Welcome to the Wakefield Doctrine (the theory of clarks, scotts and rogers)
This is the Doctrine’s contribution to the Six Sentence Story bloghop.
Hosted by Denise, constrained by a sentence limit (high and low) of six, there are worse ways to spend the remaining time you have on earth.
Prompt word:
STEAM
I felt the vibration of my cell phone interrupting something all too rare in my life since I gave up drugs and celibacy: a full-on lucid dream.
I was being chased down Thrawl St in Victorian London by two men dressed in light-brown cassocks and, (in the way of dreams, lucid and otherwise) cut through an alley adjacent to the Black Church in Brașov, Romania. The bells were tolling midnight as, from the shadows, I watched a woman in a plus-sized habit of the Order of Lilith bracing a tall man dressed entirely in black; he exuded menace and she clearly had the upper hand as he handed over a small, brass and gold clockwork object.
Taking my phone from the inner breast pocket of my suit coat, I read the text: ‘Answer your phone…’
“Listen to me closely, Ian, that steampunk sonovabitch Egmont is somehow using his Time Mechanism to send the Goddaughter and Sister Mary Manic into the past; they’re back, but you’re surely next.”
I must have sounded shocked or touched or something, “Anya, you called to warn me, I don’t know what to say.”
“Easy there gumshoe, this is me doing triagé; the truth of the matter is your fellow adventurers Rosetta and Aclima are in their twenties, they’ll bounce back from any psychic bruising in less than a week, you, on the other hand, are not; so pay attention and with any luck when you land at O’Hare in an hour, they won’t have to William Shatner you off the plane”
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It sounds like Anya is upset with Egmont, he might want to watch his back, time mechanism or no time mechanism.
yeah there are still some loose characters in the background
Sister Aclima is younger than I imagined her and (Rosetta older). I love how Ian was touched that Anya was taking the time to warn him. I wonder what adventures they will have on that Time Mechanism.
yeah me too!*
*wondering at the adventures to come**
** the price of Seat-of-the-Pants writing and, in the context of the Café ‘Open Keyboard Night’
What was that dream. 🧐
And it does sound that they are not on very good terms with Anya.
I wonder what will happen next
not for nothin, but the dream sequence actually referencing another serial story, ‘the Order of Lilith’
Ooh, an excellent episode. I particularly liked the steampunk bit… well, of course, plus the thing about a small, brass and gold clockwork object… nice.
thank you Chris… if you’d like I’ll provided the link to the 2 scenes that the dream of Romania is referencing
I happen to be a ripe old senior citizen, and I think I would do fine with time travel into the past- just don’t even try to get me to come back to the present!
heh heh
know what’cha mean…
Love that Anya get’s the last word in – “…with any luck when you land at O’Hare in an hour, they won’t have to William Shatner you off the plane”.
She has a good sense of humor which makes it difficult to totally hate her, lol.
yeah, total old person reference (the famous Gremlin episode on the original ‘Twighlight Zone’)
Steampunk sonovabitch, I like that! If he goes, I hope he gets back.
thanks Keith
Ah, The Twilight Zone. Yes, of course, that creature on the wing of the aeroplane. Excellent bit of time weaving with steampunk references. I’m also a tab surprised that Ayna is looking after him.