Welcome to FB3X Drabble Cascade #131 - This week's word of the week is 'herring'.
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AND NOW - on to the fiction :)
AND NOW - on to the fiction :)
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by Sophie Duncan
Author's Note
I'm trying to do something a little different this year. For those of you who don't know, unless it's a week inspired by a holiday, or memorable occasion, our word of the week is picked by opening up a dictionary to a random location, waving a finger about without looking at the page and pointing it to a word, i.e. it's chance. So, this year, rather than standalone drabbles, I am going to try writing a coherent story, Flight of Fire, in 100 word episodes, each one inspired by the word of the week. I have a vague outline for characters and direction of Flight of Fire, but specifics will be decided by the word of the week.
So today I made the leap from herring to red herring, as in something that distracts from a purpose.
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Purposefully, Stephan pushed open the door, offering whatever was needed to repair the damage he had been part of for Benedict. However, he came to another sudden halt, the sight before him throwing all his thoughts sidewards.
No crumpled man now, Benedict stood tall, back arched, torso gleaming with new heat in the room, a hammer held high. Stephan could only gawp as the tool was brought crashing down onto white hot metal and anvil with power that made him shrink before it. He felt strength and magic, he saw fire, Reynaulght’s fire roaring through coals: sorcery and skill united.
No crumpled man now, Benedict stood tall, back arched, torso gleaming with new heat in the room, a hammer held high. Stephan could only gawp as the tool was brought crashing down onto white hot metal and anvil with power that made him shrink before it. He felt strength and magic, he saw fire, Reynaulght’s fire roaring through coals: sorcery and skill united.
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This is definitely a working partnership between Benedict and Reynaulght.
ReplyDeleteAND It's as if the whole interlude between Stephen and Reynaulght and Benedict's reaction didn't happen.
But it is an elephant in the room. Benedict is the sort to literally work through his troubles.
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