Friday, August 3, 2007
An angry butterfly
6:48 PM | Posted by
Warwriter Widow
Jeff Zinger (called Z) was a roadie. He was having a nice quiet dinner at a restaurant when he noticed he was being watched by some woman. He thought nothing of it but didn’t realize that this woman was a witch – sort of. She was more like a “witch in training.”
They never spoke, parted ways. He got on his bike and started back to the concert, but the next thing he knew, he suddenly on someone’s hard-wood floor, with some girl screaming, “I’m so sorry!”
As she ran out of the room, he went to follow, and heard a crunching sound as he crossed the threshold. He looked behind him to see silver on his shoulder. He craned his head back further to see… gossamer wings.
Meanwhile the girl had run out the door. He couldn’t fly with the wings, so, ducking and weaving through doors, he followed her, almost compulsively. He saw her stop at a bridge, and he started to yell at her not to jump –
But she did. He felt his heart get ripped out of his chest when she did – the folks at MAGI said it was because her connection for him to be a “familiar” had broken with her death, and he was free. But they couldn’t get the wings off him.
Then he started yelling at them and breaking glass. And walls. MAGI packed him off to Paragon City. They try to give him new mentors to learn under, but he bucks every single one of them.
They never spoke, parted ways. He got on his bike and started back to the concert, but the next thing he knew, he suddenly on someone’s hard-wood floor, with some girl screaming, “I’m so sorry!”
As she ran out of the room, he went to follow, and heard a crunching sound as he crossed the threshold. He looked behind him to see silver on his shoulder. He craned his head back further to see… gossamer wings.
Meanwhile the girl had run out the door. He couldn’t fly with the wings, so, ducking and weaving through doors, he followed her, almost compulsively. He saw her stop at a bridge, and he started to yell at her not to jump –
But she did. He felt his heart get ripped out of his chest when she did – the folks at MAGI said it was because her connection for him to be a “familiar” had broken with her death, and he was free. But they couldn’t get the wings off him.
Then he started yelling at them and breaking glass. And walls. MAGI packed him off to Paragon City. They try to give him new mentors to learn under, but he bucks every single one of them.
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