Thanks and a Drabble

[dwgm]

Happy Valentine's Day to all, and profuse thanks to the anonymous friend who gave me a red rose for my profile page! You are too, too kind!

I wrote a drabble for the current challenge at Black Pearl Sails, the theme of which is certainly not in keeping with the spirit of the day...

~ A Change in the Wind ~

Sinister she was, black, rotting, shrouded in clinging, trailing fog. Sinister, she moved in near silence over the water, gliding into the harbor under the close-clouded sky. She knew they felt her presence: a change in the wind. The gold drew her, as it drew all those aboard.

But she alone sensed another spirit, a Presence here, somewhere in the quiet town. Faint, but still flickering, it was strong enough to remind her of a distant, almost forgotten past, when days were held dear in the search for new horizons. When she embodied not dread, death and darkness, but Freedom.


~.~

Comments

[rennie1265.livejournal.com]

I do so like a sentient Pearl. Very fitting that she senses her other half nearby and yearns for rescue. :-)

[geekmama.livejournal.com]

Thanks Rennie. I think so too. Glad you liked it!

[erinya.livejournal.com]

Ooh, that was good. I love Pearl-viewpoint fics. And the last sentence is PERFECT.

(I have been so out of the fic-loop lately...I need to catch up.)

[geekmama.livejournal.com]

Oooh, thanks! We've missed you lately -- hope you've been having some RL fun since we heard from you last.

[geekmama.livejournal.com]

Love your icon, btw!

[erinya.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I got it from colorilter, who is very clever and talented. And it expresses perfectly my attitude towards Valentine's day. :-)

[erinya.livejournal.com]

That would be colorfilter. I'm just typo-riffic today.

[shrieking-ell.livejournal.com]

Really nice! I love Pearl fics and this little snippet is haunting and hopeful!

[geekmama.livejournal.com]

Thanks so much Ell! Glad you liked it. :)

[elessil.livejournal.com]

Gorgeous. I love sentient Pearl, and it seems done very delicately here. Beautiful work.

[geekmama.livejournal.com]

Thank you! And a belated happy birthday to you, too -- the wishes are late but very sincere.

[elessil.livejournal.com]

While I thank you a lot, are you sure you really meant to gratulate me? My birthday was in September.

Happy belated Valentine's Day to you, in any case! (I swear I wanted to type that in my comment yesterday and was dork enough to forget)

[geekmama.livejournal.com]

Really? Could have sworn I saw you posting about it when I was skimming through the flist -- maybe it was hippediva? I don't know. RL has me too confused. Anyway, a belated Happy Valentines Day to you, too!

[elessil.livejournal.com]

hippediva did have her birthday on 2nd February, and drbillbongo on the 4th. cjk1701 had on Valentine's day.

It's funny that all LJers whose birthday I know from the top of my head have theirs in February-

[jaekayelle.livejournal.com]

Aww Pearl knows her Jack is near. Love it!

[geekmama.livejournal.com]

Her Jack indeed. The Pearl is certainly a great character in herself, isn't she?

[hereswith.livejournal.com]

Great! I love the rhythm of the words, especially in the first paragraph, and it makes perfect sense that she should know that Jack is there :-)

[geekmama.livejournal.com]

I think so, too. Thanks for the lovely comments! You know how much I appreciate it. And I kept it to a hundred words! Go me!

[honorat.livejournal.com]

Such a lovely contrast between the horror of what the Black Pearl has become and the wonder of what she once was and will be again. I particularly love the last line. Good work.

[geekmama.livejournal.com]

Thank you! Poor Pearl. Ten years is a long time. But we know it comes out all right. ;)

[shyaway.livejournal.com]

*big silly grin*

Sinister is such a perfect word for the Pearl! I love it all, especially the last line, the alliteration and the way it dovetails with Jack's speech.

[geekmama.livejournal.com]

So happy to've made you grin, even with this being a bit darker than I usually write (in keeping with the theme). Thank you so much for reading and commenting!