@Zeldacroft here! Thanks for being so patient with the break last week, and thanks for your support every week. It's always great to see how you each take on the stories.
This week our prompt was written by @ntowl, and I think it's one of the more open-ended ones we've had. Let the creativity flow!
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Every Monday we'll give you the beginning of a story. Use that beginning and keep writing the story from where it left off. Most people do the 5-minute freewrite method, but a little longer is okay, too.
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The announcement will be made the following day in the post for the next week's prompt! If you're a winner, @ntowl or @owasco will send you your 5 SBI then. 😊
This Week's Prompt
The Host
by @ntowl
The silver orb gleamed in the light. Resting on a long metal tube extending from a circular base, nothing had ever terrified Jonathan more. He glanced at the clock. Three minutes left. He rolled his chair closer to the desk, grasped the tube in his right hand, and pulled the orb closer. A wave of heat flashed through him and he dabbed his forehead with a towel in his left hand. The roaring in his ears grew louder as he double checked the status on the monitors. A quick high-pitched but not unpleasant beep, beep, beep broke through the noise in his head.
"Two minutes to go Jonny. Ads are rolling now, I'll start your introduction when they end. You'll go live immediately after, just like we rehearsed yesterday," Steven's calm voice came through the headphones Jonathan wore.
He nodded, eyes wide.
"Jonny? You there bud?"
"Yes."
"We must have an audio issue. I can barely hear you. Damn! I knew we should have run a few more tests. Ok, give me a sec-"
"It's ok," Jonathan said louder, and swallowing hard. "I-I just lost my voice there a bit." He dabbed his face and released his death grip on the microphone. It's shiny surface reflected a distorted version of himself stretched around the sphere, broken in spots by the mesh that let his voice travel through.
"Yeah, that's better. Look, I know it's your first live show and your nerves are probably on edge."
You have no idea, Jonathan thought as his heartbeat began pounding in his ears.
"Everyone's nervous their first time. But you're here for a reason, remember that," Steven paused, "Time check, thirty seconds. Take a couple of deep breaths, shake out the nervousness and be ready to go at the end of your intro. We've already got ten calls on hold for you. They warned me you'd be popular! No catching up on my reading during your show. Time check, fifteen seconds. You got this bud, right?"
"Yes. Yes I do," he said sitting up taller in his chair, dabbing his forehead again. "No problem at all..."
"Awesome! Remember I'm here for you behind the scenes, keep an eye on the system chat in the bottom left corner of the screen. Time check, intro rolling..."
The bumper music played in his ear and a man with an unbelievably deep voice told the audience how lucky they were to be listening to the internet radio station KFLY and their newest host. The introduction ended and Jonathan miraculously became Jonny.
"Hey everyone. This is Jonny James on KFLY radio and I'm so glad you could join us for the premier of Everything and Anything. I'd like to jump right in and take some calls rather than bore you with the overly pedantic babbling I tend to do. Sooooo, Caller one. Tell us your name, where you're from, and whatever it is you want to share tonight."
So what happens next is up to you! I'm really looking forward to reading your continuations. 😊
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And here is my version)
https://steemit.com/wewrite/@phil-glaz/we-write-13-the-host
This was one that just could not be passed up. https://www.creativecoin.xyz/wewrite/@shadowmask/we-write-13-the-host-lawn-chair-story-submission-first-caller-artimiss
And so you don't need to go on a hunt for it, made just for Art from Crystal Gail:
From her site and with her intro: Midnight In the Desert
Amusing tale. ) I sure didn't get why 11:11: 2019 is equal to 2 and how 2 is a binary number? Also, I didn't understand why Artemis - presumably an ancient greek goddess has to do with the forecast? Other than that again this was an amusing read.
The Artimiss name is an easy answer Art I Miss, as in I miss Art Bells radio show. The number adding reduction thing is just one way the numbers can all be added to each other and reduced to a 2. It is kind of like statistics, you can make almost any number become another number by deciding how to add and reduce the numbers, completely meaningless. as for two being a binary number I have no clue what a binary number is but one's and zero's make up binary code, and only 1 and 1 make 2 unless you want it to be 11 numbers, just fun things to play with. Kind of how the climate scientist re-structured the temperatures to show how hot the world is getting. (that was another Art Bell Show).
hope I made the muddy waters a little more clear or muddier if you prefer. LoL. It was a fun thing to write, and I had fun with it. Thanks for the comment.
Ah... Thank you! Yes, much clearer. Yeah. Binary 2 is 10 and 11 is binary 3.
Art Bell radio show, huh? I guess they mastered all these conspiracy theories. They are fun, indeed.
Cheers
Here's my continuation for the story... ^_^ I missed it last week :))
https://steempeak.com/@iamraincrystal/a-night-of-everything-and-anything-we-write-13
Another great prompt. This one could have gone a zillion different ways. Thanks for the fun!
https://steempeak.com/@owasco/the-host-and-the-ghost-a-wewrite
My Entry: https://steemit.com/wewrite/@sarez/the-host-first-day-miracle-my-we-write-short-story
I decided to stay up late on Friday night and attempted on my first we-write. Thank you!
https://esteem.app/wewrite/@myrockandocean/why-didn-t-you-come-home-for-christmas-we-write-13-the-host
Yeah, an interesting development. Apparently, Jonathan wrote a book about how he was robbed and this book was published and apparently become popular enough to be read even by mental hospital janitorial personal. Thus, Jonathan authored this book using the diminutive form of his name Jonny.
I wonder how Abby could instantly figure out that Jonny James, which is quite a common combination of last and first name, is that Jonny, whose mom was bedridden in the hospital where she worked as a janitor. But I guess that’s the strength of female intuition and good timing.
I also like your character development work. What a strong woman was Abby, who was able to overpower her abusive husband and drove him to the sanitarium.
Yeah, a difficult test for a new host, but I guess that’s what a radio jokey should be ready for.
Great job!
Thank you so much!! 😊🙏🏽
Greetings and much love to all. I present my entry:
https://steemit.com/creativecoin/@zeleiracordero/thehost-fromthebeyondandmuchmore-mywe-writeshortstory-5puc6ljvde
https://steemit.com/wewrite/@mgaft1/we-write-13-the-host
Hi, happy weekende, here is may entry: https://steemit.com/wewrite/@felixgarciap/the-host-has-something-to-tell-a-we-write
this link isn't working. I'll go directly to your blog, but you might want to fix this link
Thank you very much. Ready corrected. :-)
My Entry: https://steempeak.com/wewrite/@vida-blanca/we-write-13-the-host
I posted this morning, but almost forgot to add my entry here!
https://steemit.com/wewrite/@free-reign/sub-sitting-in-wewrite-freewrite-week-13
Here is my We-Write #13: The Host
https://steempeak.com/@justclickindiva/proteans-we-write-13-prompt-the-host
Good luck everyone!