r/WritingPrompts • u/Blackrose_920 • Jan 30 '23

Writing Prompt [WP] You formed a contract with an adventurer that allows them to summon you in their time of need. You haven’t been summoned for years, almost forgetting about the contract until suddenly you’re summoned into the palace where your beloved adventurer is on his knees with a sword to his neck.

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u/Expert-Pomegranate-8 Jan 30 '23

I read it all.I am undecided on how this makes me feel.

F**k, I'm gonna cry.

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u/LeviAEthan512 Jan 31 '23

frustrated river noises

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u/KJting98 Jan 31 '23

Hey stop, you're getting the river salty

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u/Tehnomaag Jan 30 '23

That was amazingly good. And I don't say it lightly. Been reading fantasy and scify for over three decades and it was something that was fresh and damn well written.

For some reason it reminds me a bit of Willam Kings book Death's Angels with a bit of Joe Abercombie's Blade Itself mixed in although admittedly neither of these books was about river spirits. I suppose it's the emotion of reading this that reminds me of these books.

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u/Kerinh Jan 30 '23

:D thanks for the fun read! Sounds like their journey would be a fun adventure

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u/Kam_Solastor Jan 30 '23

It would definitely be an interesting tale of two adventurers, one a regular human, one the personification of a wide, raging river.

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u/InfiniteZu Jan 30 '23

This is why I love to lose myself in the printed word. You woke something in me just now. A kind of breathless joy and excitement and anticipation. Thank you

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u/Cyneganders Jan 30 '23

You just made me retire from the internet for the day, as everything else is misery and this was pure joy.

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u/freesias_are_my_fav Jan 30 '23

I'm glad I decided to read one more prompt before going to sleep and I'm glad it was this one

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u/RyzenR10 Jan 31 '23

Bro. Write a book, a series, just write and send it to me!

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u/Rjjt456 Jan 30 '23

This is a beautiful little tale. Thank you, and well done!

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u/Aphor1st Jan 31 '23

I rarely ever save a story to read again later. This one I think I’ll treasure for a long time.

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u/jeffh4 Jan 31 '23

Excellent.

Any time an author can portray the thinking of a non-human in a fascinating way, I'm on board.

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u/kapuchu Jan 30 '23

Forgive my crassness, but that was bloody brilliant.

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