><br />Her shoulders are rounded, bony, blue in pallor, and hunched into her chest. They strain under the weight of her overcast headdress; neck elongated and exposed through the fog skimming over the top of her arched spine.<br /><br /><br />The mist lazily swirls over her pointed ears, crackling in the darker concentrations; building steam and smoke in its own condensed reaction. Her tracks are lazy under her skirts of dusty frost and vapor. They're unseen and soaking into the soil. She pauses her solemn trek through the mountains she towers, murky indigo lips, shaped like the clouds she reigns, sighing a puff of air that blows the snow piled on their peaks.<br /><br /><br />Like the goliath she is and with the thick air of a goddess, she freezes the landscape in a mixture of awe and horror. Successfully snatching back the breath of her spectators, she glares, her eyes dark and a storm in themselves.</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10290341729529760698noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4943846939615305309.post-31406406315914270572013-11-28T10:41:00.001-08:002013-12-04T21:16:11.495-08:00Howl Like An Abrupt Combustion<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You spew, bubble, and steam.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Howling like an instant combustion.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">These phases of matter I can't explain.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My dear, you're more complicated than my chemistry research.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sweet angel, from all these reactants, which will bring about the desired reaction?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'm mixing, measuring, calculating every equilibrium throughout the day.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">With nothing that brings a balance for the nights.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A recipe of hush, lullabies, and rocking, perhaps?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Maybe a beaker of warm milk to soothe your teeth?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Baby girl, you're quite the simple little thing, but simply destructive to my sleep.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>I think I'm going to revamp my original island story, "Fool's Paradise", into a more fleshed out tale with an actual consistent plot. But this will be a challenge as it is now summing up to be quite a novel in itself -.- I did not expect so much more ideas and plot twists from a simple theme! :D</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Well, I'll be working on that, but </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">He smiles and shakes his head, and I know he's tired from working this late with me. "Now get on your way home," he urges, resting his crossed arms on the railing as I trudge towards my car. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">I've learned so much during these late hours, possibly induced by the lack of sleep, but important in their reassurance. All these secrets are now open and I'm touched by being the recipient of this rare information. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Confessions are relieving, not just to those that confess, but for those that listen, and I'm glad I could participate in both. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />His fingers dig into the sand that spills away from his hands. He claws at a hidden </span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">rock but the silt sweeps away and pulls his handhold from under his palm. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">They want him to sink back into the depth. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Coral scrapes at his ankles and shins as punishment for leaving home, and an urchin desperately threatens him to move another step. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">His limbs are numb and he can't feel the chill that waits for him in the morning horizon. His mop of dark hair clings to his neck and forehead as they break the surface, frightened and seeking comfort. Dripping locks dangle on lifelines before his eyes. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The full height of his body greets the atmosphere, clouds of breath floating like bubbles of air escaping. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">His skin recoils and shudders at the foreign exposure, having shed his original layer during the riptide. He remembers the skin tearing silently as the ocean's hurricane howled around him. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Absently, he brushes off the leeching seaweed and thick swatches of kelp that tether him to the ocean floor at the sight of the edge of water. The wall of green flora dispels childhood fear for excitement. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Urging his muscles back to life, he treads through the sea with a renewed vigor, fighting the heavy tides until they are just light, helpless laps around his heels. </span><br />
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<b style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Lifting numb limbs from the sands. </b></div>
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<b style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">With the aim to leave behind the person he was before he makes it to the treeline.</b></div>
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<b style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I hope you enjoyed this short piece :) (And had a ball dissecting it :D)</b></div>
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<b style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">mera.</b></div>
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The alarm sets off in a blinding light behind his eyeballs like a protesting scream.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />His shirt is sticking to the trail of sweat running down his chest like a waning river. He yanks out the ends of his headphones, greeting silence from thick rock and roll. Flicking his mop of wet hair off his forehead, he leans back and arches his neck over the top of the bench as he regains his breath. A ripple of warm aching rushes up his calves and he flexes them to stave off the prickle, gulping deep inhales of air to cool his steaming body. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />Fantasy was never his interest, but he's completely certain he is watching a realm unfamiliar to his own. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />She hums, oblivious, and he can't recognize the foreign tune that chimes sweet and light. He can taste it on the center of his tongue, melting quickly with a sugar coating that lingers. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />She snaps a flower from the plot, the stem between her bright, short fingernails, and sniffs the white petals. They gently caress her blushed cheeks and pollen speckles the tip of her tiny, button nose. In a swift motion that counters her previous ease, she weaves the stem through the floral crown piled between her hair.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />The mass doubles her own scalp, interlocking pure black, shiny, straight hair and a cacophony of brilliant brights and silent pastel petals. Varying shades of fire edge the masterpiece, popping pinks and clashing against the dark violets. Like an affectionate, extra extremity, an emerald vine escapes the blossoming sphere, uncurling against her temple and grazing the tip of her thin, slanted, charcoal eyes.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />She easily brushes the hanging leaves, twirling and tucking the vine back into her headdress with an absent hand, her light, puckered lips glowing with her hum. She picks up an auburn leaf from the autumn pile, studies it and brushes off any dirt, blowing a light breath as a precaution before sneaking it into her hair. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />Blinking wildly, he wonders if he's seeing right. His phone buzzes in his shorts pocket and his focus wavers as he checks the text message. Dismissing the message, he whips his head back, dragging his legs with him this time at the ache in his neck. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />She's gone like a fallen leaf blown by the wind. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />She's not in sight, her presence lost except for the few leaves and flowers she had plucked but forgotten. His eyes scan for any sign of her escape, but not a branch from the bushes reveals where their exotic autumn goddess disappeared.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />His phone vibrates again, this time relentless and he shuts the phone off, rubbing his eyes with his palms. He pauses his merciless attack to peek between his lifelines, miffed when the leaves and flower petals don't move. Sighing, defeated by the mirage, he pulls himself to his tired feet, stomping to revive them. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />He glances once more at the window in the bushes with a twisted mouth and huffs a breath before hiking his knees up for a jog back. Through the eased pain, he muses at the extent of his imagination.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />But the hum sticks in his mind, softly blowing like a rustle between the trees, and he can almost see her disappearing through the foliage like the nymph she probably was.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Am I back? Perhaps :P</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>We shall see.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>I'm finding that I'm saying that a lot lately, "We shall see," as I am not completely sure. </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>As well, I've been celebrating my 20th birthday over this long weekend :D<br />What a weekend to feel ultimately loved! </b></span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10290341729529760698noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4943846939615305309.post-35040693826905890302013-09-22T16:46:00.000-07:002013-09-22T16:46:18.784-07:00Pitch: Tonus: Part 3<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #111111; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px !important; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;">
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This time, before he fully straightens, he lunges with his fists, but I easily dodge them for access to his uncovered back. I can feel the bone bend and crack under my knuckles.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">He doesn't try to get up, instead he lays on the hot sand and gasps. When I stalk towards him, fear finally settles on his features, sending panic to his scrambling limbs.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Crouching, I easily grab a hold of him, grasping his long, thick golden hair in my left fist. He starts to sob, his mouth, once again, opening and closing, swallowing large gulps of his own tears. His eyes meet mine and suddenly something lodges itself into my throat.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The back of my eyes prickle and I tear my gaze from his to stare at the audience. They're up and stomping, the reverberation calming, but it doesn't stop the choking.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My eyes sweep the stadium, and catch on something glinting in the sand: the shield. It's close enough for me to watch myself debate how to kill him.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Angrily I shake my head, enough to sway my whole body and rattle my opponent by the roots of his hair. Slightly dizzy, I find myself staring back at my contorted reflection. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Wrenching his head back and without warning, I rip my right arm guard's metal edge across his throat, slicing through it and ending the show with a great display of shooting blood. Dropping the boy, I wrap my arms around myself, suddenly self-aware.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The thrum of the audience reaches my spine and I ache to know what they are shouting.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Frustrated and hit with a bout of confusion, I open my own mouth and let out any noise I can muster, disgusted and distraught that I can't even hear myself scream.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b> What have I been up to, you ask?</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>A bloody lot, that's what.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>I don't know what exactly has plagued me over the last week, but suddenly, every time I shut my eyes, I'm being barraged by vivid characters and their stories. </b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Every night it's something new. Every night I'm flashing through a life that isn't my own and, instead rules a time different from the next.</b></span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>A dystopian world where metal is murderous.</b></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>A girl who finds a life living in her amnesia.</b></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Winning a war in a flash flood with bubblegum.</b></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Sitting on a rock feeling majestic.</b></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Boys as canines.</b></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>A mortician's daughter holds her own funeral.</b></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>...and a whole lot more...</b></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>This is utterly fantastic (aside from the fact that my habit of sleeping in is becoming IMPOSSIBLE now). </b></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is just ONE of my dreams, and I haven't even finished it...</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Now I'm stuck with packs of pages of entirely different characters, as well as large blurbs (because I spent a majority of my morning purging my head so I don't forget) in my various journals and notepads, both paper and electronic.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Sigh.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>I've spent a couple days, just writing. I mean, I skipped out on work just to write any comprendable* word I could snatch from the quickly fleeting dream throughout the day. It was an amazing experience, however not practical for my life right now. Never have I ever been so jealous as to wish for the easy, free-to-write-as-you-will, lifestyle of famous writers. </b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>My God, what have I become.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>So now I definitely have to create my own character sheets, just to keep all these people intact and distinct. (So much I want to do, alas never enough time.. Hah! Writer problems :P)</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Well, I'm going to go back to my growing pile of bodies.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Mera. </b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>*fairly sure that is not a word, as I am being told by the angry red squiggly line underneath it, but I am going to pretend that it is because it sounds interesting.</b></span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10290341729529760698noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4943846939615305309.post-56610251622434989222013-09-07T23:38:00.000-07:002013-09-08T00:46:58.263-07:00Pitch: Tune: Part 2<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #111111; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px !important; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;">
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A net is fisted in his left hand, and a square, embellished shield in his right. I'm perplexed by the shield and realize it must be a gift, otherwise the weaponry of choice is appalling.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The shield glints bright and the shine takes me by surprise. I catch my reflection in the polished surface and don't recognize the tall, dark man covered in blood and scars. <em style="background-color: transparent !important; border: 0px; font-variant: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Is this what I look like? </em>I hide my disappointment behind a stone face as we approach each other.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">His eyes sweep over me and I draw myself up hoping to look especially intimidating as I tower over him. He doesn't react as expected, instead seeming to sigh and resign himself by calmly opening and closing his mouth. Enraged by his disrespect, I lunge towards him with a growl, hoping he will stop.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sensing my fury, he swiftly dodges my attack, surprising me with his agility. Lunging again, he ducks and rolls out of my path and, from the corner of my eye, starts to wind his arm back. He throws his net towards me and I slash my sword as it tries to ensnare me. He quickly draws it back with a flick of his wrist before I can slice it to shreds.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">He re-evaluates the move and we circle each other, eyes locked in anticipation. Sweat covers me in a thick layer from my previous matches, slicking uncomfortably from between the metal plates over my torso. The straps over my calves and arms from the guards are starting to feel numb.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The sun shines blindingly off the shield and I have to break out of my revere to focus.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em style="background-color: transparent !important; border: 0px; font-variant: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Who was that man? </em>I shush my thoughts when I catch a glimpse of myself again in the mirror-like facet. <em style="background-color: transparent !important; border: 0px; font-variant: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Where did the boy go?</em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I lunge towards him and instantly he throws his net at me in response. Holding out my pilum, I tangle the net by weaving the metal head through the openings. He attempts to tug back, but the differences in our strengths is monumental.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I pull hard, but he instantly releases the tether at the end of the net, freeing himself from my trap. I stumble back, driving the end of the staff into the sand to keep from falling.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">He opens his mouth again, this time aiming it at the audience with a smile. He jabbers on, flicking his hair off his shoulder, and the annoyance burns.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Leaving behind my ensnared javelin impaled in the sand, I jab my sword at his shield, the force denting the polished metal and sending a shaking pain up the arm of my cocky opponent. He yelps and pulls his arm to his chest protectively, eyeing me with a confused and awed expression.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In reply, I smirk.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Massaging his arm, he regards me then unwinds himself to have a squared position. Unsure of what he is doing, I am caught unaware when he dashes at me, hidden behind his dented shield as he rams me with all his weight.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">After a panicked shuffle that causes me to stumble, I'm in the sand, and it is scorching. Spitting the grit from between my teeth, I swing my sword above me to fend off any attacks while I am down. I stop when I realize I'm just slashing at air. Lifting my head, I find him doubled over, his body shaking. Picking myself up, I seethe at the embarrassment of being thrown down by a slight amateur.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Without a second thought, I charge at his exposed back. He catches me in his peripheral and mistakenly releases his shield as he turns to face me. His hands reach for mine around the hilt, and as I charge, he pushes my hands away from himself.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The force is shocking, and the sword with my hands swing right, dangerously close to my cheek. Releasing my sword so it spirals far into the dirt, I twist my wrists out of his hands and marvel at the unexpected tactic.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">He starts to move his mouth again, but I can't bother thinking too much anymore. With no weapons in hand, I resolve for my fists. They connect with his exposed navel, quickly disabling him and halting his constant chatter.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">He's doubled over again, this time in pain, but I wait for him to straighten up before landing a fist into the side of his ribs. No more games. This is a fair fight with strict rules of life and death, and we're going not playing anymore.</span></div>
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<b>Whoa, today was a doozy.</b></div>
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<b>Finally got to go to a concert by THE Mother Mother! </b></div>
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<b>And I am so psyched by how awesome they are! </b></div>
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<b>Definitely my favorite band ever. :P</b></div>
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<b>Mera.</b></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10290341729529760698noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4943846939615305309.post-19895324650965501452013-09-01T18:13:00.000-07:002013-09-03T19:49:15.167-07:00Pitch: Tone: Part 1<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #111111; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px !important; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;">
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The air always smells and tastes the same: salty and dusty.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The screams and gurgles go unheard when I plunge my pilum into the throat of my fallen opponent. Not a sound escapes my own as the spectators scream from the surrounding stands.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Dislodging the spearhead from the corpse, I kick at the bloodstained sand underfoot without a glance at the severed neck of the man. Eyes up at my audience instead, I revel at the pulsing reverberation that travels through my chest from the stomping of my fans. A smile approaches my lips, but I halt the action and exchange it for a more appropriate smirk, and the women stare wide eyed and enchanted.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'm a monster in this stadium and heart breaker out. This bloodthirsty being they play me as is a Gods-given dream. Not a trace of the scrape of a boy left to fend for himself in the slums, abandoned and constantly hungry. Nor a hint of the fear that had wracked the boy's thoughts present in this heavily muscled body.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I usually notice the gate opening by the distinct rumbling of the sand as the chains hoist the metal gate up, but with the stadium in an uproar like this, I take the instant swivel of everyone's head to my left as the signal of my next opponent.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hefting my javelin over my shoulder, and posing for the ladies with a quick tense of my arms and shoulders, I spin around and hurl the wooden and metal weapon. It ripples the atmosphere and I can feel the dense, humid air being sliced by the bending of minuscule hairs in my ears. It tickles comfortably, like a familiar graze.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Watching the javelin arch gracefully across the arena and find itself home into the chest of my victim, I pick up my feet into a light jog to effortlessly scoop the sword my previous opponent had left behind. He hadn't used it and now I know why; it's unexpectedly heavy. Most likely a cheap apprentice's mishap in allot selection.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Gripping the curved metal between my palms, I race through the sand, avoiding as many patches of dusty burgundy sand as I can. I am quite proud of how easily I can dispel the thoughts for the origins of them.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There isn't much left for me when I finally reach my opponent. He writhes pathetically in the sand, gasping, unarmed, having tossed his wooden shield and rusty dagger far into the dirt, and attempting to stave off the bleeding around the spear's visible staff with his blood-drenched hands.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I bite a scowl through my lips at the trouble of running all the way here for a dead man, shaking my leather sandals of the clumping grit. Deciding that he isn't worth the exertion anymore, I slam my sword down and sever his head to end his misery.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Despite the short conquest, the audience gifts me with another warm thunder to my chest at the sight of the spurting blood. This time I cannot hide the smile that breaks across my sunburned cheeks. Wiping the blood out of my eyes, I end this battle with a flourishing bow in all four directions, adding a couple winks to the noblewomen batting their lashes provocatively.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">They love me. Thank the Gods.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The thrumming in my ribs subsides and I instantly regret the loss. It can only be because of another opponent. A bubbling stirs in my gut, of anger, of fear for the loss of adoration. Holding my head high, I pivot to face my next victim, my shoulders flaming from the heat and displeasure.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This one is the match I've been waiting for, I realize when I find my opponent striding towards me in a slow, purposeful stalk. For once since the first months I had entered the arena as a boy, I watch my opponent and study him in detail.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">He is lightly tanned and lean, the leather straps of his simple armor wrapped around his slight chest. I scoff at him, proud with only a couple victories under his belt. He's fresh from the gutters. His hair, extremely fair and long, curls around his shoulders, probably to entice the support of the ladies. He has the audacity to keep it untied in the arena.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When he smiles at my audience, fury balls up between my shoulders, boiling unpleasantly. Squeezing the hilt of my sword in my right palm, I grab the staff of my javelin with my left hand and rip it out of the corpse. With my weapons in hand, I decide to greet my guest.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Who doesn't like a good bloodthirsty gladiator? ;P</b></span></div>
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<b style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It's a valuable piece of information about Mr. Gladiator, just saying :D</b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Also, there will be a second part for this piece, so look forward to it! </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>-Mera.</b></span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10290341729529760698noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4943846939615305309.post-12218174777372103492013-08-31T23:03:00.002-07:002013-08-31T23:03:31.256-07:00Disruption of Plans<div style="text-align: center;">
<b style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I like being in control. More specifically, I like being able to control my own plans.</b></div>
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<b style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And not having others, particularly my parents, disrupt my plans for their own selfish reasoning. </b></div>
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<b>And without discussing them with me, either.</b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>I feel like a child. Sugar-coating words and coddling me.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>And I thought I was entitled to being treated like the adult I should be.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>When will I grow up? When will you let me?</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>I'm not so easily pushed down. Shove me, toss me, push me. I'll get right back up.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>I'm my own rock. I have a road I'm ready to take. </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>I'm stacked and structure with passion. Motivation. Dedication. </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Just let me go. </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>I've built my own world beyond this home. Beyond this city. Beyond this office.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>My age is not limited. Nor is my innocent, doe-eyed face. </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>My mind is beyond my life. And my life is beyond these restrictions you've all labelled and pasted onto me.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>I'm not a tack-on board. Unpin me.</b></span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10290341729529760698noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4943846939615305309.post-62113017181540342042013-08-23T00:08:00.001-07:002013-08-23T00:08:30.408-07:00Precedence<div style="font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in; text-align: center;">
<b><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">JournalWord: Bubble gum.</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">She blows a pink
bubble as she waits for her savior from the dull crowd.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Her slinky silver
dress sparkles under the undying shine of the chandeliers, casting slivers of
light to bounce off the faces of her admirers. They flaunt their European suits and adoration at her like arrows after a scrambling herd, but she dodges their haphazard attempt to ensnare her. They are ready to pounce, but her black, strappy high heels
impatiently tap on the tiles, toes facing the exit.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Snapping her gum
between her wisdom teeth angrily, she almost neglects to hear the scrambled
whining of a waiter chasing after her as she breaks from the mob. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Madam, you
most certainly cannot be leaving!" he insists desperately when she doesn't slow her strides. "This is your party for the Nobel-"<br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">She interrupts him
by swiveling around to face him with a growl tweaking her lips to display her
incisors and gums. Spitting her wad of bubblegum into her palm, she slams it onto the
empty platter he has been holding up faithfully throughout his run.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">He staggers to catch
his platter before it tumbles, flabbergasted as she turns back around <span style="font-size: 11pt;">and spouts,
"Don't need it."</span></span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10290341729529760698noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4943846939615305309.post-72736357399211171752013-08-11T23:14:00.001-07:002013-08-11T23:14:38.791-07:00Fried<div style="font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>JournalWord: Chicken</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">She cocks her head
up, staggering her crown as she stares, unabashed at me through the window.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As if to grind my
nerves even further, she scratches at the ground with her demonic talons,
further tearing apart the head of lettuce she has currently torn to
smithereens.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Suddenly she flaps
her wings widely, ruffling her grey speckled white feathers and releasing a
wail to summon her brethren to the slaughter of my garden.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Clenching my jaw as
my assumption proves correct with the horde of beady-eyed devils cluck
maniacally as they clamber towards the hole in my garden fence, I turn away
from the window with intent in my mind.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"He loves
chickens. What man has a chicken obsession!"</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I clutter the
kitchen in my search for the biggest cleaver in the house, and when I find it,
tucked safely in its matching block behind the canola oil and flour, I come to
terms that this winter, we won't have any canned vegetables.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">That's fine. It
looks like this year we'll just have to live off meat.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>::</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Well, now I'm off for bed after a long day of shopping (clothes! shoes!) :P</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span></div>
<div style="font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Keep cheery!</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>mera.</b></span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10290341729529760698noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4943846939615305309.post-13123845498947760972013-08-05T02:03:00.000-07:002013-08-05T02:03:33.018-07:00My Love Is Late<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Something about me that some have trouble comprehending in general.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>I don't believe in love.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Sure, people like each other, tolerate each other, and then care for each other, in given time. A logical progression that creates an emotional tether.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>And I understand the magic behind maternal and paternal affection for children, I mean, those cute little babes were genetically designed to be adorable so they could be dependent on others to survive. (Ingenious, really!)</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>It's all quite biological.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>I'm just a skeptic about this strange figment that floats about in peoples' fantasies and dreams.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Love at first sight? Merely physical attraction.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>So where this brings me: arranged marriage.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Of course, everyone has their own perspective on the case, and if you're not one of those that has ever experienced an arranged marriage, whether first-hand or by knowing someone who has, I'm afraid your validity to what I'm going to confirm will make you upset.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>I am wholeheartedly agreeable to the notion. (Although, of course, if it involves non-consent from both parties, or involves young'ins who don't have a choice, I'd be very vocal at the inappropriateness!)</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>But, after numerous consultations with myself to discuss the non-existent chance I will "fall in love" (ouch!), the idea of finding myself a match that is beneficial is perfect.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>You'll notice, if you've been paying attention to my writing, that I do dabble in love in various forms. </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>But I will make clear, this "love" is actually a perception of the character and the character's dreams and beliefs.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>So to correct myself, love may be real, for those that believe in it. However in my case, I don't.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>And life goes on, so my mother and I have decided to book a trip to Indonesia in the fall/winter to start a hunt (Ohh, how predatory.. :P) on men, of which I would choose.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>And yes, I know, from countless accusations, I am taking this a bit too logical. </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>But again, characters and personalities dictate dreams and beliefs.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Oh! And relationships! They will forever be my muse. :D </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>::</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Just a rant I've shortened after being questioned while discussing my plans with some close friends. This is probably a large chunk of my personality that comes out in my writing, so I thought I'd share it.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Hopefully this is insightful. If not, don't be concerned. </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>I can't change what is already perceived, I suppose.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>And again, personalities and characters. (I still adore them!)</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Have an excellent day,</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>mera.</b></span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10290341729529760698noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4943846939615305309.post-37111742135139546152013-07-31T03:40:00.001-07:002013-07-31T03:40:14.617-07:00Imprint<div style="font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>JournalWord: Branded</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>::</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">She giggles as she
flames the needle point of the pin through the candle light and all I can do is
trust her.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Maybe I should be a
little nervous, I mean, she does seem unnaturally cheery brandishing that pin.
Then again, all those pain killers are making me float, so I smile when she
scoots closer to me.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I don't know what
she whispers into my ear before she pierces it, I'm distracted by the shine of her dark hair, but what she says afterwards
rings sharper than the action.</span></div>
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<br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"You're mine
now."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>::</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>I'm extremely out of whack right now, with my days switched with my nights, and my work schedule taking up most of my awake hours...</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>I'm a mess.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>I mean, all I want right now is to take a walk. </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>You'd think it would be an easy request at 4 in the morning.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Well, I'll have to put up with my frustration for now, and hopefully by next week I'll start getting back into my routine and crank out cute creative juices :)</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Keep cheery,</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>mera.</b></span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10290341729529760698noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4943846939615305309.post-30366033069834145322013-07-17T02:59:00.000-07:002013-07-17T02:59:43.479-07:00An Opera Unfolds<div style="font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>This is one of my chapters for a collaboration that a great friend and I are doing. My post with <a href="http://mera-fictitious.blogspot.ca/2013/05/a-muted-glow.html" target="_blank">Marie Curie</a> was also included (with a few tweaks). Also, check out my collaboration partner, JeromeR.Vandamme! He's a fantastic writer! :)</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.protagonize.com/story/anticipate-the-roar" target="_blank"><b>Anticipate The Roar</b></a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">::</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Shutting the door
behind me, all noise ceases abruptly like a wall blocking the notes of a
concerto. There are little groups of people packed into the corners of the
halls, hushing each other to check over their shoulders before continuing their
whispers.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Grasping my file
folders closer to my chest, I tip-toe down the hallway from Personal History
lecture and out of the nearest exit to the courtyard to escape the crackling
hum.</span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Another door to
shut, but now I can finally breathe. From a room where my instructors
mindlessly repeat what my music style should be, to a hallway where the tension
could snap a violin bow before it settles it's strings. Days like today, I wish
for the deafness Beethoven has now been spared.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Forcing my chin up
and away from its familiar perch on the tops of my music sheets, I set a course
to my studio, pondering the source of the rumors. </span></div>
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<span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Where did Martha go? </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It was awfully
strange for her to not make her rounds before ten last night to bid everyone
sweet dreams. Absently my hand prods the bags under my eyes. The instructors
had not been happy with them or my honest explanation. Although they did not
answer my question regarding Martha's disappearance.</span></div>
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<span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"She has bid a leave, probably for a vacation of
sorts, and she'll be back soon, I'm sure. Now, get some sleep Mozart;
Headmaster will not be pleased when her genius is not presentable for his next
concerto."</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sighing, I drop a
hand onto the handle of the Arts building door and breathe. "My
concerto," I say in an exhale, and finally twist the handle to let myself
in.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Wolf! Wait
up!" </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Turning around I
hold open the door for Marie and instantly my worries clear away when she
smiles. I can still remember when I had caught her in my studio, hesitantly
brushing the keys. She was embarrassed. Now she's a complete opposite from the
girl who I had seen glimpses in the Personal History hallway.</span></div>
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<div style="font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"How is your
opera coming along?" she asks, and I groan inwardly at the reminder.</span></div>
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<div style="font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"It's.. coming
along. I have a concerto I also have to work on." </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">She nods
understandably, and we walk in silence to my studio. With the glass doors shut,
we head to my piano where she immediately seats herself on the bench and
practices her scales while I start sorting the two pieces I am working on into
their respective piles.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> "Have you heard the rumors?" she
asks nonchalantly without a break in her scales.</span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div style="font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I cut myself on a
couple sheets from my startle and plop my left index finger into my mouth.
"About Martha?" I mumble around my finger.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">She nods her wispy
bun. "They're saying that she has gone off on vacation," she says
with a snort. "But she wouldn't have gone without telling us, right? And
anyways, the rumor is that she's finally gotten in trouble with
Headmaster."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I suck on my cut as
my heart drops from my chest to my belly. There is a dull thud of my heartbeat
as I recall Headmaster's cold attitude towards Martha last week when she had
complained that I shouldn't have to do a concerto and opera scheduled for this
weekend.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Salvador!"
Marie calls abruptly and I snap my head up to see Salvador pass by the studio
in the hallway. She's off the bench and opening the door to greet our friend in
an instant. Her gasp resonates throughout the room. "Your eyes, Salvador.."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">He brushes off her
comment with a shrug and I notice the dark bruise over his right eye, partially
hidden by his long locks. His hair is usually swept up out of her face, but
today it looks greasy and wild. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"What
happened?" I ask, dumbfounded that anyone would resort to violence on
campus. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Nothing,"
he answers but he's not looking at either of us. His eyes are sweeping over our
heads. "An instructor got on my nerves, that's all."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Well, maybe
Martha-" Marie starts, but stops herself.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">At her dejection,
Salvador finally turns to look at her and relaxes, placing a hand on her head
to reassure her. I creep closer to them and grab hold of Marie's hand. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Don't
worry," he says, voice clear, and I'm surprised to recognize anger hidden
underneath his words. "I'll find her."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">::</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>And I should really be finishing up the next chapter since it's my turn -.-</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Keep cheery!</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>mera.</b></span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10290341729529760698noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4943846939615305309.post-56545358976596137912013-07-09T12:09:00.000-07:002013-07-09T12:09:19.652-07:00Happy 100th Post!<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This will be the hundredth post I'll have posted on this blog, and it has been an insane and inspiring ride since my first post.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>We've made it through:</b></span></div>
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<ul>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Failures in stranded island fiction</b></span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Short stories about OCD cashiers and mafia geniuses</b></span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Aspiring male models and a young doctor</b></span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Angels crashing into the life of a secretary</b></span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>JournalWords that become stranger by the moment</b></span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>A maybe not-so-subtle hint of a threesome story</b></span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Gang nurses fighting off perverts</b></span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Lots of stories about demons</b></span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Lists cooked up in minutes</b></span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>A wedding phase</b></span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Actually, loads of strange phases.. (can you name them all?)</b></span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Zombies and their evil organization (which hasn't done some evil in a long time..)</b></span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Kinky games</b></span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>A peek into the characteristics of a masochist</b></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>And a bunch more topics and ideas that I'm definitely going to expand and add to. </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This blog was created with the sole purpose of reawakening my adoration with writing my fantasies and creating an outlet to deter my building depression.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Let's just say, it's working. :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I've worked through some tough times, including some bouts of depression, stress and writer's block, and reacquainted myself with the joys of living.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My familiar positivism is back and eager for the adventures that are bound to come in the future (skydiving, anyone?).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Thank you all who come back here for a read and for those that have endured through the strange workings of my mind. I adore you all! :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So, until my 200th post, I hope you all enjoy the fantastical, fictitious world I have conjured up :D </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Keep cheery and I hope you have an excellent day!</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Mera</span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10290341729529760698noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4943846939615305309.post-75155232953036436642013-07-01T15:02:00.001-07:002013-07-01T15:02:32.108-07:00Slumber<div style="font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The 5th installment of Bless!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It's just a filler at the moment, because this is such a slow story, but I've mapped out the rest of the story so it definitely is coming together :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Enjoy!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And to all the Canadians: HAPPY CANADA DAY!!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sam pauses his
knuckles over the grain of Sarah's apartment door, twisting slightly to procure
his cell phone from the pocket of his sweat pants to check the time. He sucks
in a breath at the late hour, glad he hadn't knocked, in case they are asleep.
Stepping back, he scrummages for the nick in the door frame, tongue peeking at
his intense concentration as he feels the boards making up the frame with his
fingertips. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Dropping his
duffelbag onto the floor, he snags the thin string painted the same colour as
the boards, and hooks it with his pinky. Tugging the key out of the hidden
nook, he chuckles in triumph. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"That little
sneaky creature," he playfully chides as he sticks the key into the
doorknob and unlocks the door with a congratulatory ping of successfully
interlocking metal hooks. 'Always thinking up new hiding places. Hasn't changed
a bit.'</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Softly, he peels the
door open, surprised the lights of the apartment are all on. He recognizes the
blaring of infomercials from the living room and he frowns, hoping she hasn't
waited up for him. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Locking the door
behind him and abandoning his bag with his shoes, his frown lifts at a corner
when he enters the scene. Holding back a chuckle, he tiptoes to the T.V. to
switch it off, silencing the incessant chattering and revealing the snores
escaping from the couch.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For a moment he just
watches, absorbing the oblivious couple tucked into the cushions. 'No
wrinkles', he marvels, relieved to see his childhood friend as she was years
before the worry and stress inhabited her thin shoulders and collected on her
brow. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Her hair is tousled,
splayed out around her face like an aura to highlight her cheekbones and jaw. A
strand tickles her temple and she absently scrunches her face to deter the
offending lock. She has slid down the couch to lay across the length of the furniture,
her right arm tossed above her head, and her left wrapped around the boy
snuggled deep into her chest.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A spark of jealousy
spikes through his veins and he remembers the challenging stare the
"innocent angel" had displayed. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"You damn
cheat," he hisses, and attempts to wipe off the pout that wants to settle
on his lips. Instead, to break the losing battle and to satisfy the jealousy
building up inside his chest, he pokes Sarah in the cheek, none-too-gently, to
wake her up.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">After the fifth
poke, all unforgiving, she starts to move, although only to shift away from the
attack. "Leave me alone," she mutters in her sleep, slipping her arm
from around Blue and flipping away to face the back of the couch. "I'm sleepy."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">He almost doesn't
contain his laughter when Blue is effectively tossed off the edge of the couch
from her roll. Managing to stifle his laughter to a smug grin, he remarks,
"Looks like both of us are on our own tonight." </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Noticing her
struggle to curl up against the couch, he twists his mouth before scooping her
up into his arms. She doesn't move a lid as she settles into the crooks of his
arms as he transfers her into her own bed. Automatically, she sinks into her
familiar duvet and pillow, ignoring the feelings of the man watching over her.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sighing, he pivots
on his heel, ready to make himself comfortable on her couch, when he realizes
who is making his way to the bedroom.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Oh, no, you
don't," he whispers, wrenching Blue out of the doorway and into the living
room. "You get the love seat and I'll take the couch, you sneak," he
announces, waiting pointedly for Blue to obey. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As if taking the
moment to think over the demand, Blue slowly complies and lays on the cushions,
not meeting Sam's eyes as he stares off at the ceiling. Taking this as a sign
of obedience, Sam retrieves the spare blankets and pillows from her hallway closet
and tosses one of each to the motionless boy before settling himself on the
couch so his long legs hang off an armrest with minimal discomfort.</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10290341729529760698noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4943846939615305309.post-11313570602351521102013-06-26T23:21:00.001-07:002013-07-06T13:33:02.035-07:00All My Pretties<div style="text-align: center;">
<b><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">JournalWord: She likes to collect pretty things.</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Stepping back from the teal box, she grins and claps her hands in front of herself enthusiastically. "My!" she exclaims, surveying her work. "That shade of blue really pops out the green in your eyes. You look even more gorgeous than you did half an hour ago."</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Her only reply is a series of muffles which she quickly shushes with a firm frown and wagging finger. "That is pure silk, my pretty angel, and it doesn't take well to saliva staining it's brilliance, so stop your sputtering or I'll have to replace that bow over your mouth."</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">She likes to keep pretty things in boxes, tucked into pastel and floral boxes, and wrapped in big, silky bows. She keeps gems, jewelry, tea cups with matching tea pots, daisies, roses, and anything else that takes her fancy.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Tightening a bow so the ribbons don't twist, she pets the blonde hair peeking through the lush material. Lifting the ornate lid for the box, and ignoring the squirming of her prize, she pats the lid over the box, sealing another precious joy away.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">She likes to keep her pretty men in boxes, tucked into pastel and floral boxes, and wrapped in big, silky bows.</span>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>::</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>I'm keeping busy, that's for sure!</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>I'm attempting to crank out a chapter for a collaboration I'm working on at Protagonize, and right now, with my first priority being work, the progress is a bit slow.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><br />So that means the posts here a tad bit slower than the project :l</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>I'm going to accomplish this! </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Keep bubbly! :D</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>mera.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10290341729529760698noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4943846939615305309.post-60434013945198434412013-06-21T00:41:00.001-07:002013-06-21T00:41:41.804-07:00Jumping The Gun<div style="font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>JournalWord: Hold me in your arms.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>::</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Nobody move,
or I'll shoot!" he shouts, pressing the muzzle deeper into her dark wavy
hair.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Everyone in the bank
instantly complies, dropping to the floor like stunned flies and uttering, not
a peep.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The girl in his arms
starts to struggle, and suddenly he sweats when she squirms easily in his
grasp. Panicking, he neglects the reason why she would turn around instead of
running away.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"This is so
romantic," she exclaims, bright eyed and perky despite the gun aimed at
her face. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">His hand wavers and
someone stifles a sob as the gun sweeps the floor from his wet palm.
"What?"</span></div>
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<div style="font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"It'll be like
Stockholm Syndrome, and we'll have this great love affair, where the news will
be captivated yet disturbed by our affections, and we'll be famous-"</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Another short to get me back into the game of writing. Now that I'm not stressed about studying, I am at your service to entertain and write stories to my heart's content! </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>So bring on the inspiration and let's get this party started :)</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Keeping bubbly!</b></span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10290341729529760698noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4943846939615305309.post-83957558378277017792013-06-12T09:58:00.001-07:002013-06-12T09:58:42.464-07:00Wooden Horse<div style="font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>JournalWord: Fighting gravity.</b></span></div>
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horse, poised on the tips of its back hooves and balancing as it stands tall on
the clear glass tabletop. The curve of its back is a series of slopes and
arches, almost a vertical posture as its front feet kick at the sky.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">His mane is tossed
back in frozen waves, curling into itself like a tornado, and the wispy tail is
a whirlwind of incoming clouds. The dappled grey hide glints from a polish set
into the grain. She wonders if he's even touching the table.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Papa,"
she asks her grandfather as she settles her head onto the backs of her hands,
waiting for the sparkle to appear in its eye. "How long did it take for
you to carve him?"</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Two
months," is his gruff reply as he tinkers on a wooden cuckoo-clock on his
work bench. "It took two months to fight with gravity."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>I'm juggling (when am I not?) work and responsibilities, and studying for my interview is not helping for time to write :(</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Well, keep bubbly, and wish me luck :)</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Mera.</b></span></div>
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