NaNoWriMo: Day 17 excerpt (No real Qale warning needed.)
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Qale (aka Qale)
Nov 17 '08, 19:27
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After he pressed the large green button, the car started to move forward. The metallic joints whined and groaned a bit as they�d been stationary for several hours now, but it wasn�t anything to be concerned about.
The Fortune Teller Peace stomping up toward the wheel holding her skirts in her hands, hurrying along as fast as she could manage, however, was. �Stop him. Stop him and bring him back down to the ground.� She protested harshly with Charlie who, slightly buzzed, was a bit spaced out about what the woman was demanding of him.
�Go ahead bring it back, Charlie!� My car had already rotated and been lifted several feet off the air. But with the key turned in the opposite direction the green button brought me right back to where I started. I slither out from underneath the security bar and walk to Peace and Charlie at the control panel. �What�s wrong?�
Peace�s dark highlighted eyes go wide as I speak normally. While she�d heard it all before, we weren�t in the privacy of her mysterious tent. One of her hands goes to her heaving breast as she shrieks, �Oh the visions. The visions are so true, so true.�
Charlie gave a little snort and retreated, perhaps quite wisely, to his blue pick-up truck, his partner, and more importantly to his can of beer. I however, remained with Peace, reaching my hand to take the long bony fingers of hers away from striking and clawing at her breast.
�The visions pitted you against all odds once you�d found your transformation. And here you speak, you have a glimmer of something new in your eyes, and look, Hadyn, look precious child,� She raised her and my own hand up skyward where the billowing clouds admittedly were thickening.
�Peace, okay. First calm down.� Bringing my hand down, I dig them into my jeans pockets hoping she wouldn�t do any more odd wild gestures with them. �I thought you told me you couldn�t see visions.�
Her eyes looked distraught as she brought her gaze back from the heavens and focused on me. I squirmed a little uncomfortably as she told me, �After your reading, after your brother failed you as you said he would, I had to try. I�ve felt strong feelings about you, Hadyn, my child. There�s always a reason for things and we�ve been close for so long.�
�Yeah, but the reading was all wrong. Erin didn�t attack what was between Dev and I; it actually took more than that. He lost focus during our show and dropped me. And while it wasn�t right, I went and took his local boy, Kyle, while he was at the clinic. I did something for myself for once.�
�And now you�re speaking. You�ve changed, like the vision!� Peace�s eyes went wild once more, but I continued to shake my head.
�Look, Peace, I get that you want to help me. You�ve always looked out after me. Just like Don and Charlie care about me and look out after me.� I give the two men a small gesture and then return my hand deeper into my pocket.
Charlie mutters something about Peace being a scary witch before popping the top of another beer. Don tells his partner to hush and behave before asking him to open another beer for himself. His fingers weren�t quite good enough to get the top open.
�Hadyn,� Peace�s tone is lower, if not exactly calmer. �I don�t mean to scare you, but don�t get back on the Ferris Wheel and don�t perform tonight if you can get out of it if at all possible.�
I frown. �Devyn got hurt last night when he dropped me. I don�t know how long it�ll be before we get to perform again.�
�Then just be safe, my child. Keep from acting in foolish ways. Keep from heights, keep from danger, keep from projectiles, keep from��
�Okay! Okay! I get it!� I couldn�t help but lose a bit of patience with the Fortune Teller. She seemed to be exceptionally wired already today and while I respected her, cared about her, she was coming across as being out of her mind with this vision nonsense. I back away from her, and give Charlie and Don a deep nod before turning to walk towards Control Ops.
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