Tell me about that castle by the sea.
Let's call this a writing game. :) The title is the prompt. Describe what you see on your mind when you read it.
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Littlewing77 · 51-55, F
Part II (sorry-I changed tenses. It’s my first fiction, so sue me)
Oh, the ennui! She chuckled to herself. She must have read that word first when she was about 12 and pronounced it “en you I” in her head. When she finally looked it up she swore she would use it one day, and pronounce it correctly this time.
So, yes, the ennui of the virus. She’d spent too much time in the castle. She was the wing rubbed in the cage of Millay. She was one of the lost souls swimming in the fishbowl. She was tired of her obscure references. Oh, the ennui!
Well, that cheered her up. Of course she would be able to go out again. Just not quite yet. I mean, she could, but it was a risk she was unwilling to take. Dammit, she isolated so much it would be ridiculous to expose herself now. And, as to being able to relate and be understood, she already knew the answer to that. It was hogwash!
Oh, the ennui! She chuckled to herself. She must have read that word first when she was about 12 and pronounced it “en you I” in her head. When she finally looked it up she swore she would use it one day, and pronounce it correctly this time.
So, yes, the ennui of the virus. She’d spent too much time in the castle. She was the wing rubbed in the cage of Millay. She was one of the lost souls swimming in the fishbowl. She was tired of her obscure references. Oh, the ennui!
Well, that cheered her up. Of course she would be able to go out again. Just not quite yet. I mean, she could, but it was a risk she was unwilling to take. Dammit, she isolated so much it would be ridiculous to expose herself now. And, as to being able to relate and be understood, she already knew the answer to that. It was hogwash!