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"Time for breakfast, Your Highness," I say. Amber Verdan is smiling when I come into her cell. Weird. She never smiles.
"Greetings, Arthur," she says. "Today is a glorious day."
"Yeah?" I ask as I set her tray down. "Why's that?"
Verdan's smile grows wider. "Arthur, I finally have recovered all my power. Today I shall escape this place and return to my kingdom."
"Oh, ok." I mentally note to have a watch put on Verdan, though I doubt she'd try anything. Except for the fact that she thinks she's a fairy queen, Verdan's harmless. Almost sane, really.
"Arthur, you have long been my favorite. I would have you come with me and be my knight, if you would pledge your fealty to me. I long to show you my kingdom. Will you do it?"
"Sure, Your Highness," I say. "Why not?"
Verdan frowns. "I am serious, Arthur. If you would be my knight, swear it. Pledge your fealty to me forever."
"I pledge my fealty to you as your knight forever."
She stands, beaming. This is really weird.
"Oh, Arthur, you shall not regret this. I have so much to show you."
Then I notice the vines.
"Greetings, Arthur," she says. "Today is a glorious day."
"Yeah?" I ask as I set her tray down. "Why's that?"
Verdan's smile grows wider. "Arthur, I finally have recovered all my power. Today I shall escape this place and return to my kingdom."
"Oh, ok." I mentally note to have a watch put on Verdan, though I doubt she'd try anything. Except for the fact that she thinks she's a fairy queen, Verdan's harmless. Almost sane, really.
"Arthur, you have long been my favorite. I would have you come with me and be my knight, if you would pledge your fealty to me. I long to show you my kingdom. Will you do it?"
"Sure, Your Highness," I say. "Why not?"
Verdan frowns. "I am serious, Arthur. If you would be my knight, swear it. Pledge your fealty to me forever."
"I pledge my fealty to you as your knight forever."
She stands, beaming. This is really weird.
"Oh, Arthur, you shall not regret this. I have so much to show you."
Then I notice the vines.
Literature
The Kitchen
You remind me of violence.
Is it your fault,
That when I hear your footsteps
My brain remembers fear?
I try not to blame you,
But I flinch when you walk near.
Literature
Never Fall Again
She thought that if you looked,
compared herself to any one of them,
you'd think that she'd be the rainy ending
given to a perfect day.
And when she swore that she'd never fall again,
she meant it.
It didn't feel like falling because she was numb,
she couldn't tell the difference between
a knife and a feather at this stage.
And the monsters,
they all lived in her eyes.
They didn't let her see,
they just reached out and pulled her eyes shut,
but when she wanted to close her eyes, they
pried them open and she had no choice.
She'd always been a silent one,
and she'd always sticked to that.
And the energy that rushed and rushed
through her,
wa
Literature
Farewell
Dear, Jessica.
Today Ronnie Childs died. Lucky me. The boys don’t want me to walk out and walk freee.
I can’t blame you for finally leaving me those months ago, but I know you too well.
You wouldn’t have ripped me from your heart, even though you should have. I don’t regret loving you, but letting you love me is the greatest sin.
Or second worst. The first was joining a gang.
I went numb as I ran out of things to care about.
Stopped caring about the taste of blood drawn in a fight, the bruises and cracked bones of my boys and myself, or what the other guys looked like.
Stopped caring about breaking into stores, robb
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I've had the idea for a story like this for a while. I've always fancied the thought of a non-horror asylum story, especially one with an orderly character who's actually a decent guy.
The artwork that inspired today's Everyday Vignette is titled Abandoned Asylum, by Stainless7221. Click on the link to see the original artwork. If you like it, give the artist a !
Everyday Vignettes
The Project:
Find a work of visual art on dA and create a vignette about it as close to daily as possible.
The Rules:
1. All Everyday Vignettes are independent of the artwork's original context and/or narrative.
2. No Everyday Vignettes shall exceed 200 words.
3. The creators of all artworks that inspire Everyday Vignettes shall always have their artworks linked and credited.
4. If any creator of an artwork wants me to remove their artwork from my dA page, I will happily do so.
The artwork that inspired today's Everyday Vignette is titled Abandoned Asylum, by Stainless7221. Click on the link to see the original artwork. If you like it, give the artist a !
Everyday Vignettes
The Project:
Find a work of visual art on dA and create a vignette about it as close to daily as possible.
The Rules:
1. All Everyday Vignettes are independent of the artwork's original context and/or narrative.
2. No Everyday Vignettes shall exceed 200 words.
3. The creators of all artworks that inspire Everyday Vignettes shall always have their artworks linked and credited.
4. If any creator of an artwork wants me to remove their artwork from my dA page, I will happily do so.
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