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Quiet murmurings could be heard through the dark in the small room. Multiple figures sat hunched in silence. The metal door to the right opened and every head turned to look at it, wondering if they would be next. “You.” said a deep voice from the door, pointing to one of the males sitting in the room. Quickly the male moved toward the door and was ushered out as it closed ominously behind him. The others looked back down from the door, knowing that they wouldn’t see that male re-emerge through the door, or any of the others that went before him. A canine male sat in the back, his eyes closed, focused. There were cuffs around his wrists. He was wearing only a pair of jeans, and a fedora. A moment later the door opened again, this time the deep voice belonging to the bear male sounded as he pointed at the canine male. Slowly he got to his feet and stepped forward towards the door. The light coming in through the door showed him to be Sly, the wolfox. He smirked as he stepped through the door and headed into the hall, his hands in front of him. “Are you ready for this?” asked the bear as they walked. “As ready as I’ll ever be.” replied Sly seriously. They came to the end of the hall and stopped in front of another metal door. Sly took a deep breath before pushing it open himself. There was a large crowd gathered before him in the large room behind the door. Sly stepped out onto the stage, still surprised that this was going to happen in public. He moved onto the center of the stage and stood before the crowd, a determined look on his face. A flame burst to life on his right. He turned to face it. The fire was on the end of a staff. The other end was lit quickly after, the female who lit them picking the staff up and carrying it toward him now. Sly closed his eyes and fidgeted with his cuffs. His wrists felt loose, limber. The heat flowing from the cuffs soothed the stiffness there. He removed the cuffs and tossed them behind him as the female tossed the staff toward him. He caught the flaming weapon and spun around quickly, to which the crowd roared loudly. “I hope you’re all ready for a show! DJ Penny, hit me with a beat!” he shouted as the lights dimmed suddenly, leaving the fire the only light on stage. A heavy beat coursed through the room as Sly spun the staff around himself fluidly to the amazement of the crowd. A cheer went up as his tossed the staff into the air and caught it on its way down without stopping its momentum. On the wall was a flier that read “Crescent Club Talent Night: Come show off and have fun.”
This awesome pic was done for me for my Birthday this year by a good friend of mine
firetally Thanks a lot for doing this for me Miss Ana.^^
And in case anyone is curious, yes I can spin staff in real life. I have been told a few times I should try fire staffing, and I just may in time.
Sly is mine.
Art by: firetally
This awesome pic was done for me for my Birthday this year by a good friend of mine
firetally Thanks a lot for doing this for me Miss Ana.^^And in case anyone is curious, yes I can spin staff in real life. I have been told a few times I should try fire staffing, and I just may in time.
Sly is mine.
Art by:
firetally
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I will. Though with something like fire staffing, I would expect to burn myself at least once. Heck I hit myself in the nuts on my first time spinning a staff 18 years ago. XP
Also I'm glad you enjoyed the story. I enjoy giving the pics I get a bit of depth with a short story.
Also I'm glad you enjoyed the story. I enjoy giving the pics I get a bit of depth with a short story.
I did read it, and sorry for not commenting earlier. The story kind of put me off in a strange way. Allow me to explain:
The beginning made it sound like people was being held as prisoners or something. Then the reference to "cuffs" and Sly walking with his hands in front of him reinforced the impression of imprisonment. These starting lines, along with the picture of Sly spinning a flaming staff, gave me the notion that the story was going to be about Sly fighting his way to freedom out of a dark fortress, or perhaps being forced into an arena battle. Then the story has Sly emerge into a room with a crowd, and it was looking like the arena battle guess was going to be accurate. Things got confusing when Sly suddenly threw off his "cuffs". Did someone unlock them when the narrator wasn't looking? Did Sly pick the locks with his own claws, untrimmed for weeks while planning an escape from a dank dungeon? Then I learn that it is a talent show, and it was kind of a buzzkill compared to what I was expecting based on the build up.
To be fair, the talent show version fits better with Sly's world, and if Sly was actually fighting he would probably refrain from igniting the staff in the first place to avoid accidentally burning buildings down.
On the other hand, I still don't understand what the "cuffs" were, as fake handcuffs for dramatic effect would require a key, if only for charadelike storytelling purposes, while "cuffs" in the form of jewelry to reflect the light of the flames would serve Sly better if he kept them on. The details about the "cuffs" just seem out of place upon rereading the story.
But all this is just my opinion. My brain leans to the logical side, and tends to complain if a story has such things as a character opening a door, doing something else, then opening the door again, my brain arguing that the door was already open and my common sense simply saying that the writer probably just skipped that detail because it was boring. Again, this is all just my opinion. I'm trying to give advice, but I would also advise not putting too much importance on my personal nitpicks either.
It was an O.K. story, I guess.
The beginning made it sound like people was being held as prisoners or something. Then the reference to "cuffs" and Sly walking with his hands in front of him reinforced the impression of imprisonment. These starting lines, along with the picture of Sly spinning a flaming staff, gave me the notion that the story was going to be about Sly fighting his way to freedom out of a dark fortress, or perhaps being forced into an arena battle. Then the story has Sly emerge into a room with a crowd, and it was looking like the arena battle guess was going to be accurate. Things got confusing when Sly suddenly threw off his "cuffs". Did someone unlock them when the narrator wasn't looking? Did Sly pick the locks with his own claws, untrimmed for weeks while planning an escape from a dank dungeon? Then I learn that it is a talent show, and it was kind of a buzzkill compared to what I was expecting based on the build up.
To be fair, the talent show version fits better with Sly's world, and if Sly was actually fighting he would probably refrain from igniting the staff in the first place to avoid accidentally burning buildings down.
On the other hand, I still don't understand what the "cuffs" were, as fake handcuffs for dramatic effect would require a key, if only for charadelike storytelling purposes, while "cuffs" in the form of jewelry to reflect the light of the flames would serve Sly better if he kept them on. The details about the "cuffs" just seem out of place upon rereading the story.
But all this is just my opinion. My brain leans to the logical side, and tends to complain if a story has such things as a character opening a door, doing something else, then opening the door again, my brain arguing that the door was already open and my common sense simply saying that the writer probably just skipped that detail because it was boring. Again, this is all just my opinion. I'm trying to give advice, but I would also advise not putting too much importance on my personal nitpicks either.
It was an O.K. story, I guess.
It's perfectly alright. I am glad you commented. Also if your first thoughts were that he was in a prison or dungeon then I accomplished what I was trying to do. The story for this was an exercise in "misdirection". I tried to build up the scene in one way and then take it in a completely different direction. The cuffs Sly was wearing are supposed to be "joint warmers", hence why his wrists were limber instead of stiff after removing them as they would have been had he been in regular metal cuffs.
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