Sitting before a low table on a pile of cushions, she prepares herself in the company of her four-footed companions. The atmosphere is one of calm anticipation. This is a seeing night, a night when she will leave behind her own world and step into another’s. The dim light cast by the mica wall sconces along with the candles flickering throughout the room, bounce an eerie glow off the collection of oddities surrounding her. The thick lustrous smoke curling upward from the burning incense takes on a nearly animate quality in the strange light. Here, in this place, none can touch her, but she can reach outward and touch so many.
Choosing a vial from the many she keeps stored in this protected sanctum, she pours a small measure into the silver chalice before her. Lifting the cup and holding it close to her body, the drops warm and grow in volume, filling the over-sized goblet just enough to reflect her glittering eyes as she peers into its surface. She watches through the viscous liquid as he steps from his truck. Her vision distorted by the tremble of the precious fluid held captive in the vessel, she observes as his would-be attacker crouches in the darker shadows.
Her heart quickens with expectancy of what is to come; she watches through amber tinted vision as the assailant silently approaches…
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Nina D'Arcangela
Sotet Angyal 
April 7th, 2014 at 3:49 am
Love your writing 🙂 Good luck with the rest of the challenge x
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April 8th, 2014 at 3:52 pm
Thank you, Vikki! Good luck to you as well. I haunted your blog for great AtoZ reads last night! 🙂
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April 14th, 2014 at 7:09 am
Ha ha ha, thank you 🙂 x
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April 7th, 2014 at 9:38 am
What a way to start the week…with some suspense.
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April 8th, 2014 at 3:54 pm
Suspense is a good thing… as are vials filled with unknown elixirs! 🙂
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April 7th, 2014 at 9:50 am
Excellent! You’ve conjured visionary in my head & have stirred my imagination first thing today; as Mr. Martin stated above, what a great way to start the week!
Thank you for sharing, Nina! And thank you for inspiring my day!! 🙂
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April 8th, 2014 at 3:57 pm
Thank you, Joe! I’m glad you enjoyed this so much… it’s a modified part of the piece I’m working on with Blaze. (though, as always, much gets in the way) I’m stoked you liked it so much, your words are extremely kind and appreciated! :}
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April 7th, 2014 at 11:01 am
And we can see the visions with her. I wonder where the assailant is and who is his victim
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April 8th, 2014 at 3:59 pm
Hmmm… maybe the real question is what exactly is she peering though that allows her to see the other place? 😉
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April 7th, 2014 at 4:33 pm
Very evocative, I’m looking forward to reading more.
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April 8th, 2014 at 3:59 pm
Thank you, Fatma! Greatly appreciated! 🙂
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April 8th, 2014 at 1:39 pm
Excellence in building anticipation of the reader. Like the stalker we are readied to pounce.
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April 8th, 2014 at 4:01 pm
Thank you! Do we pounce literally or figuratively? Does she control an agent on the other end… or does she just have a cup of tea and head to bed, leaving our victim to his own devices? 🙂 I’m glad you enjoyed it!
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April 10th, 2014 at 10:30 am
What’s a fluffy bunny tale doing here??? Just kindding 😛 Great piece of flash Nina!
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May 20th, 2014 at 3:19 pm
Nothing ‘fluffy’ about it. She’s about to watch a guy get (dun, dun, dun – can’t tell, spoilers) with glittering eyes (read ‘great glee’) Fluffy bunny my ass! lol 😀
Thanks, Julie! Much appreciated!!
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