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Today's #microPrompt: RUMINATE
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+ A story that contains the prompt word (derivations and tense changes ok), or
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Ifon *must* have better things to do than ruminate on his own ill fortune.
He casts about for one. But no matter where he searches—in his room, in the future—disaster awaits.
His room is drafty and hard and the world outside more so. Tonight holds no more opportunity but sleep, which eludes him; tomorrow alternately threatens to ruin his life or never arrive.
He rehearses excuses under his breath. But that prompts thoughts of why they'll never work. And now he's back to ruminating.
[[small excerpt from our current fiction project, a novella featuring a pair of aliens and a pair of humans trapped after a plane crash :') this is from draft 1 and we're still editing it to cut down on the melodrama lol but this is still a nice little moment]]
Georgie's heart heaved the longer she ruminated on her snuff bullet. Even if they found it now, there would only be sand inside. If she'd known that it would be her last hit in the airplane bathroom, she would've ignored the flight attendant's knuckles on the door. She would've stayed and stroked the cool metal handrails and gotten sweaty fingerprints all over the mirror and indulged her desire to take a handful of cheap toilet paper and let it melt in her hands under the sink.
Sea worms must be wriggling through the holes now.
Her nostrils tingled. She wanted her bullet, but all she had were wet hands as she dug the heels of her palms into her eyes.
@crtaxon
Anna was sitting on the end of the pier, dangling her feet in the water, when Nini swam up and lightly splashed her. "Hey. You're ruminating again."
She splashed halfheartedly in the jenny's direction. "I am. It's just... Kiernan's on her way, and how is she gonna be? I don't want to argue with her, but I also don't know how I'll deal if she's cold to me. I don't blame her, I just want to be able to work with her."
Nini considered this. "Maybe she'll be an adult?"
C. R. Taxon
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