Mission

I'm trying to write a short piece of flash fiction everyday from whatever pops into my head at the time. It'll mainly be rambling unsubtle crap but hey, at least its something right?

Saturday, 18 June 2022

Couldn't be arsed

 

The sword was heavy in her grip, but she continued to heft it a little longer, trampling, and occasionally slashing, through the tangled undergrowth as she did so. The sun felt more like a furnace than it ever had, her leather armour boiling again under its eye, and the steam rising from the foliage around her added a more than uncomfortable humidity to the air. All in all, she was having a shite day.

But the light in front of her bopped on, welcoming her further into the jungle depths. It had been hours since the tavern and the mysterious mandolin player had directed her to follow the orb, but the pay was good enough that she wouldn’t complain when she eventually got back, not yet at least.

But hints of something beyond trees and fern life was starting to become apparent. Looming out from the tangled ruin of the forest was a collection of carved wood buildings adhered to the stripped trunks of the trees.

A figure appeared in the building’s doorway. It’s 5 arms circling the branches around him, pulling themdow

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