Posted Thursday June 16
'Everybody on deck, now' yelled the frantic voice.
Minutes earlier the decadent playgoers in the flower-decked lounge were gyrating to deafening sound from the deejay's spinning deck. They were placing bets on the poker dealers deck of clicking cards whilst swigging Château Deconte '89 from overflowing crystal decanters as if it was to be their last ever drink. Little did they know.
'Life jackets on' screamed the captain as the ailing yacht listed to port sending its' terrified passengers slithering and sliding downward and into the ocean's unforgiving waves.
And so it was the murder-maids scored another victory over the land-dwellers who had dared to enter their waterdom.
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Minutes earlier the decadent playgoers in the flower-decked lounge were gyrating to deafening sound from the deejay's spinning deck. They were placing bets on the poker dealers deck of clicking cards whilst swigging Château Deconte '89 from overflowing crystal decanters as if it was to be their last ever drink. Little did they know.
'Life jackets on' screamed the captain as the ailing yacht listed to port sending its' terrified passengers slithering and sliding downward and into the ocean's unforgiving waves.
And so it was the murder-maids scored another victory over the land-dwellers who had dared to enter their waterdom.
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Ha. I like that. Murder-maids.
ReplyDeleteThis makes me claustrophobic...thats a real comment on the writing....well done to make me feel the angst...
ReplyDeleteI'm on the mer peoples side as you see so few of them now in the ocean caused by the rubbish and oil spills we cause.
ReplyDeleteWow, I wasn't expecting that ending! Well done for achieving so much in just six sentences.
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I agree with Susan! Amazing.
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