Thursday 12 April 2012

Five Sentence Fiction: Armour

First time doing this - Every week, Lillie McFerrin posts a theme on her blog for a FSF challenge. Decided, at last, to give it a go!

This week's theme - Armour.

(Yes, I'm British, so I spell it with a U)

She donned the armour in silence, as best as she could considering she would have to manage on her own. First the leather hide, that part was easy; then plate metal, rubbed in goose fat for lubrication and insulation, for in the North Lands the cold could freeze your bones with just a whip of the wind.
She found that she could move easier than expected, and the magic of the armour changed its shape to accommodate her smaller physique, but as it twisted to the contours of her breasts the hole over her heart remained. The armour could not knit this back together, for the sword that had pierced it had been spelled with dark magic, with runes to degrade and destroy.
Cloaked now in the armour her father had died in, she took up his sword; tonight, her father would be avenged.

14 comments:

  1. NICE. Piqued my interest with the hole in the armor - especially in such armor that twists to fit the shape of its wearer. :D

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    1. Thank you =) adds something a little different.

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  2. I really enjoyed the scene you set with this piece. It's a story that leaves me wanting more. Creative and fantastic!

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    1. Thank you Lillie, I enjoyed writing it! Looking forward to doing more FSF from now on.

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  3. Loved it...the hole over the heart was an especially nice touch!

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  4. So intriguing! I love the spelling of "armour" by the way.

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    1. It's a much nicer spelling, to be fair ;) thank you for reading.

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  5. Good start and wanted to read more.

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    1. Thank you. Might expand on it at some point, or recycle the idea into something else.

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  6. I love this trip into fantasy ficiton with a warrior preparing for revenge. . . I do want to read more as can picture it so clearly. Beautiful. xx
    PS I am also British; all hail ArmoUr lol. xxx

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    1. Thank you =) Really glad you liked. Yes, all hail armour, and colour, and humour!

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  7. Great visuals with this one, lots of strength to go with that armour! Hope she gets vengeance!

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    1. Thank you! She certainly has the strength of will, and the need for revenge is a powerful fuel for any fire.

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