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Offline Cemiera

Re: One Word Challenge
« Reply #10 on: December 03, 2014, 10:59:05 pm »
The temple is dark. The only light comes from large wax candles atop wrought iron stands, the soft glow casting long shadows which shroud every corner and crevice of the room. The woman walks to the front of the open room, passed the velvet covered pews all bare but for a few lonely souls. The only sounds to be heard were the near silent whispers of fervent prayers and the crackle of flame consuming wick. Upon reaching the front of the large room, the woman falls to her knees before the immaculate statue representing her god. She whispers a prayer of her own into clasped hands, and then drops three gold coins into a dish at her deity's feet. A moment later she pulls her weary bones to standing and returns to the ornate wooden doors. Her heart is once again filled with hope that he will help his worn and broken follower, that giving everything she had would bring her a miracle.


The next word is.... Extrapolate.
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Re: One Word Challenge
« Reply #9 on: December 03, 2014, 10:34:19 pm »
"Its stunning how much they contrast each other."
"So different, yet so beautiful."
"The subtle change in exposure is most aesthetically pleasing."

They kept staring, kept looking at one then the next, one with blond hair, one with black. Both with the most unsettling ice blue eyes. She had porcelain skin almost milky beneath a curtain of black while he had a copper tan that contrasted so well with his platinum fringe. She dressed dark, and he light, clothing matching a beige and white theme, or that of grey and black. They were the most unsettling twins, but they were beautiful at that. She stood before a white background, he stood before a black one, and they stood out like sore thumbs to the communities eyes. Their eyes gazed out from behind  thick glass, dressed Victorian in fashion while their audience wore tennis shoes, and baseball caps. It was a most vintage display in a modern new world. Aesthetically pleasing in the most unsettling ways.

The next word is......Oblation.
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Re: One Word Challenge
« Reply #8 on: December 03, 2014, 10:17:13 pm »
She strolled in with the air of authority instantly filling the room. Those who heard the door open instantly turned their heads to meet the aura of perfection that had just graced them with her presence. Women envied her, while the males covenanted every eyeful she allowed them to ascertain. Her footsteps made nary a sound as six inch heels carried her to the center stage of the lunchroom and allowed her to sit. Waves of long brown hair flowed down her back, tickling just above the small of her back. Hazel eyes gazed out behind lengthy bangs as she shook her head and sent a flow through her locks that remained for just enough time to sensually stroke her back.

Next Word: juxtaposition

"A true knight is fuller of bravery in the midst, than in the beginning of danger."
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Re: One Word Challenge
« Reply #7 on: December 03, 2014, 08:56:56 pm »
Loud muffed screams echoed through the dark hallways as the sound of scratching and tearing was heard. The thick darkness slowly parting to show the lone creature in the center of the madness; screaming. His lips were sewn completely shut as he scratched and pulled at the remnants of what little of his clothes he had left. His screams never stopping. With each scream growing more and more desperarate to break through the silence.

This creature spiralled in this madness as his eyes slowly began to drip desperate tears; feeling his body eating himself from the inside out. A bomb of thoughts and emotions pushing the cage of his body and trying to find the weakest escape. Trying to break free from the sheer isolation. His tears slowly deepening into a deep crimson as they fell to his wounded, clawed, chest.

The creature dropped to his knees as he could no longer take the darkness. The silence. His body could not bare it, already having taken the toll of his mind. His nails, sharpened from scratching again and again, ripping away the stitches that held his lips together. Attempting to let out a horrid cry for help, but, nothing came out but pools of blood.. Having no tongue. In one swift motion his body giving in. Collapsing onto the ground as he simply started into the silence and isolation. Embracing it.

The next word is.... Elegant

Offline Renegade

Re: One Word Challenge
« Reply #6 on: November 21, 2014, 06:32:35 pm »
Alex smiled as she sat down and opened her old journal. not much had been written in it. In fact, there was only one entry. But that wasn't the page that she turned to. Somewhere, nearly halfway into the book, was a placeholder. She could always turn straight to it without searching, and this day was no different. On the page was a flower; Dried and wilted, and yet, it still maintained it's color; A beautiful lavender...

She could remember the day that she recieved the flower... It was a gift from David. He had given it to her on their anniversary, the day after she had started writing the journal. Not a dozen flowers, not a bouquet. But that single, lone flower. It was the sweetest thing anyone had ever done for her! Not that the picnic, and the Promise ring that he gave to her weren't just as special, but there was something about the Orchid that spoke to her... It was a token of his particular feelings for her, and she knew the time and consideration he had put into deciding just which one to pick for her...

David died in a car crash the next day... It was the last thing anyone expected  from the healthy, vibrant young man! Great things were expected of him! And he had just promised his life to the woman of his dreams, only to have it all come crashing down so suddenly... Alex put the ring into David's casket, to be buried with him, a sign of their love truly lasting beyond their lifetime. She couldn't rid herself of the flower, however. Nor could she continue to write. So she decided to place the purple orchid in her journal; A requiem for the man that she loved...

The next word is Silent

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Re: One Word Challenge
« Reply #5 on: July 13, 2014, 01:30:12 pm »
'Ugh! I can't believe that after all of this we're still going to do this..' The young girl thought to herself as she slowly made haste toward the cabin. 'Act naturally, she said. It'll be almost totally alright, she said. HA!' The long dirty trek through the woods kicked up dust that had been undisturbed for what seemed like years. Needless to say, the woman was nervous about this night's events. It was a party; hosted by the upper class-men of their collage. Surely, Athena was cautious about crashing the older kid's party, but her friend, who was sure that if they wore these clothes and acted the part, they would be a sure fit it. Of course, Athena was absolutely unsure that this scheme would work. It was an authentic replica of the older student's attire, but she knew that sooner or later, the perfect mess would come from this. "Are you sure this will work?" Athena asked her friend. "Of course! Trust me." Athena's face twisted in doubt; even time her friend would say those two words, she knew they were bound for trouble. Well, at the front door of the cabin; the lights, music, and sounds of the crowd was deafening even far back along the trail. But now, Athena couldn't even hear herself think. 'Oh ****...' She thought to herself as the door slowly opened. She had hoped her friend's bid to do all of the talking works out, otherwise, this would be completely **** up... Why does she always let her friend get her into these situations?!

Next word: Requiem

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Re: One Word Challenge
« Reply #4 on: July 10, 2014, 11:07:30 pm »
*Clang* *Clang* *Clang*

The voice of the machine called, it's roar echoing through buildings who where strutting up through the air in their attempt to capture the sky and hold it still. The call also awoken the masses and called the followers, the young and old, to awaken and pilgrimage to the sacred temple of industrialism.

*Clang* *Clang* *Clang*

Gears whirled as giant metal cauldrons shifted through the air and swung back and forth over the heads of the newly arrived disciples, who punched in their visit to the new Lord and exchanged hours of their lives for the future of the giants just streets away. Their growing gods of Iron and Steel.

Poured from their cauldrons came the lifeblood of the God Industrialization, molded into the veins of behemoths. Only the purest ores where allowed to be sacrificed to the savior. And only the best would be allowed to ascend into the sky and continue the work others died to continue. Iron Giants now ruled this land, and those who used to worship the trees, now worshiped iron coins and paper.

Next word: Oxymoron
"There is no confusion like the confusion of a simple mind.."
- F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby

He's an outlaw loose and running came the whisper from each lip
And he's here to do some business with the big iron on his hip
Big iron on his hip
And the swiftness of the ranger is still talked about today
Texas Red had not cleared leather fore a bullet fairly ripped
And the ranger's aim was deadly with the big iron on his hip
Big iron on his hip

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Re: One Word Challenge
« Reply #3 on: July 10, 2014, 01:05:19 pm »
"Dad, it's heavy!" the boy exclaimed, dropping the sword again for the upteenth time.

"Of course it is, boy. A sword is as much a burden as it a gift. One day you will realize that."

"Of course I realize it! You've drilled into my head a thousand times!"

"Yet you fail to understand."

The boy tilted his head curiously at his father, who look so poised and relaxed; elegant, and at peace though there was a catlike grace to his stance or when he walked. Head high and shoulders back, proud and confident of himself and his abilities. The boy thought his father a hero. With a sword like this? He'd have to be. And the way he talked and how he walked... It was so unreal. Sometimes the boy wondered if his father was even real.

The older man chuckled faintly, amused at the questions firing in the boy's mind; the boy had little tact in hiding the emotions he felt, though he'd learn. For now, though, the father thought it prudent that the boy understand why the sword was so heavy.

"Any weapon is heavy, you'll understand. Some are easier to carry, yes, but when you are able to hold that sword with one hand, with ease and grace; to be able to make it sing the blood and flesh of your foes, then perhaps you'll truly understand what I mean by heavy."

The boy, again, wrinkled his face up in a form of contempt at the philosophical lesson, glared at his father for making him feel stupid for not understanding and picked up the sword with two hands; determination glittering brightly in his eyes.

He wouldn't let his father down. Never him.


Next word: Iron.
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Offline Venus Mal'Nareth

Re: One Word Challenge
« Reply #2 on: July 05, 2014, 07:57:34 pm »
Why does she get to have everything? The hot boyfriend, the nice car... Even such close friends? Envy is an ugly drug...To covet the belongings, or accomplishments of another will slowly eat away at you from the inside out. But Brenda was unable to comprehend that. She was driven by her desire to have what Maria had. Her every thought was dictated by her "rival's" things, which prevented her from gaining her own.

No friends... A dead end job... A tiny one bedroom apartment with a beautiful view of the unusually active train tracks... This was Brenda's reality. Watching Maria's life from the outside, visualizing it from the inside, and dying a little more each day.

They were once friends, but now they didn't so much as speak to each other. Brenda would call Maria's job, to complain about her, hoping that, if Maria lost her job, she could take her place. Meanwhile, she missed all of the opportunities that came her way. Angels in disguise that came to guide her, she shunned and pushed away. Doors that opened she turned her nose up at. Before she knew it, she was old and grey. She never embraced her life, because she was too busy being Green with Envy...


The next word is "Heavy"

Offline Raijuta Ochoa

One Word Challenge
« Reply #1 on: June 19, 2014, 05:55:20 pm »
Ok this one is completely stolen, but I like the exercise, and I'm going to use it!

This will be an ongoing challenge. It'll start with a single word. For example the word may be "Darkness" You are then to expand on that word, and turn it into a story. You can expand it however you like. For example it may be a story about darkness itself, or maybe a person who is lost, and surrounded in darkness. The purpose of this exercise is to work on our ability to create vivid imagery from a simple thought or idea. After your story, post a new word, that the next challenger can use. You can also choose to use a word that's already been posted. Alright let's get started!

The first word is....

Green

Quest Value: 1-3 Gold.
(Players may recieve rewards from this challenge more than once, however the reward is only available once a week)
« Last Edit: December 03, 2014, 07:51:36 pm by Raijuta Ochoa »

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