Thoughts and Technical How-Tos
Wandering Shop Stories 110
Prompt Word: Gin #wss366 (1/3) Bowen found himself back in front of Tess feeling very awkward. Tess looked him up and down, and said, “A certain key went missing yesterday morning, do you know anything about that?” “Thank you, I have it right here,” Bowen said. “I’m afraid I didn’t hear you. You don’t know anything about it?” Actually getting the hint, he made a show of bending over in front of the desk, “Is this it here?...
Wandering Shop Stories 109
Prompt Word: Mole Bowen called out, “The glow is coming from these two holes, each about the size of a mole borrow. I’m getting a closer look.” Andi, Tanya and Kieff all looked at each-other, cringing as they hear scraping noises from where Bowen is exploring. Then there was a fast scraping noise, and then Bowen suddenly lands 10 feet out from the wall he’d been exploring. The sound of all the air escaping his body all at once was heard....
Wandering Shop Stories 108
Prompt Word: Cant Kieff jumped down from the wall he’d climbed up. It was a long drop, but he was less scared of the cave floor than the purple glow in the gaping wall. Bowen was confused, “What’s got you so spooked?” Andi smacked Bowen on the back of the head, Tanya looked at him like she wanted to. Kieff replied, “It was the eerie glow like the moment before the end of a witch’s cant....
Wandering Shop Stories 107
Prompt Word: Violet The first priority for the party was to survey the wall and ceiling above where their companion, Jake, had been crushed. None of them believed that it had been a fluke of erosion, but they weren’t so stupid as to not look. Kieff and Bowen pulled some climbing equipment out of their packs and tied two ropes to two grappling hooks. The few lanterns made more shadows than light, and Bowen freely admitted that she has better night vision than himself, so Andi tossed the hooks into dark crevices on the upper reaches of the wall....