Today’s Prompt: “I think the room is bugged.” (Source)
Story:
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Writing Wednesday (Sunday Edition)
Got a late start this month, so the first Writing Wednesday is going to be on a Sunday. Today’s prompt comes from Writing Exercises, a random generator collection site. I used the random first line generator and got ” He kept absolutely still as the footsteps got louder ” Giving myself a 15 minute time span to write and I’m doing it in the blog editor so this is hardly going to be the most proofread story you’ll read today.
THE STORY:
He kept absolutely still as the footsteps got louder, curling further into the niche in the wall he had found that was just big enough to hold him. He knew this had been a poor idea, but it had been so long since he had seen Sarah, he had just felt he had to try to respond to her summons. He had made it halfway up the castle before running into any of the guardsmen that roamed it. Luckily he had worn dark clothing and the lighting had been turned down low as it was nearly midnight and most of the inhabitants were asleep.
“What are we doing?” He jumped, turning to the opposite way of the guards to see Sarah standing there, an eyebrow raised.
“I was trying to see you.” They were going to be caught.
“Miss me then?” Her mouth turned up slightly in amusement. He supposed as the oldest daughter of the Regent she wasn’t as afraid of the guards finding them roaming the halls after hours.
“No,” he said, sarcasm evident. “I just felt like getting a good aerobic exercise in by hiding from guards.” She giggled softly at that before turning to walk into the hall.
“Jeremey, Aara, My boyfriend is here, so don’t be alarmed.
“Of course, my lady,” he heard a rougher voice say. She pulled him out of the niche and pulled him down the hall past the two guards who gave him amused grins.
“Sarah, your father is going to know.”
“I don’t care, and neither should you,” she stated, continuing to pull him along. “Father isn’t even here. Besides, everyone knows I have a relationship with someone. You act as if this is the middle ages and having someone visit me after 6 is some sort of infringement upon my honor.” She shook her head as they came to the doorway to her suite, turning to look at him. “And you have to know that Dad didn’t mean it.”
“I’m pretty sure he did.” He couldn’t forget the cold look in the eyes of the Regent as he told him what would happen if he was found with Sarah outside public occasions. Freiderick definately meant every word he said. “You asked me here.”
“I know. And you could have gone through the front door and been escorted up rather then sneaking around like you are trying to steal Gemma’s jewels.”
“Your Gemma is scarier then the Regent. Why would anyone take her jewels?”
“Because they are idiots obsessed with money, or the shiney.” She finally got the door open and the two walked in. “But that’s beside the point. As much as I missed you, and I did,” she stated with a look in his direction that told him she meant what she said. He squeezed the hand still attached to his own.”I have something else to discuss with you. Do you still have contacts with the Visen?”
“Yes,” he answered, puzzled. As a artisan, he had many contacts across the various political bodies on the planet. Sarah’s father was the Regent of Ikeva, a mountainous region to the north. The Visen were located to the south of the continent, where the land was more flat and were more agriculturally based while Ikeva was more mineral and technology based economically.
“Any with political connections?”
“I think, why?”
“I was visiting with the Carens this past week, and got some intel that suggests that they are planning on trying to annex Visen.”
Writing Wednesday (belated)
So, its Friday, not Wednesday but it doesn’t have the same aliteration. Fiction Friday? It could work but sounds more like a recommednation post. Either way, here is my writing exercise for the week.
To explain the context of this bit, I have been working on a novel for years based on the myth(s) of Persephone called Lady of Shadows. It was a more sci-fi/fantasy take on the myths, deciding that the Greek, Norse and Egyptian gods were actually another species of Human that was more advanced and practically immortal. Cronus/Saturn is the leader of an organization called Titans, INC that the rest are fighting against because they are using the business to manipulate and use the regular humans (so Cronus is the big bad). All of his kids other than Zeus are adopted/fostered so Hera/Zeus is not quite as incesterious as it is in the myths, and neither is Persephone/Hades. So this challenge is me trying to explain the family dynamics.
Challenge: 15 minutes, scene from one of my novel WIPS.
Hades pinched the bridge of his nose, attempting to stave off the oncoming headache that often accompanied dealing with his younger foster brother. He loved Zeus, he really did, but Zeus was at times hard to handle. He supposed it was better that he was there rather then then Posiedon who frankly rarely had the patience. Posiedon had the shortest fuse of the family, which is probably why Zeus went to Hades rather then the other.
Their family was complicated. Cronus and Rhia had only one biological child, and that was Zeus. They had struggled to have children for years, opting eventually to foster and adopt to fulfill Rhia’s desire to be a mother. Whether Cronus wanted to be a father was less certian but for all his sins, he loved his wife. He was largely out of the picture, prefering the children barely seen and not heard, although he liked to show of Zeus when he was younger till Zeus figured out the type of man he was and rebelled.
Hades had been the first son, but the fourth taken in. When he arrived he gained an older sister in Hestia who was never happier then when she was caring for someone. She was his favorite sister still, partially because she was the one to try and connect to him first when he arrived and partially because they were the two with the most patience and even temper. Then there was Ceres, who was almost as dramatic as Zeus was when he was upset. She wasn’t quite as oblvious, however, and actually could tell when he was on people’s last nerves.
Hera had been his age, and sometimes people had mistaken then for twins. They had a simular look…dark hair and eyes. But while Hades had been more introverted, Hera was an extrovert. She had ambition enough for them all, and often the skills to back up anything she did. She did however have a temper to rival Poseidon.
Hera had left the house as soon as she was old enough, out to case her dreams. She kept in contact with Hestia and Hades, but not so much with the others. Zeus had been only a baby when she left, and didn’t have the same sibling bond he had with others. He had been surprised but not shocked when it turned out his baby brother had a crush on the driven sister. She was more like a family friend then a sibling to zeus.
He had been more surprised however, when it turned out Hera had returned the interest.
Writing Wednesday
Prompt: Alien race sees Earth for the first time (15 minute writing)
Story:
Grrr stared out the window at the small planet they had come across. It had been awhile since they had spotted lifeforms at this stage of development and the Fenfrew had decided it wanted to observe. So far the observations had not been too pleasing.
For one thing, the planet was mostly water. So, it seemed, were the lifeforms. Water was necessary, but for a Frew, this seemed the unlikest of planets for it to form. Mars, although lacking in a necessary atmosphere, appeared more to their liking.
Yet life had persevered. The beings seemed to quite enjoy the water. It seemed to be used as both nourishment and entertainment. They used it to provide hygiene. The sentient species – or at least the most numerous, were almost hairless. The variety of ways they dealt with this phenomenon, well, varied greatly. They seemed to exist in all temperatures and climate zones. Frankly, Grr preferred the cool of space, so it baffled Xim as to how the beings on this planet regularly enjoyed extreme temperatures.
The planet was not inhabitable, at least not by the Frew. It was surprising to find out any life could be sustained on it, but it was full of it, and would require much more study. Frankly, Grr was curious as to understanding the peculiarities of this planet, but Xe was glad he was not on the team that would stay and observe.
Rynli, a grey pelt, joined him in the observation room. Xe scanned the monitors before speaking.
“Their atmosphere might be more to our liking in a few decades”
Writing Exercise #4
Prompt: Licking things to claim them as your own.
This is really stupid, but since I set out to post it, I’m still going to post it.
Writing Exercise #3
Today I am going to write ten minutes with a opening sentence already choosen for me.
Here Goes:
Writing Exercise # 2
I’m going to try another 15 minute unprepared for sprint. Lets we what I can come up with. My friend suggested that I write about King Carl, which is actually an joke between a group of us, and doesn’t probably make as much amusing sense to anyone else.
Thus, a 15 minute story about King Carl. Be warned, its complete nonsense and that is because I wanted it to be.
Writing Experiment #1
So I have to do an experiment where for the next 15 minutes I’m going to write a story off the cuff so to speak, and see what comes out. So lets get started:
Sokorra Lewis 