Welcome to the Wakefield Doctrine (the theory of clarks, scotts and rogers)
This is the Wakefield Doctrine’s contribution to the Six Sentence Story bloghop.
Hosted by Denise there is but one rule: 1) the story must be exactly six sentences in length and b) the prompt word must be apparent, evident and/or otherwise referenced
Tom and I are writing a Serial Six Sentence Story: ‘…of Heroes and the MisUnderstood‘. (If you’re just starting, this link will provide the whole story.)
Previously in our story: (from Tom): ‘Diversion‘ and (from us): ‘“La naiba de vrăjitoare”
Prompt word:
CORE
(Whitechapel)
“Well, I guess this incident, out near the London City Airport proves it, ‘You can’t win them all.'”
The classroom in the Whitechapel branch of the Order of Lilith could have been a Kansas farmhouse at the moment an F5 passed by, (cutting through the dooryard but miraculously missing the barn), such was the collective intake of breath of the thirteen acolytes.
Brother Aloysius paused, in demonstration of one of the rarest of gifts among those who would teach: a realtime synthesis of didactic and socratic method; officially the middle-aged man enjoyed the title of Headmaster, but as with so much in a life in the Order, it was both more and less than might be inferred in a more conventional education context; a voice from the back row filled the emotional vacuum.
“Brother Aloysius, people died; I knew a technician at Mooncross Industries and, well, I don’t know how you can be so uncaring about the loss of life,” ignoring the possibly rhetorical question, the man clad in the traditional brown robe and sisal rope belt addressed the room:
“Class, I will expect a twenty page paper from each of you tomorrow morning analyzing John 15:1-27 justifying, if possible, explaining in historical context, if necessary, the point your classmate, Andrew, has raised,” the teacher focused his legendary baleful gaze at the latter, “Andrew, be prepared to open the class with a three minute oral presentation on the true meaning of this verse.”
“Now, before we break for our respective tasks preparing to open the Free Kitchen doors, never forget our core mission is to help the less fortunate, and know this: No one is disposable, everyone is expendable and you are here to learn to incorporate these two seemingly contrary sentiments, the better to maintain our Order as a counterweight to the influence and guile of the Fallen.
Any questions?”
Brother Aloysius, may I report back with multimedia?
From the crypts of Non Serviam :
https://youtu.be/Dp_PtWBXzpQ?si=RTObxLPxbhMm3z_N
tip of the hat for your characteristically on-the-mark choices of music-as-story-enhancement!
Nice use of John 15. The phrases “No one is disposable, everyone is expendable” do seem contradictory. I’m looking forward to the next chapters of the story.
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It is very nice when the virtual world is more real than our reality.
Thank you.
No one is disposable, everyone is expendable; as I told one person who was leaving her position at the cat shelter when she said, “They will find someone else to do this job,” my response was yes, we can get the work done by someone else but we cannot replace you, and you will be missed.
very much in agreement
Gives me a migraine, haha!
sorry lol