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Wet Rainbow

Wet Rainbow

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“Sometimes it is hard to distinguish dream from reality, truth from fiction, false memories from the real. We all struggle with it. And this still seems like a dream to me, although I have touched the evidence, felt its coarse fabric beneath my fingers.” His hand moved through the air as though he were drawing it down the surface of a curtain. “On free days I often go fishing south of Taverly. This season has been especially great for the trout. Some days the lake swarms with them, their bodies rippling beneath the surface like muscle. There are so many they rock the boat.”

Several days ago I was fishing, standing on the portside of my scow, line stretched taut, when suddenly the mother herself appeared before me. No one is ready for an epiphany and – and –“

“And he killed her!” The new priest shouted, stepping forward. I had watched him throughout the tale, watched the smile slowly spreading across his face.

“I did not!* Father Lawrence shouted, swiveling towards his interlocutor. “The line caught, and somehow it got tangled around –“

“I was there! On the shore! He strangled her! With his line!”

At this point one of the elders intervened, stepping between the pair and raising his arms. “Quiet!” He bellowed and an immediate hush fell. “In this church we comply only with the laws of the Gods and the Holy Book, and I think their rules are quite clear in this case. Father Lawrence killed our ****** mother. Perhaps by accident, perhaps not – we shall find out. We have a challenger here. The holy book states they must (a dramatic pause) fight to the death.”

I stood up to complain that this was absurd, surely the death of the holy mother negated some of what the Book said, but just then I felt a tug on my shoulder from someone in the pew behind me.

There was a sense of tipping and then I was opening my eyes to an old man in a turban.

“Sir, you fell asleep,” he said.

08-Oct-2009 06:44:42

Wet Rainbow

Wet Rainbow

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I looked around to find the church empty. Garnik, the new priest, had finished his sermon and left. When I looked back, the old man was hobbling towards the door. Something about his asperous movements reminded me of a dream that was already fading from my memory.

08-Oct-2009 06:44:57

Leela Feliz

Leela Feliz

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Indeed I like it! :D The only change I would suggest would be to make the dreamer back into Martina Scorsby.

I will double check the word count and make that one change and post it so we can get on with our contest. Please remember that you need 150 word piece as well.

Feliz ;)

Edit: 4 words over...I shall shave 4 words and make the dreamer Madam Scorsby. I hope that is fine with you.

I only like that because Martina and Father Lawrence are in the V church daily :P

Thank you so much, WR! It was great working with you, Cheers to a great combined effort.

08-Oct-2009 16:11:18 - Last edited on 08-Oct-2009 16:41:41 by Leela Feliz

NovelistElly

NovelistElly

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Hey Leela,

I am inviting you to be my replacement in game, if necessary, for the Halloween Story Contest. This means that in the instance I am unable to make it that you would take over leading the group through Runescape. Please inform me if you can do that. On another note I would also like you to participate in the contest, or be a Judge. Just tell me which you choose, if any, I trust your judgement completely.

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~Elly

11-Oct-2009 19:09:31 - Last edited on 11-Oct-2009 19:12:34 by NovelistElly

Hellswrath

Hellswrath

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Hey i'm back from Fort Hood, sorry if I wasn't able to warn you before I left I only found out about the mission a few hours before I left and I was in Houston with Dina.

Anyway I won't be able to play to much for the rest of the semester, missing three weeks of class isn't a good step in the right direction, so i'm just struggling to pass now...

I'm not quitting RS or anything like that though so i'll see you when I can get on ;)

12-Oct-2009 19:24:17

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