More writing exercises!
As always, I love when people play along in comments and come up with their own answers to these exercises
From 642 Things to Write About
Tell a story that begins with a ransom note
Turn in your wings or the Devil dies at midnight, forever this time. The note, written in scrawling Sharpie still smelled of the marker. She folded it up and handed the piece of paper to Asariel. His wings shimmered into existence for just a moment, enough to let her know how upset he was. Usually he kept them off the real plane with effortless ease.
"This is going to be painful," Asariel sighed.
"What? You're actually considering this? Come on, why are we so bent on saving the devil. He's the Prince of Darkness and all that. Why not 'let there be light', yanno?" she asked, breaking a smile.
"Because, the Devil doesn't deserve to die and if she does, the world may unravel at the seams. You know so little of the truth about her. You don't even gender her correctly, dammit."
"So she's the good guy here?" She raised both eyebrows and then shook her head. "You're telling me that Satan is just misunderstood?"
"I loathe that name," he commented, offhandedly. "Lucifer is as good as anyone is, angel or demon. Better, maybe. Think of it, if she has all the evil powers that you people attribute to her then why hasn't she used them to take over the world and enslave everyone in a pit of pure torment?"
"God won't let her?" Ellie hazarded to guess with a shrug and a head shake.
"Remember what I said. Your idea of God is a dangerous concept, be careful what you base on it."
"Okay, all right. I got it. All the gods are real and they're not real at the same time. Like you said. Still doesn't make sense, but I got it. What's our plan for saving the wronged heroine here, because I got nothing."
"No, but I do."
Asariel's wings shimmered and solidified into full being and Ellie frowned so deeply her lip quivered.
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From 642 Things to Write About
Tell a story that begins with a ransom note
Turn in your wings or the Devil dies at midnight, forever this time. The note, written in scrawling Sharpie still smelled of the marker. She folded it up and handed the piece of paper to Asariel. His wings shimmered into existence for just a moment, enough to let her know how upset he was. Usually he kept them off the real plane with effortless ease.
"This is going to be painful," Asariel sighed.
"What? You're actually considering this? Come on, why are we so bent on saving the devil. He's the Prince of Darkness and all that. Why not 'let there be light', yanno?" she asked, breaking a smile.
"Because, the Devil doesn't deserve to die and if she does, the world may unravel at the seams. You know so little of the truth about her. You don't even gender her correctly, dammit."
"So she's the good guy here?" She raised both eyebrows and then shook her head. "You're telling me that Satan is just misunderstood?"
"I loathe that name," he commented, offhandedly. "Lucifer is as good as anyone is, angel or demon. Better, maybe. Think of it, if she has all the evil powers that you people attribute to her then why hasn't she used them to take over the world and enslave everyone in a pit of pure torment?"
"God won't let her?" Ellie hazarded to guess with a shrug and a head shake.
"Remember what I said. Your idea of God is a dangerous concept, be careful what you base on it."
"Okay, all right. I got it. All the gods are real and they're not real at the same time. Like you said. Still doesn't make sense, but I got it. What's our plan for saving the wronged heroine here, because I got nothing."
"No, but I do."
Asariel's wings shimmered and solidified into full being and Ellie frowned so deeply her lip quivered.
This entry was originally posted at http://megwrites.dreamwidth.org/243060.html, you can comment at: http://megwrites.dreamwidth.org/243060.html?mode=reply or here, comments will be read and responded to at both sites.