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Published: 2014-07-31 02:32:09 +0000 UTC; Views: 590; Favourites: 3; Downloads: 0
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Description A warrior in wolf's fur waded through the swamp, spear raised and ready. His nostrils flared as he gauged the air.
“It's not far now,” he growled. “I can smell its foul stench on the wind.”
There was a knight following him, wearing armour black as ink. She nodded once and wrapped her fingers around the hilt of her sword. She was looking forward to a glorious battle.

*

On the far side of the marshes, a nameless hunter looked for signs of her quarry. It was a cunning beast, guileful and fiendishly hard to track. She looked to her fellow hunter, frustrated. Perhaps he was faring better.
Damon the Wakeful focused his senses, detecting a disturbance in the water.
“Onward, my friend,” he said.
The sun was fierce. He'd never known summer to feel so deathly.

*

Once flawless armour, now dented and broken; its mirror sheen reflected a distorted mockery of the world around, an outward display of the madness inside. The knight slumped in the murky water, his head hung low, his weapon forgotten.
A tangle of reptilian heads drew closer, baring their fangs, ready to strike.
The distorted knight cursed his own foolishness.

The heads of the hydra would fight over his bones.
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Comments: 15

kitiaramajere [2014-09-30 19:15:05 +0000 UTC]

.. I think if I'd tried to fill this prompt's elements I'd be screaming that fffff word a lot.

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joe-wright In reply to kitiaramajere [2014-11-13 14:05:15 +0000 UTC]

A lot of the time the more restrictive the challenge, the easier I find the actual writing process. It kind of eliminates a lot of the indecision I usually suffer from.

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AllGirlsBoyBand [2014-08-03 16:55:21 +0000 UTC]

"There was a knight following him, wearing armour black as ink. She nodded once and wrapped her fingers around the hilt of her sword. She was looking forward to a glorious battle."
"The knight slumped in the murky water, his head hung low, his weapon forgotten."

Is this knight a woman or man? Or am I stupid and got the tracker and knight confused?

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joe-wright In reply to AllGirlsBoyBand [2014-08-04 12:54:27 +0000 UTC]

Two separate knights, one is wearing black armour and the other is wearing mirrored armour. The characters are meant to be shout-outs to Wolfrug , The-Inkling , NamelessShe , DamonWakes and distortified . The wordcount limited how clear I could make it.
You raise a good point though, it is a little confusing. I might change it to refer to the first knight as a warrior or something instead. Thank you!

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AllGirlsBoyBand In reply to joe-wright [2014-08-06 19:02:30 +0000 UTC]

Ohhh! Makes a lot more sense now, thank you!

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The-Inkling [2014-08-02 13:53:55 +0000 UTC]

The hydra overcomes all in the end! Very nicely done.

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joe-wright In reply to The-Inkling [2014-08-04 12:51:18 +0000 UTC]

Thanks!

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GDeyke [2014-08-01 09:16:03 +0000 UTC]

Love the tone of this one.

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joe-wright In reply to GDeyke [2014-08-04 12:51:11 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!

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Wolfrug [2014-07-31 20:52:36 +0000 UTC]

Hah! Brilliant. Well done! Aw man, I really need to look at my inbox now and start reading flashes. Soooo far behind. <3 Loved this.

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joe-wright In reply to Wolfrug [2014-08-04 12:51:00 +0000 UTC]

Thanks! Yeah, I'm only just making a dent in my backlog now, at this rate I'll be just about caught up next July.

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neurotype-on-discord [2014-07-31 14:11:47 +0000 UTC]

Hydraaaaaaa!

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Flash-Fic-Month [2014-07-31 07:31:47 +0000 UTC]

Hydra wins in the end.

I heartily endorse this message.

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neurotype-on-discord In reply to Flash-Fic-Month [2014-07-31 14:11:31 +0000 UTC]

daaaamn yooooou

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joe-wright In reply to Flash-Fic-Month [2014-07-31 09:37:47 +0000 UTC]

Let it be a lesson to the others.

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