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“Please.” The woman continued looking away from Joan, who turned the bezoar with her tail.
“Unripe persimmons?”
“Yes.” For the first time, the two regarded each other across the table, serpent and woman.
Joan said, “It’s the most common cause.” Her sibilant s’s seemed to soothe her patient. “But it can’t tell me anything.”
“Please!” The woman hefted her purse onto the table.
“No. Even without it, I think we can undo some of his damage.” She nodded to the woman’s ripe belly. “But we’re going to have to hurry. Are you up for a little adventure?”
http://www.trifectawritingchallenge.com/2012/11/trifecta-week-fifty-one-anniversary.html
http://www.velvetverbosity.com/2012/11/14/trifecta-anniversary-mash-up-part-two/
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love the last line. I got excited when I saw you two matched up. you delivered with strong imagery and wordplay. awesome
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you took in such a different direction. Very intriguing 🙂
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Thoughts being twisted around a tree in the garden of eden… Adventure, eh? Congratulations on a world well conjured.
AAAH! I love it! And now I’m dying to know what the adventure is. Care to continue? If you’re game, I’ll post the next 100 words by the end of the weekend.
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Yes, absolutely. I keep trying to tag you on twitter but fucking up the e-mail address. She’s still got to do something with that hair she took out of the bezoar!!
Or twitter handle or whatever
Sweet! 🙂 E-mail addy, if you miss it on Twitter, is chrstnj (at) gmail (dot) com.
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Squeeeeeeee! Tails and sibilant s’s! More? Oooooh.
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Whew! Under the wire! But you’d never know it from the quality. Great job, Jessie. Thanks so much for helping us celebrate our first year.
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That last line? There is always a great adventure over here. A really fun read, I hope you two do continue the story.
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Wow! The mystery builds. Great you guys are going to continue. Great stuff.
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Way to leave us with another cliffhanger! Very interesting so far! I’m glad you two have decided to continue it.
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You guys made a fantastic team!
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