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with 8-10 sentences.
This
week, I’ll continue the scene from Grand Master’s Pawn. Pursuing her dream to
explore exotic planets, Violet has applied to become the pawn of one of the
Grand Masters, beings of immense psychic power. She has hidden her talent of
empathy, since psychics are banned from becoming pawns. I’ve included one
sentence from last week’s snippet.
Yet in the next moment, his
eyes slid slowly past, and she doubted he had even noticed her.
She stiffened in alarm and
shielded, hoping to conceal her psychic power. The eerie vision of the twelve
entities vanished as swiftly as it had arisen. Surely, she had perceived the
mysterious Grand Masters in the transient image.
She blinked, returning to the
reality of the interview room with the lighted spheres on black cylinders. The
mechanical voice called, “You have been chosen. Walk through the exit on your
right.”
Violet grinned and raised her
fist in triumph. She had succeeded in the first step of her risky venture. As a
pawn, she could study her Grand Master and pursue her dream of exotic travel.
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It could be just conjecture, but I've never heard of pawns having an easy go of things. ;) Still, really great snippet with a well built setting. :)
ReplyDeleteThere wouldn't be a story if it was easy!
DeleteI'm with Amy. The whole concept of being a pawn sounds like it will end badly. But then, Violet does have an ace up her sleeve. (or does she?)
ReplyDeleteShe gets to the other side of the board, eventually.
DeleteLove the idea that she can see the grand masters when they're supposed to be concealed. I have the feeling the next stage will be much more difficult.
ReplyDeleteAs successful as she's been, I can't help feeling that her deception will come back to bite her in the end.
ReplyDeleteThings get worse before they improve.
DeletePawn, though. Pawns don't have a lot of power usually do they? Still, if the game is properly played...
ReplyDeleteThe chess analogy is like Alice Though the Looking Glass.
DeleteYay! For now. I'm a little worried as to why she passed exactly. She might not be the only person (being?) around with hidden goals.
ReplyDeleteOf course!
DeleteI hope she doesn't get overconfident from her first success. Really enjoying the story! Can't wait to read more...
ReplyDeleteNice world-building, Aurora. The lighted spheres on black cylinders pulled me in. I'm intrigued--I just bought it on Amazon. Not sure when I'll get to it, but I have it downloaded so it doesn't slip by me. :-)
ReplyDeleteGreat!
DeleteI'm finishing Book 2 and posting snippets on SFFSat.