Inktober 2018

[Ranger of the North]

That's your guess? XD It's actually a huia! They're extinct now, though /:

Aww, thank you so much!! I'm really glad of that

[Ranger of the North]

Prompt: lights at ChristmasxxxxxxxxxxxTheme: softxxxxxxxxxxxDay: 16xxxxxxxxxxxWords: 179

xxxxxShe slumped drowsily against the window, rocking with the gentle motion of the van. Five days ‘til Christmas and they were tiki-touring through town, on the lookout for decorated houses. Someone coughed from up front.
xxxxx“There’s one!” the excited call ricocheted through the vehicle and a wild finger jabbed at the glass. “Oh, it’s so pretty!!”
xxxxxShe pushed herself a little more upright and had to agree; lights rimmed the eaves of the house, running across the lawn and twinkling in a tree like captive starlight. The next house sported a mini team of reindeer, the next had Merry Christmas! burning bright in the window, and yet another had the curtains pulled back to reveal a cosy interior and the dancing lights of a Christmas tree — on and on, until the crowning glory: a pair of upside-down legs, trapped in the top of a chimney. It always made her laugh.
xxxxxBut the prettiest lights by far were those gleaming ethereally from the water.
xxxxxThen, their journey over, they made their back to the welcoming twinkly lights of Home.

[TheSongOfTheStars]

Kookaburra was just the first thing that popped into my head XD, Huia are pretty though...too bad they're dead.

You have the sweetest clips about home. Though, I can't say I've heard the turn of phrase 'tiki-touring' before, does it basically mean like sightseeing?

[Ranger of the North]

Haha XD And ikr! I'm annoyed by our ancestors' silly decisions... c':

Aw, thank you! And yes, actually; that's what sightseeing is often called here cx

[TheSongOfTheStars]

I think about stuff like that too. Like, what if they just hadn't?

Huh, cool!

[Ranger of the North]

Ikr

[Ranger of the North]

Prompt: receiving letters from someone thought to be hostile/long gonexxxxxxxxxxxTheme: unexpectedxxxxxxxxxxxDay: 17
Words: 32

xxxxxShe recognised her mother’s handwriting on the envelope and dropped it like a hot coal. It disappeared into the fire.
xxxxxThe next morning’s paper said her mother had died a week ago.

[Ranger of the North]

Prompt: blamexxxxxxxxxxxTheme: angstxxxxxxxxxxxDay: 18xxxxxxxxxxxWords: 10


It was his fault.

There was n̷o̷t̷h̷i̷n̷g̷ he could d̷o

[TheSongOfTheStars]

Oh man.

[Ranger of the North]

😅