I would love to do that!
The Great Write Way, Chapter Two: Twice upon a time...
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Ohh, what a fabulous idear!
Whee!
If it won't step on any toes I would be happy to post links to 10 on Monday.
There are no toes, sweetie. We're currently toeless.
Hooray, Lee!
Go Lee with the toesieness!
Tomorrow is getting crowded, so I thought I'd post the drabble pictures today instead. Hope no one minds.
This photo inspired two drabbles. They may be read alone, but may be read as companion pieces, too.
The Master
He watched the flywheel throw off sparks. This project had been labored over five years, so far. When it was complete, he’d have an iron dragon capable of holding tens of legions of supernatural troops. It wasn’t going to happen soon; he would have to husband his resources.
Turning, he looked at the lead golem stoking the boiler. He estimated this one would last another year before the heat of the boiler reduced him entirely to liquid through transpiration. Cheap casting cost and the creature pulled double duty: manpower and metal for his machining. He congratulated himself on his thriftiness.
The Slave
Heat and flames billowed out of the boiler in front of him. Liquid metal crept down the lead golem’s back; a drip pan under him to collect the effluent. His master would fashion it into ammunition. All shift long he was literally sweating bullets, mundane bullets for human targets. He would be replaced by a silver golem on the next shift, silver bullets for use against supernatural foes.
He was a living, if inorganic, being. To cut pieces off him was painful. The sweat off his back, though, came cheap to his master, if not to him.
The flywheel hummed.
Oooh. Neat idea, Sail!
Eta: and well executed. I was so floored by seeing a supernatural device I hadn't come across before that I almost forgot to say that.