Wandering Shop Stories 95

Prompt Word: New

Narrator: Our heroine steps into the vaguely medieval-European village.

Ellie: Wait, what? I told you not to call me that.

Narrator: Fine, I’ll try again.

Liz: No, not that either. I have a given name, and it’s beautiful as it is. I don’t need whatever short version you want to come up with.

Narrator: Your full given name is a syllable short of a haiku opener.

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Beth: Gods, can’t you just let me have this. I don’t do nicknames.

Narrator: Are you sure?

Nick: Oh hell, please stop this humiliation, my name is Elizabeth, use it.

Narrator: Okay, have it your way.

Winter brings new hell|Thy name is Elizabeth|Humiliation: Nope, bite me, you can tell the director that I quit.

Walking out the stage emergency exit, Elizabeth gained her own name back from whoever that guy was.