by CC Miranda the artrat (or am i?)
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October 10, 2006

An A"muse"ing Tale - SWEWS

July 27, 2009 01:45 PM EDT (Updated: July 27, 2009 08:19 PM EDT)
views: 100 | comments: 18

This story was written a while back when I used to do live action role playing in a group up in NJ.  My character, a muse named Moonshadow Daverbrielle du Lac kin Ravnos, shared this tidbit of writing one night around the bonfire.

 

An A"muse"ing Tale

by

Moonshadow Daverbrielle du Lac kin Ravnos

This human sitting under my favorite tree had long blond hair, dressed only in a white flowing gown and was barefoot.  She sat still.  Very still.  In her lap was the largest book I had ever seen.

Naturally my curiosity was piqued.  What wonderous works of literature could hold someone's attention so rapt that they appear as immobile as stone?  The mystery of it was driving me insane.  I had to know, and I had to know now.

Very quietly I tiptoed up to her and cautiously peered over her shoulder.

You'll never believe what I saw in that book!

NOTHING!

How could this be?  Maybe I just needed to be closer?  So I peered around her side.  It was incredible!

I still saw nothing!

So throwing caution to the humans, I  jumped in her lap and leaned in real close...

WHAM!

(owie that hurt bad)

So I learned the hard way why letters I could not see.  I became a victim of Lady Cottington and her book of "pressed fairies".

 

Lady Cottington's book of pressed fairies by Brian Froud.

dare you look?

squished nosy me



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Comments: 18

Vicky Duggins Jul 27, 2009, 2:06pm EDT
Oh, CC - I love this. My youngest daughter and I are sort of fairy nuts, anyway. I love stories about them and all fey creatures. I was convinced a fairy lived in our drain pipe when I was about four. Write more fairy stories, please! Except, you'll now have to use a different (and maybe not so inquisitive) fairy.
Dame Ruth, Chief Executive Elitist D. Jul 27, 2009, 2:50pm EDT
What kind of roll were you playing, Ceece... hard, sesame, dinner, crescent...what? (I think you meant "role", honeybunch).
CC Miranda the artrat (or am i?) Jul 27, 2009, 7:33pm EDT
french roll. i can't get enough of that light and airy sourdough taste and crispy crust.
CC Miranda the artrat (or am i?) Jul 27, 2009, 7:34pm EDT
see, i shouldn't type before i have coffee.
Dame Ruth, Chief Executive Elitist D. Jul 27, 2009, 8:12pm EDT
And rolls.
CC Miranda the artrat (or am i?) Jul 27, 2009, 8:19pm EDT
that's because Florida bread is gross. now if i could have some of the yummy goodness that is the bread i had in NYC, i'd make much more sense.
Dame Ruth, Chief Executive Elitist D. Jul 28, 2009, 1:26pm EDT
I see you edited the "roll"...now our subsequent conversation doesn't make sense. (Like it ever did.)
CC Miranda the artrat (or am i?) Jul 28, 2009, 2:52pm EDT
don't worry, it will always make sense to me.
sharon SugarMomma is a wise woman, Jul 27, 2009, 3:51pm EDT
Great write, funny Dame who nails us in the sweetest ways.
That was great! Very clever twist. Maybe I need to press some fairies. Perhaps that will bring the return of my muse.
CC Miranda the artrat (or am i?) Jul 27, 2009, 7:34pm EDT
did y'all click the link of the fairy me? seriously, it looks like me if i was squished. that's how i got the inspiration for this.
Michael the #2 Ninja Kitteh Jul 27, 2009, 8:10pm EDT
Don't you mean ROLE playing? I likes this!
CC Miranda the artrat (or am i?) Jul 27, 2009, 8:19pm EDT
YES. dame already called me out on that.
CC Miranda the artrat (or am i?) Jul 27, 2009, 8:20pm EDT
okay, i fixed it.
Gary (aka: William Pinn) J. Sep 30, 2009, 7:42pm EDT
LOL! That was fairy good!
Wade A. Oct 3, 2009, 8:07am EDT
That's cool. I love the fairy, she did look all squishy like.
CC Miranda the artrat (or am i?) Oct 3, 2009, 5:33pm EDT
it's so funny how much that fairy looks like me. well if i was squished it would.
Laurun M. Oct 11, 2009, 9:27pm EDT
I like this.

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