In My Mind

[mishalak]

A snarky little comment went flickering through the dark spaces of Mishalak's brain. Up through dark chasms barely illuminated by blue-grey light it headed for the upper levels where it might escape. A cruel smile twisted its elfin lips. To cause grief and trouble unending, soon it would try its best to stick a sharp knife right where it could hurt someone the most. It landed near the uppermost gallery and started down a dark hallway. Only a little farther now.

A strange howl echoed down the hallways, rising with a trill like some sort of strange bird. The hunters! The snarky comment started to run as the screech rolled behind him. Almost there, almost there ...

One of the hunters came barreling out of a side passage with its lizard/cat like beast. All in chains and tattered cloth it advanced, fixing the snark with expressionless grey eyes above a collar that hid its lower face. The snarky comment tensed. Perhaps it could cut its way free or dodge around the hunter.

The hunter sprang toward him, its cruelly barbed knife shining, and the hunter's beast leaped forward, all claws and little sharp teeth glinting in a triangular jaw. It held the snarky comment for just a moment. The snark twisted free of the beast's embrace and was off to run again, but the moment of delay cost it everything. The hunter tackled and struggled with it. A few moments later the fight was over. The bound snark was picked up by the hunter and tossed back down the shaft it had come from, hopefully never to see the light of day.

Comments

[interactiveleaf.livejournal.com]

May I repost this to readers_list? I will of course credit you, and note that it is a protected post.

[mishalak.livejournal.com]

I don't know. I feel like it needs editing first. I'll let you know in an hour or two after I've been able to think about it.

[mishalak.livejournal.com]

I've thought about it a while and I'd really rather you didn't repost this. Part of the reason I started locking all my fiction posts is because they feel very personal to me and I'd just as soon not have them running around loose. And I don't want to fall back into my bad habit of seaking fame/worship.

[interactiveleaf.livejournal.com]

I do understand.

And thank you for trusting me enough to assume that I will respect your 'no.'

[alias-lilacgirl.livejournal.com]

Why do you friend-lock these posts? They are great and creative and very descriptive (unlike this comment). They say so much about you (despite the fact I have yet to meet you). Why hide them?

[mishalak.livejournal.com]

I locked this one because it is personal. I feel that way about a lot of my writing. Once I was giving it away to get famous or well like or something. But having a lot of people around is sure fire trouble for me since I'm tempermental and don't always manage to catch those snarky comments before they escape.