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#WordWeavers 14 Sept: Your MC is offered exactly what they've always wanted--but accepting it will cost them something they love. What do they choose?
This explicitly happens twice in #KonbiniIdol. Ume refuses once and accept the second time. Context matters.
She bares the scars for both choices.
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#Wss366 Pet #TimeTravelAuthors 08/23. Pets or animals in your story
Pets
I have always felt #pets are more work than they are worth. You need to keep track of them and justify their being in the story. That being said, Bijou, before the rabbits killed her, had a lab rat she was fond of. It’s mentioned a few times. The longest passage is in Time Argonaut: .
Patroclus chirped happily upon seeing me, hoping for snacks. As the first animal to time-travel, I pampered him. Having risked his life for me, he deserved hazard pay. No matter how I felt, I wouldn’t ignore him.
After feeding my time-argonaut his favorite treats and stroking his pink-dyed fur...
Animals
I have a great deal of fun with animals by placing characters within their minds so their perceptions blend with the animal. This takes place in “The Crow and the Witch” when #Airisu becomes a crow. There is also a long section in #KonbiniIdol where Ume witnesses several scenes through the eyes of a frog. For example:
A long, thin tongue flickered into view — mine, but not mine — and vanished. My mind recoiled. — The Empress’s frog?
Was I…
Mikawa’s whispered cry of “Sssheee sss…” seized my attention before I could grasp the last thought. Through the fog came one thought: Mikawa. Then came a sharp click — my receding human mind supplied a label, “the Empress’s fan” — and a stab of instinctual fear. “Bad things. Danger. Mistress angry.” Fragmented feelings tumbled in my head, pushing out rational thought.
“…minnneee…” The sound tapered off and vanished, like a dragonfly swooping past too fast to catch. Part of my mind recognized these sounds as the last I’d heard from Mikawa, as Takiyasha banished her. But it was the fan’s click that dominated my thoughts, signaling danger.
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#SundayLit prompt is: Games
{Snip Konbini Idol](https://www.pixiv.net/novel/series/11417104)
At night, we wrote and presented poetry. We all took part, but Shishi came alive when performing. On stage, she rived Sarah Bernhardt herself. Once or twice, Kan-chan’s critiques offended her, especially as our internment wore on.
We also played endless rounds of Go. We briefly bet smokes, and Tomo consistently won my daily ration. Shishi played like a wizard when cigarettes were on the line. Otherwise, she couldn’t be bothered. When we smoked on the veranda, she would graciously let me bum one. I happily switched to betting coins after Shizuka gave them to us.
Our Go tournaments became so successful that the servants even spied on them. Then, with enormous delight, they penned satirical poems about my playing and “accidentally” recited them where I’d overhear. Fortunately, they made a greedy move one night.
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