Take the long way home...

  Prompts: A different bed Closed curtains with light shining through A messy room left messy After a long walk A person got lost, disappeared, went away I woke up rested, with no idea where I was. The light was filtering warmly through the closed burgundy curtains (mine were green(), and my bag was resting on the floor next to the unfamiliar but unbelievably comfortable bed, wide open, its contents strewn around the room as if someone had been desperately looking for something in there. I yawned and stretched. Hadn't had a good sleep like this in ages. If it wasn't for the nagging thought of how on Earth had I ended up here, I'd have called it a perfect start to a beautiful day.  I looked around the room: besides my belongings carpeting the floor, a small desk, a chair. A little stool with an electric kettle on it. I sat up, shook my head and stretched my hand towards the curtains. Outside, the morning was shining in its full glory. Trees carefully groomed and equally spac...

  Darkness Oct 6, 2022 Prompts: The call of adventure Aloneness Subtle fuzz of alcohol Sleep Being lost Someone meets a person or creature that is an embodiment of these characteristics Nala was on the bridge watching the boats go under it and reappear lazily on the other side. She would have liked to jump, land onto one of them on her feet, knees flexed, hide in some safe storeroom and just be gone from there. – You wouldn't do it.  A voice teased here from nearby. She turned around and saw this teen hovering on a bathroom carpet right across the handrail. He was holding a flask and briefly sipped from it before repeating: – You wouldn't do it. And that's a pity, because you know what you're missing. And yet… – And who might you be, kiddo? – she grinned. – Oh, I'm no kiddo, darling! 542 years I've been traveling the land, seen it almost all. – 542, yes, sure, and what would it be that I wouldn't do? – Jump in the darkness. Easy to dream about it, but would ...