Mods' Pocky Challenge - Round 15
Cookies & Cream # 13. Hold with Whipped Cream and Pocky
Story : knights
Rating : G
Timeframe : 1250
Word Count : 100
Lyssa stroked the flat of the blade, just firmly enough to feel the metal press her back without leaving a smudge in her wake. Hand on the pommel, she gave the weapon a slow turn, her eyes blinking and stinging at the light that bounded, sheer white, off the silver.
Forget battered old training blades, flimsy wood with dents and splinters. This was three feet of steel, cold and hard. Heavy in her hands. Honed and polished and - she ran her finger along the edge and pulled it back with a grin and a drop of red - perfect.
Story : knights
Rating : G
Timeframe : 1250
Word Count : 100
Lyssa stroked the flat of the blade, just firmly enough to feel the metal press her back without leaving a smudge in her wake. Hand on the pommel, she gave the weapon a slow turn, her eyes blinking and stinging at the light that bounded, sheer white, off the silver.
Forget battered old training blades, flimsy wood with dents and splinters. This was three feet of steel, cold and hard. Heavy in her hands. Honed and polished and - she ran her finger along the edge and pulled it back with a grin and a drop of red - perfect.