Hour... Day 4 of my [call for prompts on] Abduction

The writing has slowed, as paperwork continues to interfere, but still I continue. Since my last report, so many hours ago, I have written:

Two people, both abducting the other,
a warrior, who grows fond of her captor, and a former Addergoole student returning to her old stomping grounds.

The money in the pot has reached $45. If it reached $60, I shall be writing for quite a bit longer.

30days Second Sem / Abduction Prompts / Scent / The Generation Ship

For the 30 Days Meme Second Semester, for the prompt "18) prompt: a step too far."

In the same world/ship as Evolution and All Green Dots. Short version: Alae is the ceremonial Queen on a generation ship; Eka is her partner.


“Trepp, Alae, it smells like stale piss.” They had both been on edge lately, vibrating with the tension of the ship, with the political maneuverings that threatened both of them, feeling crammed in even Alae’s larger cubic and not spending any hour aside from work apart. The perfume had been the cracked cog that had thrown them out of working order. “Do you own a scent that can’t be smelled in the next star system?”

It was a step too far, enough to send Alae storming out into the corridors, alone and without a weapon, stomping through the ship like a force of nature, ready to rip the panels off anyone who got in her way. ( Read more... )