Weekend and a drabble
My weekend included:
+ lots of sleep
+ two driving lessons
+ watching Inuyasha DVDs
+ some writing
+ eating
+ more sleep
Finally finished another drabble. Written for the 100 Themes Challenge at usako_mamoru.
56. Red String of Destiny
pencil gal
573 words
Ami smiled slightly as she pointed her Mercury computer in different directions around the arcade. The new advances in her technology were incredibly intriguing. She had first discovered it the day before at the most recent youma attack. While wearing her visor Sailor Mercury had realised that she could see coloured lines of varying lengths running every which way all over the screen. When the battle had ended she had spent some time analysing what these lines were. It had taken Sailor Mercury only a few minutes, once she no longer needed to focus on defeating the youma, to figure out that she was witnessing the links and bonds which tied a person with someone else.
This had led to Ami sitting in the arcade by herself after school. She had been curious to find out if her mini-computer had the same capabilities as her visor and had been delighted to discover it did. Ami was happy to simply watch the people in the arcade, observing the links they had with other people present or not. She was enjoying the simple pleasure of learning new things.
As she turned her head away from two girls sitting together by the Sailor V game, Ami’s attention was caught by a commotion in the middle of the arcade near the counter. Usagi was glaring at Mamoru as he baited her while Motoki watched helplessly. Haruna-sensei must have been feeling nice and let Usagi-chan out of detention early, Ami thought. Raising her mini-computer Ami refocused the screen to receive Usagi’s and Mamoru’s details. What she saw shocked her so much that she almost dropped the computer.
Usagi had the usual blue lines running out of the arcade which would join up with her family and both Mamoru and Usagi had the pale green lines symbolising friendship linking them to Motoki. But it was the other coloured bonds, colours Ami hadn’t seen before that had stunned her. There were four strong, white bonds coming from Usagi, one headed directly towards Ami. She assumed these must be Usagi’s bondlinks with the other Senshi.
But there was also a link running straight from Usagi’s chest to Mamoru’s. It was thick, strong, a mixture of silver and gold in colour, and was most definitely there. Ami typed in a combination and the screen went closer and focused on the silver-gold bond. She typed in another combination trying to get a reading on what the bond was meant to be. Cannot process request. Not enough information, the screen read. Ami frowned and made the screen zoom in closer again. She blinked in surprise as there was a second link directly beneath the silvery gold one.
It was as thin as a piece of string and a brilliant crimson in colour. It was so unexpected that in many ways the red bond shocked Ami more than the silvery gold one did. She would have thought she was seeing things if she hadn’t known that her computer never lied. Ami put her computer back in her pocket and frowned in thought as she concentrated on the interactions between Usagi and Mamoru. She knew that red meant love but she couldn’t understand why the two students treated each other the way they did if they loved each other. Was the bond still so weak that neither realised what one of the links were that bound them to each other? Ami had to assume it was.
Message for Lady Unicorn:
I won't be able to make it to chat today, I'm too busy at work. So normal time tomorrow? Oh and I managed to write a few paragraphs of my prologue last night. I know it's not much but it's better than nothing right?
+ lots of sleep
+ two driving lessons
+ watching Inuyasha DVDs
+ some writing
+ eating
+ more sleep
Finally finished another drabble. Written for the 100 Themes Challenge at usako_mamoru.
56. Red String of Destiny
pencil gal
573 words
Ami smiled slightly as she pointed her Mercury computer in different directions around the arcade. The new advances in her technology were incredibly intriguing. She had first discovered it the day before at the most recent youma attack. While wearing her visor Sailor Mercury had realised that she could see coloured lines of varying lengths running every which way all over the screen. When the battle had ended she had spent some time analysing what these lines were. It had taken Sailor Mercury only a few minutes, once she no longer needed to focus on defeating the youma, to figure out that she was witnessing the links and bonds which tied a person with someone else.
This had led to Ami sitting in the arcade by herself after school. She had been curious to find out if her mini-computer had the same capabilities as her visor and had been delighted to discover it did. Ami was happy to simply watch the people in the arcade, observing the links they had with other people present or not. She was enjoying the simple pleasure of learning new things.
As she turned her head away from two girls sitting together by the Sailor V game, Ami’s attention was caught by a commotion in the middle of the arcade near the counter. Usagi was glaring at Mamoru as he baited her while Motoki watched helplessly. Haruna-sensei must have been feeling nice and let Usagi-chan out of detention early, Ami thought. Raising her mini-computer Ami refocused the screen to receive Usagi’s and Mamoru’s details. What she saw shocked her so much that she almost dropped the computer.
Usagi had the usual blue lines running out of the arcade which would join up with her family and both Mamoru and Usagi had the pale green lines symbolising friendship linking them to Motoki. But it was the other coloured bonds, colours Ami hadn’t seen before that had stunned her. There were four strong, white bonds coming from Usagi, one headed directly towards Ami. She assumed these must be Usagi’s bondlinks with the other Senshi.
But there was also a link running straight from Usagi’s chest to Mamoru’s. It was thick, strong, a mixture of silver and gold in colour, and was most definitely there. Ami typed in a combination and the screen went closer and focused on the silver-gold bond. She typed in another combination trying to get a reading on what the bond was meant to be. Cannot process request. Not enough information, the screen read. Ami frowned and made the screen zoom in closer again. She blinked in surprise as there was a second link directly beneath the silvery gold one.
It was as thin as a piece of string and a brilliant crimson in colour. It was so unexpected that in many ways the red bond shocked Ami more than the silvery gold one did. She would have thought she was seeing things if she hadn’t known that her computer never lied. Ami put her computer back in her pocket and frowned in thought as she concentrated on the interactions between Usagi and Mamoru. She knew that red meant love but she couldn’t understand why the two students treated each other the way they did if they loved each other. Was the bond still so weak that neither realised what one of the links were that bound them to each other? Ami had to assume it was.
Message for Lady Unicorn:
I won't be able to make it to chat today, I'm too busy at work. So normal time tomorrow? Oh and I managed to write a few paragraphs of my prologue last night. I know it's not much but it's better than nothing right?