by The Dragonfly Thief » Wed Aug 31, 2011 1:42 pm
Freya
Freya was trotting back to the castle on a stolen pony. Well, to her it didn't matter if the pony was stolen. It only mattered at that moment that she got back to the castle to tell her king that the other king was planning an attack. Spurred on by the thoughts of praise. She started to gallop onwards. Suddenly, she felt a tug, like some had tied a harness on her and the cord had reached the end of it's line. Freya was yanked out of her saddle but she didn't fall. she felt like she was being squished and made smaller and bigger at the same time. She closed her eyes and WUMP, she hit the hard ground with a smash. Freya went invisable, as she often did when she was scared. Standing up shaking, she looked around her. It seemed to be a street but instead of horses and carridges, big metal things were going very quickly down them. Freya turned visable, "What happened to me?" she muttered, rubbing her sore head. Freya started to walk down the street. There seemed to be a raised platform on which people walked. As she stumbled along, she stared at the clothing. Some of the women were wearing pants! Freya could not believe her eyes. Some of the people walking by stared at her. Wanting to turn invisable, she sighed. These people were not normal, what if they hurt her when she changed?
“the only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars.”
Jack Kerouac, On the Road
“I have always lived violently, drunk hugely, eaten too much or not at all, slept around the clock or missed two nights of sleeping, worked too hard and too long in glory, or slobbed for a time in utter laziness. I've lifted, pulled, chopped, climbed, made love with joy and taken my hangovers as a consequence, not as a punishment.”
John Steinbeck, Travels with Charley
"Everything looks good from here... (beat...playing with plastic dinosaurs over his console) Yes. Yes, this is a fertile land, and we will thrive."
(as Stegosaurus) "We will rule over all this land, and we will call it... 'This Land'."
(as T-Rex) "I think we should call it...your grave!"
(Stegosaurus) "Ah, curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal!"
(T-Rex) "Ha ha HA! Mine is an evil laugh...now die!"
Wash, Firefly