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Drabble/Drawble: Conversation Starters 101

Hullo!
We are fascinated by and more than a little invested in Mary Renault's Ancient Greece novels, but for various reasons have found ourselves side-tracked, distracted, not looking enough, definitely not as much as we want. We assume everyone here shares the love if not the distractions. Above all, we hoped (are hoping) for an open-access space for like-minds to meet. And this is one of the handful of things we have lined up to kick-start the conversation.
So, to cut the ribbons on this comm, we thought of a Drabble/Drawble Prompt Fest. Anonymous comments are enabled, come in your guise or in disguise and leave a prompt. Responses come in the form of drabbles, ficlets or quick sketches (we love stick figures! We swear by them!). Responders can also stay anonymous if they choose, obviously. Do as you will, we are too lazy to screen anything. *g*
One request: leave the fandom of your prompt and the title of your fill in the comment-header so we can figure out where to click if the threads roll up (oh thrilling thought!).
Hope the responses leave you presently-surprised-to-flabbergasted, in all the nice ways!
The Last of the Wine
(Anonymous) 2015-01-05 09:38 am (UTC)(link)The King Must Die
(Anonymous) 2015-01-05 09:41 am (UTC)(link)Chryse, The King Must Die
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I Leap the Bull (The King Must Die)
Tomorrow, my turn will come—to run, to grasp, to dance, to land. (With the grace of the god, by the skill of my team.)
I leap the bull.
Today, my turn will come to face the bull—to stare in the eyes of the god, my fate in his hands, on his horns.
I leap the bull.
I face the horns, the dance, the thrust, the air. To the hands of the catcher, in the hand of the god, I leap the bull.
The horns are sharp.
I leap the bull.
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Re: The King Must Die: Ariadne on Naxos, awaiting Theseus.
He busies himself with manly tasks, empty tasks. Forget not, Theseus: Athene is of my family. Little man, inconstant man: how can you neglect me so?
They say he yearns only for Artemis now. Despoiler of her acolyte; she will not protect you. Little man, faithless man, foolish man.
Bright sister, do you love him still? Vengeance is ours to plan. Little man, profligate man: you wasted good fortune.
(100 words exactly)
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The Last of the Wine
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Fire from Heaven: Hephaistion's first impression of Aristotle.
“There – he has found him,” remarked Antipatros. “It won’t be long now before Alexander expedites disembarkation.”
Hephaistion watched his friend charm the philosopher into abandoning his baggage to the servants. Formal introductions were brief and it was but a few moments delay until all were mounted. Alexander and Aristotle led the way, with Antipatros and Hephaistion in the second rank.
It provided an unparalleled opportunity to observe them together: bright golden youth and grey middle age. He looked like a philosopher, clearly no warrior. But he sat his horse competently, as a man should. And he appeared willing to answer questions which already Alexander was putting to him. Memories of the dour tutor his father had hired before Hephaistion joined the Court had not endeared him to the idea of yet more formal schooling. But this man smiled; that was different. Of course, sophistry and mathematics were all very well in their place, but had their limitations. Aristotle was clearly a thinker not a doer. The same could not be said of Alexander whose deeds already outstripped men far older than him. As long as the lessons did not interfere with weapons practice….
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Re: The Last of the Wine, Thettalos, on any of his missons from Olympias
The mad queen sits snake enchanted, her eyes glitter in the lamp light like two lustrous agates found near the cross-roads on a moonless night - mysterious, cold, and entranced.
Her eyes find me, she is Persephone with her box of beauty, lovely, but fatal. I breathe in deeply smiling in relief. This play I know well. I will not be as Psyche! I have no curiosity!
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Lysis
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I'm sure it must be MoA (not the requester!)
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