Where will Nikki run? How did Ando learn to drive? What does Hiro feel when he moves through time and space? Does sylar drive or run or fly to his next vctim? From whom does Mr. Bennett take his marching orders?
Everyone on Heroes is on a journey, whether physical or metaphorical. Do they have a destiny or are they just travelling through?
This week's challenge, from
revelininsanity, is "travelling through." You pick the characters, the meaning, the destination, then share your journey with us.
To get you started here's a look at the word travel from
Dictionary.com:
trav‧el [trav-uhl], verb, -eled, -el‧ing or (especially British) -elled, -el‧ling.
-verb (used without object)
1. to move or go from one place to another, as by car, train, plane, or ship; take a trip; journey: to travel for pleasure.2. to proceed or advance in any way.3. to go from place to place as a representative of a business firm.4. to associate or consort: He travels in a wealthy crowd.5. Informal. to move with speed.6. to pass, or be transmitted, as light or sound.7. Basketball. WALK: to take more than two steps without dribbling or passing the ball.-verb (used with object)
8. to travel, journey, or pass through or over, as a country or road.9. to journey or traverse (a specified distance): We traveled a hundred miles.10. to cause to journey; ship: to travel logs downriver.-noun
11. the act of traveling; journeying, esp. to distant places: to travel to other planets.12. travels,a. journeys; wanderings: to set out on one's travels.
b. journeys as the subject of a written account or literary work: a book of travels.
c. such an account or work.
13. the coming and going of persons or conveyances along a way of passage; traffic: an increase in travel on state roads.14. Machinery.a. the complete movement of a moving part, esp. a reciprocating part, in one direction, or the distance traversed; stroke.
15. movement or passage in general: to reduce the travel of food from kitchen to table.-adjective
16. used or designed for use while traveling: a travel alarm clock.[Origin: 1325-75; ME (north and Scots), orig. the same word as travail (by shift “to toil, labor” > “to make a laborious journey”)] You have until next Monday at midnight (or until the mods close the challenge if we sleep through it!). Where will your travels take you?
We can't wait to find out.
Remember, it's flashfic. Short is stellar, but if your ideas run away with you? That's fine, too.
Ready? Set. Go.
Don't forget to use that subject line! 'Title of fic' by 'Author or username' Thanks!
And, as always, we're taking suggestions for upcoming challenges. Drop yours as a comment to any admin post!