Today’s
Prompt:
After your workout at the gym, you open your
locker to find a note with the word “HELP!” scribbled on it.
Courtesy:
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Link for Day
3: DAY 3: Paper Chase Word Count:
2,232
Idara
is the protagonist of this short story. The protagonist’s (whose name Idara
interprets as joy) nature is in
conflict with his name. Well, not really. Joy is a kind of obsession with the
positive, sunny side of life. And Idara’s situation is eh… a little
complicated.
Let
me explain. When a guy finds a note in his locker and he’s the only one with
the keys. The lock on the other hand, is intact. He’s bound to freak even if the
note looks harmless.
After
checking with a friend and the local law about any serial killer on the loose
who might be out to implicate an unsuspecting gym enthusiast, Idara decides to
keep the piece of paper. One night, on a return trip from the barber’s, Idara unlocks
the mystery of the note in a pitch-dark alley where he helps a dying teen by
giving him a second shot at life.
Idara
discovers the note possesses superpowers to find and help people at the point of death; it has a life of its own,
levitates and can guide its custodian
(as its possessor is called) to the next port of call; it slows the aging
process of its custodian; it’s of alien origin and cannot be destroyed…
Nevertheless, there is a price
or as the alien emissaries tell Idara… consequences.
Keep
your pen bleeding.
Akpan
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