Masquerade balls were pleasurable.
Anyone could indulge without fear of consequence.
So why exactly was he here at God knows what hour, preparing to shoot or get shot at.
How had this happened?
Simon tried so hard to recall last nights event but his memory seemed set against such backward glances.
He heard the counting, he took the steps.
He turned, he fired.
Pain shoot through his mind, breaking the memory bank.
He had a kissed her rose-tinged lips, the only part of her delicate constituent not hidden by her white but sharp edged eagle costume.
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Dear Chioma,
That was quite the masquerade ball. Imaginative take on the prompt.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Good take on the prompt. I’m left wondering what an eagle costume looks like.
(You have a tiny typo in the fifth line.)
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Ahhh, thank you.
Could you point it out please?
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“Simon tried so had to recall” I think you mean “hard” not had. I once quickly posted a FF, probably before I’d had my coffee, with 4 typos in 100 words. My friends gently pointed them out. It happens.
Tracey
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Thank you so much Tracey, i appreciate it. I have looked at it so many times, I just could not see it. Thus, why I asked.
Will make the correction now.
Thanks again.
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What an original take, Chioma!
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Thanks Dale!.
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Masquerade balls can seem a bit creepy!
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I totally agree Keith.
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Clever story
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Thanks Neil.
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A hard lesson, he should confirm identification behind the costume before lusting into kissing rose-tinged lips.
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I totally agree James.
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A very original take on the prompt photo 🙂
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Thank you so much.
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Nice tale. I think a sharp-edged eagle costume might keep the kissers away.
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I would have thought so too but not this time around.
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A bit of old style entertainment. Nicely done.
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Thanks Iain.
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Mysterious and intriguing. I smell espionage, perhaps a sleeper agent activated by a kiss.
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Ohhh!
I didn’t think of this.
Thank you.
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Gosh, a lot of intriuge here – you make me want to know more about all the characters! I think there’s a typo on the last paragraph (He had *a* kissed) if you want to go in and fix it, but it didn’t detract from the reading.
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Thank you so much.
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Oh, very mysterious. I love the intrigue. It seems someone has tampered with parts of his brain and used him as an instrument to kill. He remembers too late. Well done!
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Thanks Brenda.
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A clever and interesting story. Nicely done.
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Thanks Bill.
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