Prompt: [Forward Motion Writers generator]
"Where would your character hide if they needed to disappear? Where could they blend into the crowd and, hopefully, vanish in plain sight?
Today, give your character a reason to hide, and then help them find a way to go underground until the storm blows over.
If they can."
Randomly Selected Story and Characters: Mount, Dobson and Crick
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It didn't take their genius IQs to recognise that there was a problem. As a matter of fact, even Theodore and his sister seemed concerned.
Granted, several tribesmen were readying their spears with no targets but the railroaders in sight.
Supposing that that carving Theodore took was quite important to the natives.
Dobson and Crick were currently bringing up the lead in the fleeing party, despite the latter's short legs. The luxury expandable shelters were far too soft to be proper cover; the single railroad car was solid if relatively lightweight, but there were too many windows. The rock face ahead—the actual start point of the mission—was, however, considerably solid.
It was also considerably distant.
The engineers forged ahead regardless. There were few trees and other obstacles on the way, and, while there was no hope of tripping up their pursuers, there was little risk of tripping up themselves.
The spears, at least, seemed to be a mere threat rather than, well, a threat. Surely natives that hunted animals were capable of throwing spears at moving targets. They were merely trying to frighten the railroadmen into returning the artifact.
Shame that Theodore had already sent it back to his home.
It was a wooden relief, not particularly large, from one of the trees that were the predominant type in this area. A good number even crept up the side of the mountain.
Surely it would be a simple matter to replicate. With the engineers' attention to detail, they could recall every swipe of the blade that created the medicine man's profile. As long as they could shelter in a spot of the mountain for a while, they could resurface with the "artifact," hand it over, and go on their way. Of course, they would need supplies. And most likely their benefactors out of the way or, even better, as a distraction.
No problem. If anyone could orchestrate such a complex cover-up, it was Dobson and Crick, the genius engineers of their century.
As long as they could outrun the natives first.
"Supposing that that carving Theodore took was quite important to the natives."
ReplyDeleteThis is aconfusing sentance.
This prompt does make me want to keep reading ( If there were more). That's the most important thing, I suppose. I didn't get a feel for the the characters much, but I would expect that to come in the chase sequence that was probably next.
Mim
Yeah, this was definitely a shorter one. Glad you were still interested.
DeleteI like how unfailingly snarky your writer's voice always is. XD
ReplyDeleteI agree that the sentence Mim pointed out was kind of confusing, as well as "The spears, at least, seemed to be a mere threat rather than, well, a threat." I get what you mean, but it's worded kind of awkwardly, if I may say so.
Haha... I choose the POV characters carefully to allow for it.
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