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The Serendipitous Snail

I was drafting ideas for this and was inspired by steven universe (that one devastating episode). it came out angstier than i expected oops. i think the parallels got to it

“Most everything begins with your stance,” Envy said, pacing at the edge of the room. “Keep your stance wide, focus on your proprioception. You need full awareness of your physical body before you tap into any greater power.”

Gabe exhaled shallowly, almost whistling. He kept his arms by his side, feet a little wider than shoulder width apart. His shorts rested against the outside of his thighs. Wind blew through a gap in the room, ruffling them and the tank he wore; the cloth brushing his knees and top surgery scars was distracting. Flexing his fingers, he tried to bring his attention to his body instead of what was happening to him.

“Remember, everything you do is for them,” Envy said. “You are responsible for protecting the world, just like she was.”

Although he resisted wrinkling his nose at the expectation, Gabe couldn’t stop the annoyance flashing through him. Why was everything about her? Pride this, pride that, he was his own person.

“Focus! You must give everything you have to this,” bit Envy. Of course she saw him losing his cool. “You cannot afford to do anything else.”

Gabe thought about his life before being thrust into this war. It was so much simpler, finishing his studies, contemplating his future in academia. But when he saw the lights, was burned by a battle between Virtues and Sins, there was no going back. Not to see Kodi, not to his library, not to any sense of normalcy.

Furrowing his brow, Gabe cast his thoughts back to his physical being. Peace washed over him as he let go of tethers to the conscious world. Energy pulsed around him, faint from his isolated position. He focused in on his own arrogance, confidence, instead. Light concentrated around his hands, visible through his eyelids. Opening his eyes, he caught the last of the weapon fading into the air.

“Good, but not good enough. If you want to live, you must do better than this. You’re not just a human, you are Pride.” Envy’s words gutted any sense of accomplishment at his progress.

“Envy,” Gabe finally snapped. “I’m not just a weapon. I’m tired, I–”

Envy shot him down immediately. “No. You cannot afford a break. We cannot afford to falter. With your kind of power we finally have hope of reclaiming the balance we once had. You keep training.”

“But I can’t–”

Writerly friends, we're starting a new project! (think nanowrimo but not)

New WIP Project:

40k in 42 days.

We'll start on the first Sunday in August, that's the 4th. And we keep writing our hearts out until September the 14th, which is a Saturday.

If you write 1000 words per day, you already have two grace days built in to finish at 40k.

Is 40k a full novel? Well, it's a short one, but it can work. Maybe it's half a novel and you'll write the rest later.

To keep track of your wordcount, I encourage you to register at https://www.mywriteclub.com/ and make a project with the goal of 40k. You can friend me, I'm barbex there. I haven't used the site in a while but it still works and it gives us a simple graph for our project and lets us see how our friends are faring. It even has sprint rooms!

Are you ready?

Start: 4th of August

End: 14th of September

40k