DRABBLE STORY ARC #2: SEEK AND AVENGE
The Man and “Child”
A chapter of a ‘choose your own’ story — drabble edition
This is a continuation of The Burned Village, a ‘choose your own’ fiction story, “drabble edition,” initially created by JF Danskin. Head back to the previous chapter or find out how to contribute to the ongoing story here.
Twigs and leaves crunch underfoot as you step into the clearing.
The man and child snap their heads up. The man’s pale skin clashes with his dark tattered clothes that hang off his thin frame. And the child, a girl, is emaciated, with an arrow protruding from her badly damaged leg.
Suddenly, they both grin and begin to convulse. Their bodies contort unnaturally — arms and legs twisting into impossible angles. The sound of their distorted laughter and cracking bones fills the air.
You hold back a wave of nausea.
Then, in a puff of black smoke, they vanish.
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Thank you for JF Danskin, and Jonathon Sawyer, and John Fanidis for contributing to this content leading up to this chapter.
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