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There were things that needed to be cleared up between them. Jake was mild-mannered but salty and firm when necessary. Gayle was sweet with a textured personality.
Their seven-year relationship became complicated on their sailing vacation to the Pacific Rim’s Ring of Fire. While scuba-diving, Jake found a jewel-encrusted dagger under a cave ledge. Gayle insisted it be given to Chilean government for their museum. Jack felt different ever since holding the knife.
Their late night conversation on deck over rum and poppers ended abruptly. Gayle’s lifeless form sank in a red cloud — to the kaiju gods.
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Note: Kaiju is a Japanese word meaning “strange creature”. In English, it has come to mean “monster” or “giant monster.”
Rochelle is the motivating host of Friday Fictioneers.
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Damn!
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Sounds like a bad b horror film doesn’t it :)
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Sounds like a good B horror movie. I miss the (not-so) great British ones of the 1960s. :)
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I love those old Hammer Films. My ex-bf used to have 3 sets of them: one with mummies, one with vampires, and one with Frankensteins.
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Hammer!! That’s the name I couldn’t remember. I used to watch them stag. When I met my (eventual) wife, I tried to take her several times. I’d pay for two tickets. We’d watch the coming attractions and the cartoons. Five minutes after the feature started,, the eerie music would begin to play…. and we’d have to get up and leave.
I wonder if they’re available on Netflix, or YouTube?? :)
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Just checked. Why yes, they are :)
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I’m not saying its right but I’m saying I understand!
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Good story! I was surprised by my reaction. Me & Me have some chatting to do, lol.
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lol! Thanks, Lael!
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Well that escalated quickly!
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The knife is enchanted which does tend to escalate things ;)
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Always enjoy your warped twists… ;-)))
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Thanks Kevin! :)
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Whoa! Good one, Lisa. Love it!
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Thank you very much, Susan :)
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An artifact that is, perhaps, best left undisturbed…
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Agreed. He should have tossed the knife back to its resting place.
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Great story telling Li.
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Thank you, Sadje :)
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A pleasure Li
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Beware of daggers…(k)
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It brings that whole “seven year itch” to a whole nother level…
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ha ha yes, Dale, it does. I put seven years together in as a distraction/setup.
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Awesome story! Loved how you characterized Jake and Gayle with the olives and jelly. Clever that!
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Thanks, Russell!
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That was so graphic. I could see the body descending through the water. Well done.
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Thank you, Sandra. Now I wish I would have written he tossed the dagger back into the sea…
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Dear Lisa,
What a horrible find and end. Well done…well…I mean…you know. Well written. ;)
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Rochelle, thank you very much.
Shalom,
Lisa
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That’s one way to sort things out between them!
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Maybe he wasn’t himself anymore….
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I’m wondering if the Kaiju Gods placed it under the cave ledge for him to find.
Here’s my story!
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You never know…
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somebody went overboard. i don’t know who it was. :)
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:) Ah, that is an element of uncertainty I hadn’t thought of!
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Salty and sweet the foreshadowing of disaster.
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I just went by the olives and the jam by the sink, and the basin gave me the setting :)
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Yikes, Jade! I guess a “few things” did indeed change! Great story.
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Thank you, Linda!
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Those cursed daggers can be tricky things… :-)
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:)
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Given what is happening in Chile now, maybe the government did get the dagger in the end.
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Good connector! Off the hook what is happening there.
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That’s one bad knife and one good story
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Mike, thank you very much. Glad you enjoyed the story.
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Intriguing tale, so well told!
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Thank you very much, Brenda!
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Don’t you dare take my knife, woman. It’s my… my… my PRECIOUS!
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Oh dear, I didn’t think there might be a critter-owner living in that cave…
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Interesting story. The dagger must have been possessed. The real owner of the dagger had changed personality of mild mannered Jake, so much so he killed his life partner!
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Yes! The dagger is cursed. Makes you wonder how it ended up in the sea to begin with…
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So Jack went Jack Nicholson from the Shining.
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lol yes. Maybe he was tired of the cold mountain hotel and decided to take a nice tropical vaca with his new wife ;)
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Lol… “Give me the knife….”
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lol
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Did you see where someone commented that the knife may belong to a golem in the cave? The plot thickens…
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Yes I did…”Precious”…it would be a good way to go
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Jake’s not going to get away with it! He may consider himself fortunate to have found the jewel-encrusted dagger, but I have the feeling it has cursed him and will bring about his downfall.
Excellent storytelling, Li. What a vivid image of Gayle sinking into a red cloud.
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Anyone cursed and/or possessed will have a bad ending, you’re right. He should have thrown it overboard, not his wife.
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He definitely should’ve thrown the dagger overboard and kept his wife on board.
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Ooooo love it. Mysterious knife with an evil spirit inside perhaps.
Poor things. There’s a holiday with a horrible end
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I wonder what happens next and I wrote the story! lol
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I love your opening, that brief description of their personalities – works so well. And the ending, well how could it be otherwise? They were so very different from the start. Great story
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Thank you, Lynn, for your thoughtful comment :)
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My pleasure
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I love the dark twist. Sharp.
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Thanks Paul!
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My pleasure
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Ooooo! Loved it! What an twist!
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yes, literally!
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