The Strangeling Part XIX - (Freewrite # 154

Greetings fellow Steemians! Here is my 24th "5" minute* freewrite. The prompt is: "nothing".

*Not 5 minute this time, 30 minute ;)

This piece is a continuation of my last freewrite, and the nineteenth installment in an ongoing story. Let's see how long I can keep this up, using the prompts provided!

Part I: @bennettitalia/freewrite-129-fingernail

Part II: @bennettitalia/the-strangeling-part-ii-freewrite-130-wasps

Part III: @bennettitalia/the-strangeling-part-iii-freewrite-131-solitude

Part IV: @bennettitalia/the-strangeling-part-iv-freewrite-132-gardening

Part V: @bennettitalia/the-strangeling-part-v-freewrite-132-the-attic

Part VI: @bennettitalia/the-strangeling-part-vi-freewrite-132-plaid

Part VII: @bennettitalia/the-strangeling-part-vii-weekend-freewrite-3-3-2018

Part VIII: @bennettitalia/the-strangeling-part-viii-weekend-freewrite-3-3-2018-apricot

Part IX: @bennettitalia/the-strangeling-part-ix-freewrite-137-witches

Part X: @bennettitalia/the-strangeling-part-x-freewrite-138-syrup

Part XI: @bennettitalia/the-strangeling-part-xi-freewrite-139-artichoke

Part XII: @bennettitalia/the-strangeling-part-xii-freewrite-146-monkey

Part XIII: @bennettitalia/the-strangeling-part-xiii-freewrite-147-witch-with-apple

Part XIV: @bennettitalia/the-strangeling-part-xiv-weekend-freewrite-03-17-2018-crazy

Part XV: @bennettitalia/the-strangeling-part-xv-freewrite-150-sizzling

Part XVI: @bennettitalia/the-strangeling-part-xvi-freewrite-150-medium

Part XVII: @bennettitalia/7vupp3-the-strangeling-part-xvi-freewrite-150-medium

Part XVIII: @bennettitalia/the-strangeling-part-xviii-freewrite-153-speaker

Freewriting is a daily practice for most poets and fiction writers, designed to loosen up and get things flowing, like stretching before exercise. Visual artists, especially those who draw or paint from life (figures, landscapes, still lives, etc) do something similar in "gesture drawings". After reading several of @poetrybyjeremy's freewrite posts, I got excited to try these again. Many thanks to @mariannewest for hosting this daily freewrite! @mariannewest/day-154-5-minute-freewrite-thursday-prompt-nothing

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I resisted the urge to look away, letting her eyes search mine.

"She's gone, isn't she?"

I nodded.

Apricot sighed, broke eye contact. "Nothing. I can't feel her at all... she's done something to cut herself off from me."

Suddenly I felt frightened. Really frightened. "She's still alive, right?" It was a question, but also a plea.

Apricot nodded. "Yes. Yes, I would have felt it if she'd passed over." She extended a hand to me, and I pulled her to her feet, where she stood, brushing the dust off of her pants and eyeing the Wasps nervously. Her face took on a determined expression. "I'm going with you."

I looked back at the Wasps. "Seriously? After what you've just been through? Do you know what you're in for if you come with us?"

She turned to me, put her hands on my shoulders, and looked into my eyes. I felt an odd pull in the pit of my stomach, and for a second I thought of the belt I had given her, now wrapped around the waist of the technicolor Jesus statue in the abandoned church. She shook her head slowly from side to side, her eyes still locked on mine. "No. But I know what Mia's in for if I don't."

The Strangeling Part XIX - (Freewrite # 154 - nothing)