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Life And Death
 
 

Chapter 1
Under the Western side of the ColdWyvern Mountains laid a meadow with a few small grassy hills. The cool crisp air coming from the mountains rushed past the immaculate emerald-green grass toward the faeron river. During the spring The flower sprung to life like creatures made of ruby, sapphire, amethyst, amber, and even some coral. The Huhan birds danced across the sky, Spectacled Minks would bathe is the sun to get warm. You would probably say this place is beautiful, But that was three years ago. Today it’s a battlefield. On one side of this meadow some semblance of the original environment. The other side is burned away, leaving only dirt, dust, and decay. The latter side has structures that would make you think it was a town, whilst the former look a lot more like a military camp.
 
 
On the burned side is a simple tavern made of Romspar, a stone from the mountains, and Iaxusdove cedar. Inside is an escape from the grim reality outside. The torches cast a brilliant light, The floors and tables are sparkling clean, A band sit by the heart. But instead of ordinary folk, the tavern is inhabited entirely by undead doing their best to make merry. Among the lively animated corpse is one of our protagonists.
 
 
My name is Leth, well full name Leth Beatha Leth Bàs, but most Call me just Leth for obveus reasons. I'm what I guess you would call a draconian wraith. So i was at the tavern downing a pint of scotch and examining my claws to see if they had grown, they still havent, but the tufts of spectral essence they resemble flesh had grown a small amount, when this zombie troll walked up to me and said "I bet you fifty gold I can drink you under the table" and the tavern went silent. It was rare for a drinking challenge to occur and I had the reputation as a drinker, so I said " sure I don't min" takin" yer money" I gave the bartender a few gold"bartender start us up". We were booth given mugs of whiskey and told to drink It as fast as possible. We had drunk enough to kill a man when the artillery alarm went off. An explosion happened soon after somewhat far off. i stood up from my stool and announce after a sigh"weel looks loch mah squad is tae be up oan th' front lines" I addressed the zombie" thes isnae ower ye haur me" the zombie agreed with a smug" I knew that you would say that" then I proclaimed to the bartender"keep mah tab open", the bartender asked " whatever you say leth, but you do realize people could use it without your knowledge? "oh th' thought ne'er occurred tae me, if they want tae use mah tab 'en let them, Ah got th' pay grade tae handle it". I replied. Every one cheered at the thought of free liqour as I left the tavern and started my walk accused the field.
 
I walk briskly across the now barren soil. The Wind was still cold, but the once clear skies were now filled with smoke and clouds. When I got to the command tent, there were a few of the private saboteurs standing outside. Oh did i forget to say I was a saboteur? Must have been the alcohol that made me forget, anyway my job make sure that all the enemy's machines critically fail. So anyway, as soon as I walked up the privates spotted me, they stood at attention, the one of them questioned “What are our orders sir?” “I don't know I just got here” i remarked, then the same private exclaimed “Why did I even think you did? I said" war can muddle th' min' ay those who participate in it, Ah probably woods hae made a mistake loch 'at myself at yer level ay know how, Anyways carry oan" the private thanked me and I pulled back the canvas flap of the tent and walked inside.
 
 
I walked into the command where the captain, who is a will o' the wisp, sitting at his desk of cliff mahogany. A did a salute before standing at attention and said"gunnery sergeant leth reporting for duty". The captain stood up and said"at ease, our spies have reported there using an innovation of the Mk III Blitz thrower". I declared “Looks loch those peace killers hae bin busy in th' workshop” For Many months now we’ve been sending ambassadors to try and stop this war and them all ended up dead before they had the chance to say anything. “Yes indeed” he enunciated, he makes a gestering motion and a spy and scout walk in and the scout was holding a parchment map. the captain orders"take the two of them and prepare a briefing for the rest of the saboteurs and assemble of the leftmost flank". i replied "yes sir" and left the tent.
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