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LJ Idol - Week 24 - Auguries

Mar 10, 2009 18:43

The priestess stood on a hill. Tendrils of dark hair, loosely bound in a braid, whirled about her face as she scanned the sky.

No birds today. Not a single sparrow, swallow, certainly none of the majestic eagles that would please her Caesar.

An ornithomancer, she had spent the morning preparing for divination, wandering the Forum Boarium to find the ( Read more... )

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eqfe March 10 2009, 23:02:52 UTC

Now that was powerful. Just brilliant Miss Lisa.

monkeysugarmama March 10 2009, 23:18:37 UTC

Thank you, kind sir.

I LOVE a compliment from my Eqfe because they don't come easy :)

supremegoddess1 March 10 2009, 23:07:57 UTC

wow.

monkeysugarmama March 10 2009, 23:19:12 UTC

Why thank you!

And, if you don't mind my asking...what wow'ed you?

supremegoddess1 March 10 2009, 23:21:54 UTC

very well-written, very emotionally powerful.

monkeysugarmama March 10 2009, 23:26:43 UTC

Thank you, very much, Miss Goddess.

crazyxcrunner88 March 10 2009, 23:34:14 UTC

wow lisa. that was really good. i love the mix of the personable tale and the almost mythological story and how they correlate. this was excellent to read my dear, like all of your entries.

monkeysugarmama March 11 2009, 02:32:09 UTC

Thank you so much Miss Nikki :)

I love that you are getting to read these. This one was really fun because it required a bit of research before I could get started too, lol!

firesign10 March 11 2009, 00:02:41 UTC

Great entry. I loved the framing story, and your continued thread of the bird imagery was nicely woven in.

The personal story was also strongly written - I could visualize everything so well. So scary :-(

Well done!

monkeysugarmama March 11 2009, 02:33:20 UTC

It was a terrifying night - and even more so because you never know just how you'll behave in that kind of situation until you are there.

Thank you so much for your compliments.

imafarmgirl March 11 2009, 00:05:01 UTC

Great entry. This is definotly one of your best! Loved how you started and ended it. The descriptions were so vivid throughout that I unfortunately could picture myself there.

monkeysugarmama March 11 2009, 02:35:10 UTC

Thank you so much, Miss Farmgirl.

The intensity of emotion from that night will forever be burned into me. I'm afraid it left me with a bit of fear for all men, and the realization that even after four years - or fourteen - you might not really KNOW someone.