A collection of 100 word writing exercises, all loosely related to a conceptual world from my imagination. These exercises exist to encourage economy in word usage and expression. In each piece, I generally attempt to create a vibrant setting, include a character, and establish tension. This is mostly for my own amusement.
Monday, June 13, 2011
The Mindtouch
It was an effective, if unsettling, method of communication. By reaching out to another Cavalier conducting the Rift in a light fashion, like a whisper across a feather, you could make a mental bridge to their mind. The communication was all sensation, no words or coherent thoughts. He conferred the horrors by their stench and wrongness, through sight of the scythe-like talons and bony carapace. He conveyed their range similarly. Breaking contact always left a sense of nausea and emptiness. The joining of two minds was useful for this, but too close in ways to the arts the sorcerers practiced.
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