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redwolf ([personal profile] redwolf) wrote in [community profile] labyfic2024-06-04 07:49 pm

Drabble #161: Scared

For this prompt, we continue with our one-word/phrase drabble roots:

Scared

Tell us all about it. Labyfic-style, of course.

Given our entries from recent months, let's continue with the suggested limit of 500 words. Though remember that shorter pieces are most definitely welcome!

Your entry should take the following format, posted as a comment on this entry:

Word count: # of words
$your_beautiful_drabble

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tojojo: Elizabeth Bennett from the movie Pride and Prejudice. (Default)

Re: Interference

[personal profile] tojojo 2024-06-06 01:25 pm (UTC)(link)
So well-written as always! One detail I really like is how casually touchy Jareth is with Sarah (running his fingers down her arm, tipping her chin up, whispering against her temple). It's cute!
tojojo: Elizabeth Bennett from the movie Pride and Prejudice. (Default)

Re: Interference

[personal profile] tojojo 2024-06-07 04:25 am (UTC)(link)
It really fits his character doesn't it? It can be done both in a romantic way (like you did) or in a... not as positive way (like feeling entitled to touching).
tojojo: Elizabeth Bennett from the movie Pride and Prejudice. (Default)

Just a labyrinth

[personal profile] tojojo 2024-06-06 01:22 pm (UTC)(link)
Word count: 271

There's a moment, a pocket of time, some ticks on a 13-hour-clock, where the labyrinth's very name is written in stone and it becomes its firmest version of itself, and Sarah is stuck with running left, right, then back because that was a dead-end, then left, right, right, left, right, left.

There are no breaks. No space for anything other that blank stone walls. No fancy decorations, no little creatures crawling beneath stone, no song or colors.

Just an normal labyrinth's twist and turns. Endless.

Sarah pants, reflects on which way is the right one, then miserably realizes it doesn't matter. She sticks to the right.

Right, right, right, left, back, right, left, left, left…

She runs faster, yet the walls around her do not change. Only Sarah's weakening muscles and the sweat clinging to her shirt is proof that she's moving forward.

Moving somewhere.

Right, left, right, left, left right left right right right rightleft…

Sarah's heart beats loudly. It's hard to discern the exact time. For how long has she been running? It's all spinning now, and she almost stumbles around the next corner.

leftrightleftleftrightrightrightleftrightrightleftrightleftleftleftrightrightright-

The turns of the labyrinth seem closer together. It almost feels like Sarah is spinning around in circles from how fast she has to take a new turn. Her face feels wet. Tears?

She tries to climb over one of the walls but only falls down again. Scrapes up her knees. Continues running.

and she turns rightleftleftrightrightleftrightleftleftrightrightrightleftrightleft

The labyrinth continues on, and on, and on. In the distance, over her heavy sobbing, Sarah imagines she can hear the low sound of distant laughter.
tojojo: Elizabeth Bennett from the movie Pride and Prejudice. (Default)

Re: Just a labyrinth

[personal profile] tojojo 2024-06-07 04:28 am (UTC)(link)
Thank you!