First, I wish
you a wonderful New Year!
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Welcome to another
Sunday with Weekend Writing Warriors.
Here, writers in different genres showcase their stories with 8-10 sentences.
Join the fun and read our snippets.
Today, I’m continuing
the scene on the ocean planet from my new release Grand Master’s Mate. By this
stage, Athanor has learned not to trust entirely to his powers since their
enemies can nullify them. In this scene, he and Violet wear protective
underwater suits with air and jetpacks.
I’m skipping a few
lines from last week’s snippet, which you can read here –
http://auroraspringer.blogspot.com/2015/12/romantic-sciencefiction-snippet-from.html
The sun sank into the
green ocean and the crescent of a moon rose into the sky before they reached
their goal. At length, Callama’s shell slowed to a halt, and rocked in the
gentle swell of the green, foam-flecked waves.
The great shell
hummed, “Weep, deep, Callama dives.”
Bollerol translated
through its spout, “Callama enters the deeps. Shell sections will seal
together. Ride inside or out?”
“By thunder, I’ll
swim outside the shell and see where I’m going,” Athanor growled, pulling down
his faceplate.
“Pull me with you,”
Violet said, attaching her breather tube. The Grand Master could travel
underwater as easily as in the air. Wrapping his arm around Violet’s waist, he
vaulted into the water and grasped hold of a ridge on the exterior of Callama’s
shell.
To
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Grand Master’s Mate: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B018EHAA7S
As a
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are welcome.
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Intriguing scene. I SCUBA dive and it's a lot of work. Your way seems so much easier. :-)
ReplyDeleteHappy New Year. Aurora. :-)
Happy New Year, Teresa!
DeleteWell he can teleport too, if he can visualize the destination.
Now THAT is a neat super-power, Aurora. I hope we get to read what happens next!
ReplyDeleteYes, he has some of my favorite superpowers.
DeleteNow THAT is a neat super-power, Aurora. I hope we get to read what happens next!
ReplyDeleteYou put so much detail in to your world-building.
ReplyDeleteThank you!
DeleteGreat details, you make it so easy to feel like I'm one of the characters :-) I'd love to ride in a shell boat!
ReplyDeleteThanks! The shell is fun.
DeleteThis guy has all the best powers! I love that the shell knew to ask how he wanted to travel.
ReplyDeleteHe does - for traveling and moving objects. But, not empathy - Violet has that one.
DeleteI love all the details of this journey! Great excerpt...
ReplyDeleteThank you!
DeleteI wonder if there'll be much for them to see. If you dive deep, the light disappears pretty rapidly.
ReplyDeleteThey have headlamps and the sea creatures have luminescent eyes.
DeleteHappy new year! Beautiful descriptions, as always. Also, pretty much everything is more awesome with jetpacks.
ReplyDeleteI agree.
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