“Are you ready to give up everything to save yourself?”
The voice of a stoic stranger rang in my mind. Nothing was working out in my favour, so what was I supposed to answer? “Yes.”
In my third eye, towers crumbled, with people buried under their rubble. The people screamed, but were drowned out by the breaking of walls. What desolation did I just call? I sat in silence, my jaw ready to hang open. But I was safe.
“What will you do now?” The stranger asked. “You can do anything you want, but choose wisely.”
“What about the people?” I asked.
“What about the people, indeed. Are you willing to save them?”
I found an arm reaching out before me, under the weight of concrete. I pulled it, and the little girl came out with ease.
Fire appeared in front of us. The devil made himself known. “You think it’s THAT easy?!” Then the flames engulfed him, and he disappeared with it, cackling into the aether.
My heart said yes, but my brain said no. But I continued saving the people, no matter if it took months or years. Who would clear the damage, I wondered? And who would rebuild?
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Deck: The Faery Forest by Lucy Cavendish & Maxine Gadd
There we are, another Cavendish. This deck contains many portraits, with beautiful detail added to them like flowers and wild hair.
I should add, I think this one story was chasing me without my knowing. I’d think of my birds, and all of a sudden I’d have someone or something yelling at me, and I could never figure why. There’s a line that made it click, and now, I hope this FF is satisfactory.
Invader Stim Homerpants 