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Post by Caulder Melhaire on Jul 24, 2022 12:01:03 GMT -6
This Week's Prompt: Mirror, Thread, Cup
Length: Entries must be 100 words, no more, no less. Where: Post your entry below. Deadline: July 30th by midnight CST. Participant's Badges: HERE Weekly Challenge Rules:- No critiquing. Please refrain from giving feedback, as these challenges are to inspire creativity.
- Positive Enthusiasm is welcome! But save it for when Voting has started.
- CAN NOT vote for your own entry, and doing so will disqualify your submission.
- HAVE FUN!
Did you post an entry? Don't forget your Easy 10 Points!
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Post by pelwrath on Jul 24, 2022 12:11:56 GMT -6
All three to be included, nice. Would allowing positive, I liked this and why comments be okay to post?
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Post by Caulder Melhaire on Jul 24, 2022 18:08:32 GMT -6
I'll say sure, only because I feel like we sort of do that already after everything gets tallied up and announced. As long as it's not a critique, and more like a "I like the spin you put on the prompt" sort of comment I'm okay with it. Just hold onto them until after the voting has concluded, so as not to skew any wayward voters in their decision making.  |
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Post by FoxxGlove on Jul 25, 2022 14:29:37 GMT -6
Collector's Item
He couldn't believe his eyes, displayed as it was between a foggy mirror and threadbare Arabian rug. He remained nonchalant, a casual browser, as he entered "Ye Olde Antique Shoppe." Eagerness would only drive up cost and funds were limited. As it turned out, the price was extraordinarily reasonable.
He would be the pride of the brotherhood. Hero of the hour. The knight who found the Holy Grail. Celebratory cups would be raised in his honour this night.
It wasn't until he reached the gates of Camelot that he noticed Made in Taiwan on the underside of the chalice.
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Post by pelwrath on Jul 25, 2022 21:38:53 GMT -6
Templars No More
The Sanctum was founded to fight corruption in our order. That was the first cup we drank from. We had to eliminate the order. We were thread bare when done. We hid out of necessity, as they picked over our bones. The second cup was to rebuild our order and we drank again. Now we’re ready to drink from our last cup, finding Eden. That’s a more complicated task, but we’re steadfast in our devotion. We look in the mirror each day, only the scars of our struggles to see. The Iron Cross will not fail, because we’ve never failed.
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Post by Mazulla on Jul 25, 2022 23:40:30 GMT -6
Retribution
The woman chanted under a moonlit night. A circle marked with strange symbols, carefully drawn upon the stones, was joined by three objects in her possession. The man who had shattered her life, among so many others, would pay for his crimes. Thief, usurper, murderer. He didn't recall the meek, elderly face which infiltrated his attendants and acquired the items needed for his downfall. A cup, freshly touched by his lips, to whittle away at precious youth. The shard of a mirror to compel the truth of atrocities committed. A single, golden thread for a life to meet its end. |
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Post by RAVENEYE on Jul 27, 2022 13:52:16 GMT -6
Shadows of Astolat
Elaine regrets everything. One look in her mirror at the moment he rode past, one spark of hope, of lust, and she’d forgotten that mirrors show the reverse. “I’m sick of shadows,” she’d said and abandoned her loom, her tower, and pursued him downriver. If only she hadn’t taken his hand and climbed from the boat. What is she to him, the renowned Sir Lancelot? One woman of many. A tedium compared to the excitement of war. A shadow. She drinks loneliness from an empty cup and longs for thread between her fingers. Without it, she fades, lost to memories. (Title links to info on the literary work I'm referencing, in case someone's like "WTH is this piece going on about?")
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Post by Caulder Melhaire on Jul 31, 2022 8:57:13 GMT -6
Poll added! Best of luck all!
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Post by Caulder Melhaire on Aug 7, 2022 10:52:04 GMT -6
Alright! Congrats to RAVENEYE, have an extra 15 easy points! Fantastic entries, all. |
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Post by RAVENEYE on Aug 8, 2022 9:36:04 GMT -6
Whoa, no kidding?! Thanks, folks!
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Post by FoxxGlove on Aug 8, 2022 15:20:56 GMT -6
Whoa, no kidding?! Thanks, folks! So well deserved. Lady of Shallot is one of my favourite Arthurian legends. |
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Post by RAVENEYE on Aug 9, 2022 10:24:09 GMT -6
Whoa, no kidding?! Thanks, folks! So well deserved. Lady of Shallot is one of my favourite Arthurian legends. Aw, yay! Mine too.  |
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You add them to your profile as you do them around the forum.
