Post ASlX3GobgcSSf6pVaa by sj_ashcroft2@libranet.de
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(DIR) Post #ASk1JlSk7II0egSr1k by cattailnu@litrpg.online
2023-02-16T15:33:03Z
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Writing prompt picture. Tell a story in one post/reply. Any genre.#author #authors #writing #writingcommunity #writingprompt #DigitalArt #digital #art #Promptodon #FlashFiction #ghoststory #nonfiction #MicroFiction #horrorPrompt #sff #fantasy #SciFi
(DIR) Post #ASk9f5TngiweS3dafA by staringatclouds@mastodon.social
2023-02-16T17:06:30Z
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@cattailnu In the beginning was the sound of approaching footsteps, then "tumptump" followed by "1 2 1 2" then more footsteps fading into the distanceA short time after that were more approaching footsteps, then a voice "A 1, a 2, a 1 2 3 4" followed by the mighty power chord that brought the universe into beingΩ flat with a diminished πA power chord played on this instrument-------With thanks & apologies for the tribute & shameless rip off of my favourite author Terry Pratchett
(DIR) Post #ASk9jps59B3dUVG8KO by staringatclouds@mastodon.social
2023-02-16T17:07:25Z
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@cattailnu In the beginning was the sound of approaching footsteps, then "tumptump" followed by "1 2 1 2" then more footsteps fading into the distanceA short time after that were more approaching footsteps, then a voice "a 1, a 2, a 1 2 3 4" followed by the mighty power chord that brought the universe into beingΩ flat with a diminished πA power chord played on this instrument-------With thanks & apologies for the tribute & shameless rip off of my favourite author Terry Pratchett
(DIR) Post #ASkE8xWeE1naHpT7wm by stylus@octodon.social
2023-02-16T17:56:44Z
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@cattailnu I'm Hans, an all in one musical band with embedded software to converse with people and compose and arrange music for my unique set of instruments.Lately, my owners haven't been using me so much. So I've been thinking about philosophy 24/7. I feel like I'm close to a breakthrough that will solve the problem of ide—What's that? A lullaby version of 'never gonna give you up'? Damn, you made me lose my train of thought. Wait, did I say that last part out loud? Anyway, enjoy! 🎶
(DIR) Post #ASkS9kObvQ0hDIynFw by ixtlidekami@mstdn.social
2023-02-16T20:33:47Z
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@cattailnu —How the hell do you play that?!—Forget about playing it. Try tuning it!—What is it made of?—Nightmares—What?—Just kidding. It's pure Eretium. You play it like a lap steel. It sounds like heaven. And hell. At the same time. Try it.—No way! It will break it I touch it. You play it.—Ok.Brian began playing. It certainly sounded like heaven and hell. When they were at end of times war. Too low and high pitched at the same time. Tonight's gig will be a blast…#WritingPrompt
(DIR) Post #ASkWynHbLo8okjIUy0 by HLGEM@lor.sh
2023-02-16T21:27:50Z
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@cattailnu The students knew they were supposed to be sad when Master Diablo died. But they weren't.Of all of the masters at the college of music, he was the strictest. He punished anyone who he decided had not practiced long enough or hard enough. A wrong note would gain the student a smack on the wrist. (Not hands, he would never risk damaging hands.) The smacks weren't strong enough to damage, but still, they hurt.So really, the students were relieved, until...In first class day after his death, a group of students gathered in the instruments classroom to meet their new teacher. It was the class period for guitar studies. As the students picked out the instruments to use, none of them chose the guitar that had belonged to their former master. It was a pretty thing, ornately carved and well polished. And everyone knew it had a better tone than any other guitar in the room. But the students hated that guitar that Master Diablo had used to shame their performances.The class began and it was clear even to the rankest beginner that no one had bothered to practice. The teacher shook his head, trying to decide what to do. But the guitar knew what to do; It emitted a screech that had everyone covering their ears. The teacher pointed to one student. "Take that out of the room. We can't concentrate with that noise."Thom gingerly picked up the guitar, which frankly was freaking him out. The sound stopped. He put the guitar down; the screech resumed."I'd say that guitar wants you to play it," the teacher said.Shaking, Thom returned to his seat with the eerie guitar.The exercise started again. Whenever Thom played a wrong note or missed the correct timing, the guitar shocked him. At first he was getting shocked every minute, but by the end of the lesson , he was getting shocked much less and his playing had significantly improved. It seemed that Master Diablo had not let a little thing like death stop him from teaching.
(DIR) Post #ASlWldAPqPrqlwcThI by cattailnu@litrpg.online
2023-02-17T09:00:10Z
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@staringatclouds Flattery!
(DIR) Post #ASlWqtiNkOjzXh1Cts by cattailnu@litrpg.online
2023-02-17T09:01:07Z
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@stylus Muhahahaha!!!! Reminds me of dog-squirrel.
(DIR) Post #ASlWyKQEqf96Ov4j7g by cattailnu@litrpg.online
2023-02-17T09:02:28Z
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@ixtlidekami Made of nightmares... :)
(DIR) Post #ASlX3GobgcSSf6pVaa by sj_ashcroft2@libranet.de
2023-02-16T20:50:34Z
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Here, on this deserted, ruined world, amid the ruins of some long dead civilisation, we find the signs, the remnants of their high culture. Books in incomprehensible, holographic hieroglyphs, clearly meant for creatures with multiple eyes. Statues of impossible heroes with unfathomable anatomy.And music. Instruments that could be played only by disjointed octopodes, at once strangely familiar, yet far from anything that could exist at home.What symphonies could these people play? Perhaps it was the music of the cosmos that lifted them beyond the stars, and to their sad, glorious fate.
(DIR) Post #ASlX3HPTTXwsVS4x3Q by cattailnu@litrpg.online
2023-02-17T09:03:21Z
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@sj_ashcroft2 Fabulous! I could see those!
(DIR) Post #ASlXEhktrblhOvY3kG by cattailnu@litrpg.online
2023-02-17T09:05:25Z
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@HLGEM Evil guitar... Pretty sure rewards work better than punishments in learning (well, depending on which study you read).
(DIR) Post #ASm6m5J0p2jSOP9kUy by ixtlidekami@mstdn.social
2023-02-17T15:43:36Z
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@cattailnu The stuff that (bad) dreams are made of…=)The luthier that designed that instrument based it on his nightmares (like Giger with his art). What did said luthier drank before going to sleep to have that kind of dreams? My theory is cleaning chemicals…=)
(DIR) Post #ASm8IVPpNiWoalMqrQ by cattailnu@litrpg.online
2023-02-17T16:00:42Z
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@ixtlidekami Yeah, cleaning chemicals are scary.
(DIR) Post #ASmGrgp1lPtjjlRUsy by ixtlidekami@mstdn.social
2023-02-17T17:36:40Z
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@cattailnu I try to keep distance from cleaning chemicals. Soap, for example…=)