Romance Challenge 2009

[redvelvetcanopy]

A Sailor’s FateTelio scanned the midnight horizon then climbed down from the crow’s nest. A soft splash made him squint starboard, just as a mournful song quivered in the night air. A face, pearly grey, emerged above the dark water. Bleak eyes, framed by purple shadows, looked up at him. The siren rose over the surface, tattered blue swathing bony

Comments

[gelsey]

Ah, the lure of the siren! He never stood a chance.

[redvelvetcanopy]

Oh, and how perfect is that icon!

Yes, those sirens--they win out every time.

[laudomia]

Strange, but very cool. tattered blue swathing bony arms--shivery.

[redvelvetcanopy]

It might be more fitting for a Halloween challenge, perhaps? Dunno. Something just caught me up in this.

[bambu345]

Perfect!

[redvelvetcanopy]

Thank you!

[argonaut_57]

Telio woke to find himself in a hammock, staring at the beams overhead. His mind was still fuzzy with dreams of Maggie, but he heard the bells for the dog-watch, and knew he must move.

He dragged himself from the hammock. He was cold, so cold, a chill deep in his bones, and at the bottom of his lungs. He made his way to the deck, it was night, with a heavy sea. Spray lashed the rigging, and the wind howled with the voices of damned things. A gaunt figure spoke from the bridge,

"So, you have joined us, Mr Telio? I am your new captain. My name is Van Der Dekken, but the men call me Dutchman. Step lively, now, to the crow's nest!"

[redvelvetcanopy]

You're brilliant, you know that, don't you?

[argonaut_57]

Meh. Above average, maybe.