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 Here I go down a rabbit hole. What will I encounter? What will I write? Viva l'imagination |
| Challenges await... |
| PROMPT: In relation to the above challenge, a most ridiculous and unjust verdict has been given to you or your character. What rebellious action is carried out in retaliation? The young farmer stood in the docket wringing his cap in his hands and shifting his weight from side to side. He glanced back at his fellow farmers and neighbours crowding the gallery. To a man, they all smiled at him in encouragement. One of their own had been called to court and they would stand with him. The court clerk cleared his throat with a loud harrumph and rustled a sheaf of papers. One of the guards whistled sharply and this brought the rumble of conversation to a stop. All eyes in the courtroom appraised the clerk. "The town of Reasonable charges that you, Monsieur Dupuis, did knowingly name your child Danielle and thus contravened a municipal law. What say you?" "Oui, I mean, yes sir, my child has the name Daniel. It is a family nom, er, name. I believe it's a fine, strong name." The proud papa's friends stomped their feet in approval. The sitting judge retaliated with one single decisive thwack of his gavel. "Order in the court. I will not stand for this foolishness. So, Mister Dupuis, you admit that your child bears the name Danielle. This is a forbidden name. The law is clear. You must reassign a different name to your offspring, or the baby will be banished. Do you understand?" "Non, I do not comprehend. Daniel is also my name, a name I have proudly carried all my life. Are you asking me to renounce it?" The judge glared at the defiant man before him. Had he heard correctly? Now, there was not one, but two citizens with the dreaded name? "Mister Dupuis, I will give you until tomorrow to alter your name and that of your baby. Failing to do so will forfeit your citizenship and you will immediately be evicted from this community." The next day, the judge and a few officers attended the farm of Monsieur Dupuis fully expecting complete compliance. What they discovered went beyond astonishment. To their open-mouthed amazement, pigs were flying. In defiance, the farmers had gathered all of their pigs and suspended them in the air via brightly coloured balloons. In the warm spring breeze, pigs floated. Monsieur Dupuis greeted the unblinking judge cradling a baby boy in his arms. "As you must have surmised, I am French. This is my son, Daniel and no, he is most definitely not a girl. To your untrained ear, Danielle and Daniel must sound the same. The first is a French name for a girl, une fille, and the second is a name for a boy, un fils. By the way, please be sure to tell our Madam Mayor that pigs do fly in Reasonable." (476 words) |
| PROMPT: "All persons a mile high to leave the court." As the judge of a fictional town, create a rule 42 of your own that all citizens must abide by. Failure to do so should result in what? Joe glanced around the chamber room. To the others seated around the large conference table she seemed subdued, but inwardly she gloated. After months of campaigning on a tougher law stance and drawing upon her connections forged as a judge, she had succeeded in becoming this town's first female mayor. She wanted nothing more than to hoot and let loose in a victory dance, but she had a decorum to maintain. Image made the woman, and this woman could be as cool as a cucumber. Years of deliberating on the bench had left her with a poker face. "All rise for our honourable Madam Mayor." Joe suppressed a shiver. Tonight, Reasonable would hear her first matters of business, and she anticipated a bit of resistance. Her proclamation of a new town ordinance did not disappoint. Upon hearing her edict, the counsel to the council jumped to his feet, knocking a pile of papers to the carpeted floor in his haste. "Surely you are not serious Madam Mayor. This is a most drastic and ill-advised law. How will it be enforced?" "We will banish all those who refuse to cooperate. Force will be utilized if necessary to run them out of town." Fanning his perspiring face, the legal advisor spluttered, "But this is unheard of. You are outlawing the name Danielle? Perhaps if the women with this name agreed to a name change they could remain as citizens in Reasonable. Would you not consider this?" Pursing her lips as if in deep thought, but in reality creating a dramatic pause, Joe slowly nodded her head. "Okay, if and only if the women in question agree to a name reassignment. Gabrielle and Michelle are acceptable. No more Danielles, or their namesakes." Brimming with ideas and a deep desire to retain her job, the young press secretary suggested a slogan. All new laws were introduced with slogans. "You can still be you with a new name." The fledgling mayor bestowed a dazzling smile upon her minion. She liked this spin. It sounded so, well, reasonable. "All those in favour? Remember, I count on your support and vice versa. The name Danielle is officially forbidden. When pigs fly, and we all know that isn't likely, the ban on this name will be lifted." (417 words) |
| PROMPT: Find 10 new writers and leave messages on their notebooks with the phrase, "tarts given to you from the Knave of Hearts". Post links to 10. 1. "Note: Hi Zen! Welcome to WDC. There are many great peopl..."2. "Note: Howdy and welcome to WDC! Do you like writing chal..."3. "Note: Hello and welcome to WDC! I'm a mother and Nan..."4. "Note: Hi James! Welcome to WDC. I love and appreciate yo..."5. "Note: Hi and welcome to WDC. I hope you stay and share y..."6. "Note: Hi Penny! Welcome to WDC. I hope you find lots of ..."7. "Note: Hi Emma! I have relatives with the surname, Kincai..."8. "Note: Hi and welcome to WDC! Please take a meander throu..."9. "Note: Hi Steven! I'm acting as a Welcome Wagon greet..."10. "Note: Hi and welcome to WDC! I hope you wander throughou..." |
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Fabulous. Great imagination and so practical.
