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My mindless and mindful thoughts, rants, opinions, and more.
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         Sometimes, I just feel the need to escape and vent my frustrations. Here I can express whatever I want without fear of my husband or my children seeing it. I guess this will be a hideaway journal so to say, but it will also be a place for my random randomness. My random randomness is when I see something that inspires me to comment on it or simply state an opinion about something going on in the world around us. Punctuation and grammar may leave a lot to be desired here, from time to time, because when I get in those moods a lot of times my fingers get way ahead of my brain.


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August 7, 2017 at 9:58pm
August 7, 2017 at 9:58pm
#917033
1. The smell of death has set in, grab a team mate and complete 75 reviews from one opposing team. (all 75 items from members of an opposing team) and challenge a different team to meet the same challenge.

2. You're choking on the smell of dead flesh, have some water and catch your breath as you complete entries to enter into 3 different contest of your choice. You must get an opposing team player to enter the same 3 contest.

3. The wheel is not in your favor, can't spin for 24 hours and lose 5000 points.

4. Pick a team-mate and do a complete port raid for any person who has entered the Newbie Poetry contest, share the poem they entered into the contest as well as your reviews of their port.

5. Death is near or will be by the time you finish this task: one person from each team must complete each: 1 contest, 1 activity, 1 c-note, 1 forum post, 1 newsfeed update.

6. Not busy enough? Yea, I didn't think so either. Go to the House of Dying and cancel 3 players (notify them by tagging them) and then post your own addition to these stories.

7. Oooh, too bad, the wheel is in a mood... Go to the House of Undying and tag each person on your team to start a new HORROR story, including yourself.

8. Create a contest for WDC and challenge an opposing team to enter. You cannot spin until at least 5 members from the opposing team enter.

9. Each person on your team needs to rest and regroup. Each player must perform 2 acts of kindness before you can spin again.

10. Time on your hands? Each player active on your team must complete 25 reviews. 5 black, 5 yellow, 5 blue, 5 purple, 5 red - Have fun with this BWAHAHAHAHAAAAA



You can play,
You can lie,
But WE will find you,
and YOU will die!

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August 7, 2017 at 4:24pm
August 7, 2017 at 4:24pm
#917009
I was tasked with doing 5 reviews of items in the port of Charlie ~ . I must confess, this started out as a challenge task being completed, but I have found a new favorite author. If you are looking for an author who is very versatile and writes in all areas and genres, this would be he. Job well done Charlie and thank you for allowing me to creep around. I will be back for more as time permits!!

Review of "Little Secrets"
Review of "Let Me Go"
Review of "The Dark Spiral"
Review of "Life By Comparison"
Review of "Fragments of Being"


You can play,
You can lie,
But WE will find you,
and YOU will die!

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August 7, 2017 at 9:54am
August 7, 2017 at 9:54am
#916973
I peek over the fence to see if he is there, the man I have grown to love. He isn’t. Disappointed I plop down in my lawn chair to catch a few rays. I close my eyes and replay our last conversation in my mind.

Brad is such a handsome man, his dark tan and tone body is sweet to look at, but his passion blue eyes are what captivate me. His eyes dance when we talk, almost as if they are singing their own song to a melody only he knows.

Off in the distance I hear music bouncing off of the record player. As I continue to sulk I wish he would come out for one last chat, but it seems our last conversation may truly be just that, our last. Maybe, my insecurities are all in my head. Maybe, he feels the same and hasn’t told me.

I had finally built up the courage to tell Brad how I felt. I opened up my heart to him, I told him how even the thought of him makes my heart skip a beat. I told him how the last four years of chats and giggles led to being head over heels in love with him.

“Oh, I am glad you are out here,” I heard him softly say, “I wanted to talk to you.”

I sit straight up, my heart feeling as if it will leap out of my chest.

“Oh, hey. What do you want to talk about? I had looked for you.”


“I wanted to talk to you about what you said yesterday.”

“Oh okay, good. Do you feel the same way?”

“Yes, I do but I feel the same way for someone else. I always thought of you as a sister. I am so sorry.”


**Written for Daily Flash Fiction** Using 300 words or less tell a story using the words fence, talk, record.
August 6, 2017 at 3:52pm
August 6, 2017 at 3:52pm
#916914
I have reviewed these yellows running around the site:

 Vignette 6, Synopsis  (E)
The final vignette
#1876806 by Bikerider

 For My Sweetheart, on Valentine's Day  (E)
Attempting to write another thoughtful, romantic poem for my girlfriend - a prose poem.
#2029905 by Tim Chiu

It's time to give thanks  (E)
Time to acknowledge the blessings and beatitude 1st Pl. COLORING THE WORLD CONTEST Rnd 66
#1499856 by jaya

 {In the wee small hours of the morning.}  (E)
{OT Entry to give 100 blogs in 100 days/2}
#2081328 by Mary Ann MCPhedran

My Biggest Milestone Ever Here  (E)
This is my official 1,000th public review here at writing.com, and I thanked everyone!
#2115976 by Bubblegum Jones

 I'm so tired of blood  (13+)
a diatribe about diabetes, mostly
#2070582 by Rhyssa

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This item number is not valid.
#2075862 by Not Available.

Gun Control, Really?  (13+)
Is gun control truly the answer?
#2087494 by QPdoll


Purple is House Florent has reviewed these:

 
STATIC
A Summer's Dare or was it Snare  (13+)
a smart-ass comment from a roommate. Guys understand this testosterone game
#2129826 by Okay, Joey's full of Blarney

STATIC
The Solemn Vow  (18+)
Some vows can never be broken...
#2125675 by April Desiree-I'm back!
August 4, 2017 at 8:02pm
August 4, 2017 at 8:02pm
#916796
1. Tell a lame joke in the newsfeed and carry on with someone about how funny it is.
2. Create a contest using the word pumpkin.
3. Go to the Goals page and encourage at least 5 people.
4. Be a good sport… Send cheers to an opposing team
5. Go to the General Discussion and start a conversation.
6. Start an add a line story challenge on your newsfeed.
7. Send a C-Note to the enemy reminding them who is boss… Brag about taunting them on your newsfeed.
8. Poke fun at an opposing teams captain on the newsfeed. Taunt them, provoke them.
9. Read and review 10 children stories and share them with us.
10. Review 15 purple case items.
11. Review 20 black case items.
12. Send a C-note to one person of each case color.
13. Go to Secret Pals and sign up for the next month.
14. Do a random act of kindness for 5 people and ask them to post it in Thank you anon. Tell us who you pick.
15. Go to the House of Undying and change the tags, cause some confusion.
16. Find 3 contests and tag an opposing team’s player to enter each of them.
17. Tag one person from each team all of you enter Screams.
18. Tag 2 people from each team all of you enter Flash Fiction.
19. Go to the House of Undying and start a story about a blind girl and a mute best friend.
20. Take a break, can’t play for 24 hours. Rest Well!
21. Ask for a review for 3 items out of your port, then find 3 items from each of your teammates to put in a review request for.
22. Steal 10000 points from each team.
23. Find a poetry contest of any kind and enter it.
24. Review 5 different contests and share with us.
25. Pick on Christopher Roy Denton … He talks smack… get ‘em.
26. Pick a player from 2 different teams to enter a contest of your choice. The first team to enter wins 5k, you get 10k if they both enter.
27. Lucky spin, pick one person from 2 opposing teams who cannot spin for 48 hours after their completed task.
28. Combine 2 weekly Writing Challenge prompts and write a story. Post it on GOT.
29. Kidnap a player, if they won’t join you they can play for 24 hours.
30. Ask for cheers for an opposing team on Newsfeed. You cannot say it is a challenge.
31. Can’t take a spin ‘til 30 reviews are in.
32. Set a fire down in our soul… Write a romantic poem and post it.
33. Let’s get cool & funky.. Start a dance party on the newfeed, get creative.
34. Start a comedy story in the house of undying.
35. Distractions are key… Create a distraction for all of the opposing teams
36. Go to the 30 Day Writing challenge, read, and comment on 10 entries from at least 4 different people.
37. Write 500 words or more about how your GOT experience is going.
38. Enter the 300 word flash fiction challenge
39. Write an editorial praising Trump and post it in the newsfeed. *Facepalm*
40. Steal 500 points from each team.
41. Tag one person from each team on your newsfeed and stir up confusion.
42. Add 5 tag team challenges to the list
43. Create 50 WDC writing challenges that start with “If only I were a….”
44. Review 5 entries found at the Screams contest tag an opponent to enter.
45. Pick your own number on the Doom chamber and complete.
46. Do 5 reviews in the port of the person who posted after you.
47. Tag the person who posted before you in House of Undying to start a story that starts “I thought I was caught up, but”
48. Start 3 stories and tag 3 people from an opposing team to write them. You only need a sentence to start it.
49. Find ten things you find amusing on WDC and share them with us.
50. Find ten things you don’t like on WDC and share them with us.
51. Create 10 games on IM
52. Go to IM and find someone to taunt any opposing team.
53. Feed the Keeper and maker her take a nap… no spins for 48 hours.
54. Unlucky, you...lose a spin
55. Lose 10000 points and lose a spin
56. Start a story in the house of undying and tag a teammate - Only your team can add until all of you have contributed.
57. Tired? Too bad... No spins until you review 5 items from each case color.
58. Go to the single torture chamber and send a Cnote to the person who did #100
59. Tag # 45 in the tag team torture chamber to start a story in the House of Undying
60. You're lucky, 20k to rest.
61~Lucky you. Err, um, Unlucky that is. Go to the "The House of the Undying" by Keeper Of The Realm (564) and start 5 new stories, tagging a foe from every competing House. 5000
62~You’ve been waiting for this one! Go into the "The House of the Undying" by Keeper Of The Realm (564) , bump two people from their turn, pick up the story and close it out. 2000
63~It isn’t called the Wheel of Torture for nothing. Choose two foes to lose their next spin. 1000
64~Ah yes, wipe that icky sweat off your brow. This one is easy. Do nothing and earn 10,000 points.
65~Reek has suffered. Which means you will too. 48 hours no spin, and your team loses 10,000 points.
66~You’ll love this. Pick one person from every house, including your own and give each of them 2 reviews. 12,000
67~Tag three people from your own team to start a story in "The House of the Undying" by Keeper Of The Realm (564) 3000
68~Take a break, you earned it. Your team loses 5,000 points
69~What do you want, a present? Okay, here’s 10,000 points
70~The Dragons are coming, and fires at your back. Best get moving and write 2 new stories for "The House of the Undying" by Keeper Of The Realm (564) 2000
71~Tag-team you say? You got it. Tag 1 members of 1 other teams and review 100 items
72~Review 5 items from the Week one writing challenge. Not your own House. 5000
73~Review 10 items from the Week 1 writing challenge. Only one review can be for someone in your own house. 9000
74~The White Walkers won last year. Post on the newsfeed what you think gave them the edge over the competition, and how you are plotting their downfall. Link your post. 1000
75~Pick 2 foes to complete 20 reviews. Guess what? You get all the credit for their hard work! 20,000
76~We need challenges for Reek’s Torture Chamber. Give us 50
77~You need points. Pick one member from your House, and one foe to help you with this challenge. Give us 20 challenges for each chamber and each House will collect 5000
78~Boo Hoo! That’s 100 reviews for you. You must pick one person from an opposing House to split the challenge with, including the points. 50000 each house
79~Write a GoT themed poem 500
80~"Write From the Heart Story Contest" by ∞T of Greyjoy ~ IronBorn (377) needs entries. Tag a friend and enter. 2000
81~They say it’s not nice to brag. Write a newsfeed post about all you’ve accomplished playing GoT so far. 1000
82~When it rains it pours. Each House loses 5000.
83~Have you had a break today? You get one now. Collect 3000 for your House.
84~Bummer dude. You get nothing, and have to wait 48 hours to spin again
85~You really do need a time out. So, take one on us. 72 hours no spin.
86~I’ve heard Winter is coming. What are these pesky white flakes I see? Winter is here! Take shelter. Lose 1000 and wait out the weather for 24 more hours.
87~Have you been to "The House of the Undying" by Keeper Of The Realm (564) Good. Good. Find the longest running story, bump the last person tagged and write an entry in their place. 3000
88~You really are doomed. Your team loses 5000
89~A Lannister always pays his debts, and Tyrion has given his debt to you. Pick a foe to get a 5000 point boost.
90~This one is so easy! 30 reviews for you and a foe. Each! 60000
91~Miracles do happen. Here’s 10000
92~You never know what can happen in the realm. Arya lost her sight. You lose 5000 and have to wait 48 hours to spin again
93~Urgent! Pick any contest and submit an entry. 1000
94~One is the loneliest number indeed! Write 1 poem and 1 short story to enter in 2 contests. 2000
95~You need a pal, one that isn’t from your House. But just who can you really trust in the Game of Thrones? Choose wisely. 50 reviews for you two besties. 50000
96~The Many Faced God doesn’t like deceit and sees you’ve been lying. You lose 10000
97~The Ironborn are coming to ravage and pillage. Lucky for you you’ve found a safe place to hide. 5000
98~Littlefinger has news for you from the realm. You just earned 5000 and get to share it with a foe.
99~The moon door looks inviting. *snicker* You have to wait 48 hours to spin again.
100~Oh wow. You’re so kind and generous. Pick a House to give 5000 to.
101~Darkness has fallen, and so have you. You lose 1000
102~Shame! Shame! Shame! It’s time to get dirty and confess. Tell us all about your Walk of Shame. 2000

A few extra for good measure.
August 4, 2017 at 12:52pm
August 4, 2017 at 12:52pm
#916751
1.Find and review 10 dark poems and share them with us.
2.Tag another player and give them a sentence of "doom" to start a new story in the House of Undying.
3. Do 2 reviews for each player from an opposing team.
4. Write an update in the newsfeed as to what you've witnessed going on in the game so far, tag players from any team to get them going as well.
5. Unlucky you, you and another team lose 5000 pts but you have to pick who!
6. Enter "The Dialogue 500" with a dialogue of doom and gloom.
7. Lucky you, 10000 pts for doing nothing and you can spin in 12 hours instead of 24.
8. Doom has struck, you lose 5000 pts and must wait 48 hours to spin again.
9. Write a doom and gloom poem and share it with us.
10. You are not allowed to do any reviews for 24 hours.
11. Write a letter to opposing teams and tell them why your team is best. Post in feed and tag a player from each team to see it.
12. DOOOooooomed, lose a spin and 3000 pts. (means can't spin until 48 hours, not in 24)
13. They are doomed, you are not. Steal 5000 points from any team.
14. Doom has hit again. Give 5000 points to any team.
15. Luck is on your side, review 10 items of horror and get 10000 pts
16. Go to the house of undying and call out ALL players who have not responded to their story after 5 hours or more.
17. Keep busy... tag each player on your team to start a story in the House of undying.
18. Are you sure you wanna be in this chamber? Do 3 reviews for Char [Slave to GøT] (688) but lose 3000 pts.
19. Send at least 3 cheers to opposing teams, you are now a laughing stock. **evil laugh**
20. Go to the first review posted on GoT on August 1, read the review and credit the player who did it.
21. Lucky you, find a post of cheers to an opposing team and steal those cheers. You must tag Keeper Of The Realm (564) on that post and tell her those are the cheers you are stealing.
22. There is a spy in your house? Who is it? Post in the newsfeed about finding the spy who is lurking in the house.
23. Add 5 task to each chamber list that is unlocked.
24. Steal 10000 pts from the winning team and give them to the team in last place.
25. It is cold, start a story in undying about winter with no heat and no fire.
26. Interrupt a story in the house of the undying, create a scene, that changes the plot.
27. Go to the newbie page and make a friend. Introduce us to them in this forum.
28. There is a thief in the camp. Someone stole some cheers from the winning team and gave them to the losing team. Find out who the thief was and steal 1/2 for your team. (comes from the original cheers, not who played)
29. Doooomed... Must play your next spin on Friend/Foe
30. Cheer for yourself in the forum... no one else is.
31. Do 30 random read and review.
32. Review one item from every person playing GoT.
33. Is the Keeper watching? Steal 10,000 pts from the team of your choice.
34. Give 5000 points to the team of your choice. (free, not stolen)
35. Each person on your team must do 10 random reviews but cannot be today's genre.
36. ... Buzzkill... Skip a turn... Spin in 48
37. Get 10000 points for sending a cnote from 3 team-mates to 4 GoT helpers thanking them for their help. Your generosity allows you to spin upon completion. (total 12 cnotes)
38. Didn't rest much, huh? Looking rough, take a rest. No spin for 24 hours and lose 5000 pts
39. Make friends with someone on an opposing team and post something you learn about them in the feed.... better be good, if you want all the points.
40. Make a donation to a WDC charity, tell us who you picked and why.
41. Enter at least 2 contest and tag a team-mate to enter at least 1. Link your entry for each.
42. Zoooonk.... hard work for little pay. 10 reviews in spiritual genre and write a spiritual item - 2000
43. Bring doom to an opposing team.. Create a task they must complete and tag a player in it for them to complete. Neither of you can play until task is complete.
44. Tag any player in the game who cannot play for at all for 24 hours.
45. Create a list of 10 items you really enjoyed reading on WDC and post it on the newsfeed. Share it here as well.
46. Create 50 Daily Writing Prompts using the word chamber for all of them.
47. Doooomed..... Your team captain cannot play for 24 hours.
48. Lucky you, 20000 points for resting and hydrating.
49. Looking rough dude, take a break... You are only allowed to review for the 48 hours... Don't get caught doing anything else.
50. Must complete 50 reviews before you can spin again... Wow, sounds like something King Dude would say
August 4, 2017 at 11:40am
August 4, 2017 at 11:40am
#916745
“Let me, let me!” Emma squeals as she tugs at Bega to get off of Pa’s back so she can have a turn.

“K, sissy.”

Bega is the sweetest boy, with the most beautiful blue eyes you will ever see on a child. His heart is equally beautiful. Emma knows these things too. She is a sweet girl, but she knows she can always get her way with Bega. They are a dynamic duo, best friends.

“I wanna fly like Superman!” Bega exclaims.

“I wanna be a pretty princess!” Emma chirps in response.

They run off to play leaving Pa’s back to rest from an hour of piggyback rides. These are the days of imagination and childhood dreams every child lives in and loves.

Arms spread wide and running across the yard Bega yells, “Look at me, sissy, I am Superman! I’m flyyyingg!”

Emma rolls her eyes and demands him to stop and come pour the princess some tea.
“You aren’t Superman, you’re my servant. Come pour my tea!”

Bega dropped his head and slowly walked over and picked up the tiny pink tea pot.

“You are gonna be a great doctor someday, Bega.”

“Really?”

“Yea, you take good care of people. I think you’re gonna be a doctor when you grow up.”

“Yea, yea, I am! I wanna be a doctor so I can take care of youuuuu, sissy.”

“I’m gonna be a race car driver!”

“You can’t be a race car driver, you’re a girl!”

Bega ran off to go find Pa. He wanted to tell him how silly Emma is being, because girls can’t drive race cars.

“Pa, pa guess what, guess what? Sissy said she wants to be a race car driver when she grows up. That’s just silllleeeee, isn’t it? Girls can’t race!”

Pa leans over and picks Bega up and throws him up on his shoulders.

“Sure they can, Beegs. Girls can drive race cars just the same as boys.”

“Really? I don’t think so Pa. I think they too slow.”

Pa laughs to himself, thinking he sure wouldn’t want Sara, driving a race car. Not because she is slow, but because… Well, just because. Sara had come out of the house and was sipping tea with Emma.

“Come have tea with us Pa.”

“Ok.”

Pa brought Bega back down and they all took a seat. Emma was asking them both what they wanted to be when they grew up, when they were kids.

“I have always wanted to be a mommy and now I have you two.” Sara answered.

“I wanted to be a doctor like I am.” Pa said.

“I’m gonna be a doctor like you!” Bega added.

“And, I’m gonna be a race car driver…” Emma chimed.

Everyone laughed as they sipped their tea. Sara stretched out, lying flat of her back. She thought back to when she was a little girl playing these games with her sister. She was living her childhood dream. She had been blessed with a beautiful family. A family she treasures above all earthly things.

All Sara had ever wanted was a husband who loved her and their kids unconditionally. The man who would not leave her and their babies the way her father had done. Michael was that man, and she knew it. Did her dad have any idea what he had missed out on? Moments such as this.
“These are the days that you claim your childhood dreams.” Sara said

“Huh?” Emma grunted.

“Think about what we have here today. We have mama, Pa, you, and Beegs. This was my childhood dream. This is what I said I would have and I have worked hard to have and keep it.”

She pulled Emma into her lap and hugged her.

“When I say I work hard, I mean that I do my best to make sure you all know how much you are loved and treasured. We have to work hard to achieve or dreams and keep them alive.” Sara winked at Michael as she spoke.

“So, what will it be? What dream are you two claiming today?” Pa asked.
“I’m gonna be a doctor and I am marrying mommy when I grow up.”

Emma giggled.

“You can’t marry mommy, she’s already married to Pa. You gotta find another girl.”

“Ew, girl cooties. I ain’t getting’ married then.”

Emma giggled again.

“I am gonna be a race car driver and I’m gonna get married and have two kids like you.” She said as she snuggled closer to her mom.

This is how it all started, this is where it began, this is how it was.

Emma grew up to be a race car driver. She married a wonderful man like her Pa and was a wonderful mom to two kids just like her mom.

Bega was a doctor like Pa, but he was tied to his work. Married to it, if you will. He had no time for a wife and family, but he longed for it.

Have a dream, work hard to achieve it and keep it. There is power in our words and thoughts. Do not ever allow another person to steal your dream, your joy, your life. Do not ever speak defeat over yourself or others because these things will some day come to be just as they did for Sara… and Emma and Bega.

GoT - week 1, prompt 2
893 Words
August 3, 2017 at 2:23pm
August 3, 2017 at 2:23pm
#916682
Add two task to the list...

1. Review and enter "No Dialogue Contest

2. Perform a random act of kindness for a person of each case color (each)
August 2, 2017 at 11:43pm
August 2, 2017 at 11:43pm
#916641
“Help, hh..hh..heelp me….any, anybooodeee? Can annnybodeee help me?”

Dehydrated and weak I cried out for help. Desperate for someone to find me, save me.

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I was overjoyed when John surprised me with an all-inclusive vacation to the Bahamas for the two of us. The plan was to cruise overnight to the Bahamas, spend 7 nights on the island, and cruise back. Dream vacation, right? That is what the two of us thought as well, but fate had much different plans.

Night life on the cruise ship had been a blast. John and I both had drank a lot. We both were ready to let our hair down and unwind, and we did just that until it came to a screeching halt.

“Man Overboard! Man Overboard!”

The yells were came from a hysterical woman too drunk to stand. I turned to find John so we could go check things out, but he was nowhere to be found. I searched and searched until the captain finally told me it was he who had gone overboard. I shoved past him to look, but obviously in my grief I stretched and leaned too far.

The next thing I remembered was waking up on a deserted island. I seemed fine, just hungry and water logged. As I stood I heard groans coming from nearby. I knew it was John so I ran to him. I was so amazed that we both survived, but that is what true love does. Love survives all!
John was a lot weaker than I was, I guess it was because he was in the water longer. He tried to help me scavenge for food; however, he was more of a nuisance than a helpmate. His irritability was getting the best of him, his strength was one of his greatest treasures. The more he struggled with his loss of strength the more agitated he became. I tried to help him, but that seemed to agitate him even more so I started keeping to myself.

John took his knife out of his pocket and started whacking at the ivy along the trail. We were looking for animals or bugs to eat.
John said we needed protein, said he wouldn’t survive much longer without it. I knew he was right so I offered to keep looking while he rested. I wanted him to preserve what little energy he did have. He agreed and I continued along the path.

I decided to gather some of the vines and try to build a trap for the animals I was not seeing. Surely there were some there, just not visible. I was losing my energy quickly, the sun was just draining me. The vines were interlocking well and the trap was starting to come together when I heard rustling behind me. I sat as still as I could so I could get a better idea of where it was coming from. The rustling was very light, but it was directly behind me. I turned to look for the creature and just as I did I saw John’s knife coming down on me. I let out a blood curdling scream as I threw my arm up to protect myself.

I ducked and rolled, scrambled and crawled until I finally was out of his reach. He was using every ounce of what was left in him to come after me. I simply didn’t have the energy to run, I definitely didn’t have the energy to fight.I lost sight of John as I sat trembling under the brush. I knew he could hear me, I was terrified, and I knew he could hear my anxious panting. I tried to hold my breath but it was just way too hard.

“I told you I need protein!”

John had lost his mind. I started crawling towards the trail I had come down. Maybe I could escape.

“Going somewhere?”

All I saw was rage in John’s eyes as the knife pierced through my shoulder. I winced in pain and fell flat faced onto the ground. I lay there for a few minutes before I felt him checking to see if I was alive. I heard his delirious mumbling about how he could eat me to survive. I knew instantly I literally had to fight for my life if I ever expected to get out of this nightmare. I lay as still as I could.

As still as I could I slowly pulled my arm around, a quarter inch at a time, mind you, until I could finally reach the knife. Every movement, every breath hurt like you would not believe. Once I had a good grip on the knife I knew my actions had to be swift and accurate or I would be this crazed man’s next meal.

With a squeal of pain I yanked the knife out and swung up with it catching John right in the throat. Blood squirt in every direction and instantly John fell limp on me. I allowed my energy to release. Finally, I could breathe. After a brief break I squirmed my way out from under him, fighting the nausea and tears.

I slowly walked back up the trail and sat alone on the beach. My thoughts we scattered but were mostly thoughts of would I ever get off of this island? Would I ever make it back home? Surely the cruise ship will send someone out to look for us.

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I started to cry and through my snotty tears I let out an evil laugh.

“At least I have some protein.”



You can play,
You can lie,
But WE will find you,
and YOU will die!

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Written for GoT - Prompt 1, week 1
August 1, 2017 at 1:24am
August 1, 2017 at 1:24am
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         I sat on the side of the boat watching the dolphins play, as the sun set, wondering if they would swim off I jumped in with them. I’ve seen others swimming and playing with the dolphins but they weren’t out in the middle of the ocean. I finally decide “nothing ventured, nothing gained’ so I slip out of my clothes and dive in. The dolphins don’t even seem to notice me.

         The water rocks me to and fro as I try to swim my way towards them. Steven is yelling for me not to go too far, stay where he can get to me if anything happens, but that’s just his overly protective nature. I swim for what seems like an eternity seemingly making no progress, but suddenly one of the dolphins notices me and heads my way. Still unsure of how safe I am with the wild dolphins of the sea I ask Steven to keep an eye out. When I look back I notice all of the dolphins are coming my way.

         Once they reach me they start swimming circles around me, almost like some kind of ceremonial war dance or something. I try to swim towards them, but every time I move forward more than a foot they start barking at me. It is really a sweet music to my ears that makes me want to play with them even more. The more they swim, the more I notice they are pushing me back towards the boat. I turn my back to the boat to swim in the opposite direction, I want to play, not be forced back.

         The circle finally broke and I dive under the water to swim out some, the dolphins follow. I watch as the dolphins play games only they understand, but are so beautiful to watch. Up, down, up, down… It is quite comical the way they are trying to push me up in the air the way they are. These sweet babies are the absolute best and are so smart. Every time I go under the water to watch them, one comes along and pulls me back up. I see Steven over on the boat snapping photos and I am so glad he remembered to capture this special moment.

         Something isn’t right. The dolphins are acting frantic and agitated. They keep barking at me, but of course I don’t speak dolphin. I dive under the water but to my surprise I take off through the water. I am flying through the ocean, but I can’t see anything. My leg hurts, I’m choking on water that I can’t get spit out fast enough. I fight to get away but I can’t. Why has this dolphin lost its ever-loving mind and turned on me so quickly?!

         We finally come to a stop and I hear Steven yelling for me to get his hand, to climb up. I grab his hand and he helps me get my footing on the ladder. I try to climb up but my leg hurts so bad. Oh, dear God, this blood… Where is this blood coming from?

         Steven grabs a hold of my arm completely and yanks me up onto the boat. I thump to the ground gasping for air and start trying to calm my anxiety. It feels like my heart is going to jump out of my chest. Steven wraps my leg in a towel, but it is no use, there is just way too much blood. I am starting to feel weak and cold. Steven runs to the radio and is yelling for them to come help us. As soon as he hears they are on their way he is back over here with me.

         Steven holds my head in his lap, gently rubbing my hair, and assuring me everything is going to be okay. Neither of us know why the dolphin did this, I had not done anything different than what we had already been doing. We hear a loud ruckus and know help has arrived.

         The medic studies my leg for a moment as he listens to me tell him what happened. He rinsed it with saline wash, applied pressure, and the bleeding stops. He places bandages on my leg and as he is wrapping the tape around he looked me square in the eyes and said, “Didn’t anyone ever tell you not to swim with the dolphins on shark week?”

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