So honestly, I'm not sure about finishing #Janoiry2026 .

I convinced myself that I have to weave the remaining prompts into the rest of the story I've made, and the one I have in mind doesn't fit the remaining prompts.

My entry for "Charm" has no apparent connection to the other five that I made, but whatever.

I'm just not in the mood to sit with my iPad or at my Huion screen and hash out anything for "Crooked", "Stain", "Reckoning", or "Last Kiss".

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Following Spark E.'s eavesdropping at the keyhole (prompt 5), he wanders into an alley. An old friend, from the Bureau, catches up to him, just after he takes his anger out on the brick alley wall.

The TEMPTATION to seek revenge is strong, but Special Agent Hamill MacLehan urges him to let the Bureau handle the case.

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#Janoiry, prompt 5 : "#Keyhole"

Getting this one started was a chore, but I've -- more or less -- finished it just a day late.

There's 1 spare day in January, if we're counting each prompt as a 3-day affair, so this will be my 4-day prompt.

Spark E. overhears a conspiracy of murder in connection with the passing of his brother-in-law Stuart's adoptive father, Rameus L'Beau.

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I had a bad couple of days, so this is all I ended up with for Janoiry's prompt number 4, "pocket watch." Fortunately, the sun is now shining, and I've had some time to recover.

The face of Stuart's dear and departed father was still visible to him in the reflection on the face of the POCKET WATCH he had inherited. It was just after midnight.

(Related to the entry for prompt number 2—"missing.")

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Police inspectors Tomson and Retrevier answer a call reporting a murder and discover a pair of charms, still linked, near the victim.

Who or what do these charms represent?...
...soulmates?
...found family?
...some kind of pact?

Is this a message? Are the stand-in for the charms being threatened, or have they just been avenged?

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#workinprogress #wip

I chose an alternate definition for the prompt to what almost certainly was meant.

I'm using character designs of my own OCs, but the situations and events depicted in my Janoiry prompts will probably not match canon situations and events from my OCs' lore.

It's unfinished, but it is 6.January now & this was the second out of 10 prompts

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