Crystal sat cross-legged on the sand across from Marcus.
He shook his head. “Look at those idiots,” he pointed to a group of boys jumping off the cliff into the rocky water below.
Crystal scrunched up her face, squinting. “Stupid,” she agreed coughing and giggling. “Stupid little boys.”
“Exactly. Like little boys trying to prove something to…whatever,” Marcus snickered. “Grow up!” he shouted. They both laughed. “Stupid adrenaline junkies.”
“Yeah. Morons. That’s wicked high. Jumping from Horizon Point should be, like, illegal.”
“Totally,” he sighed and laid his head in Crystal’s lap. “Hey, pass me the joint. You’re hogging.”
April 22 Prompt: Vice (Write a story that includes a vice–or multiples, if you are so daring)
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Brilliant!!
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Thank you! 🙂
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Okay. I snort-laughed! Your flash is funny, but it exposes the hypocrisy of judging other vices and applying laws to everything. Great flash!
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Oh my gosh, I’m so glad because is it okay to say that I did, too? 😀 I knew I wanted to do something different with the prompt, “vice”, but the story being told from the perspective of these two crept into the writing. (You know I’m a pantser.) Hypocrisy at its finest.
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Great Sarah! Makes me think of something to do with glass houses and stones!
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Exactly. 🙂
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Great flash!
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Thanks!
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Other people have vices, WE have carefully thought out lifestyle choices! Another great flash, Sarah.
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Hahaha! 😀 Yes, that’s right. Precisely. Thanks, Anne.
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Well done, Sarah!
You pointed out the hypocrisy along with their vice…dual in 99 words!!
Super 🙂
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Thanks. 🙂 The gambler can judge the drinker who judges the pot-smoker who judges the adrenaline junkie…
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Haha 😀 Love this: ‘…should be, like, illegal…’ Nothing like a good dose of hypocrisy when it comes to vice 😉 Great flash Sarah!!
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Thanks! That dialogue was fun to write. A bit boring and repetitive but what do you expect from those two? The hypocritical pot smokers. 🙂 Hey, cool name for a band.
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Raise the roof for The Hypocritical Pot Smokers 😀 😀 😀
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*holds up cigarette lighter*
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Snacks at the ready…
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I have to agree with all comments before me. You showed hypocrisy at its finest and we all call the kettle black at some point. Made me smile.
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So true. “We all call the kettle black at some point.” I love what Wiki has to say about that: “The pot is mocking the kettle for a little soot when the pot itself is thoroughly covered in it.” 😀
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That is great – good old wiki. XD
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I love the confident knowledge of what fifteen year olds; such a great age to be utterly self assured. Great tale, Sarah.
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Ah. The fine line between confidence and arrogance. Grand age for finding that line. 🙂 Thanks.
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