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VISUAL PROMPT
Tasked with hosting your friend's engagement celebration, you throw an elaborate party in a forest.
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“The hanging light fixtures bring a lot of warmth to this experience,” Reggie murmurs from beside me. I look up at him and smile. For some reason, I’m only now noticing how much my brother has aged. Reggie has always had softer features that made him look much younger than he was. Yet tonight, under the warm glow of candlelights and a starry sky, Reggie looked manly.
“I think you and Sabrina bri...
“Lily,Lily,Lily!” Abbie came darting into the living room all smiles. “I have something amazing to tell you!” “What is it?” I replied. “Zach and are getting married!” I couldn’t even hide my excitement. “This is amazing. You and Zach are going to be a wonderful couple.” This is what I’ve been waiting for ever since she started dating Zach two years ago. I had a hunch he was the one.
Abbie and I...
The last bit of light between the trees in the forest twinkled out of sight and a curtain of darkness and coolness overtook the day. The warm summer days were being chased out every evening by the early fall coolness, and there was an extra chill setting inside a shallow basin formed in the earth in the forest. Any moment the guests would begin their trickle in.
The change in the air also signifie...
The air was warm with a cool breeze dancing through it every so often. The glade was lit with blazing lanterns and candles. The table was ready with plates and cups ready for the celebratory feast which awaited them. The forest had no idea the excitement which was coming: the laughs, smiles, cheers and dancing.
As people started arriving, there were clinking glasses and chatter all around. Pumpki...
Sven and Tarin asked me to throw their engagement ceremony. ME. I don’t even like them. Sven owes me $5k, and Tarin slept with my then partner, while she was with Sven. But I’m a revered wedding planner, and they thought asking me in public in front of our group of friends would pressure me into saying yes. Well I did. Not for them, but for myself. Yes. I will throw that celebration just for me.
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The smell of freshly cut grass passes through the air. A banner that read congratulations Kate and Harrison hung between two trees. Tables set to seat six at a table with flower centerpieces. Party lights strung between trees and tea candles on tables illuminated the area. People dressed in black and white suits walk around offering drinks to the guests. The sound of chattering can be heard amongs...
All was arranged. The table and chairs, the candles. The Lanterns bobbing from tree branches lit up the pathway so no one would get lost trying to find us. Tree trunk cubbies for tired partiers to take a nap between dances.
But no one came. The forest was silent, broken only by a few coyote songs and owl calls.
It was the last time I would ever try to help my sister....
The scent of cinnamon wafted through the forest. Each lantern had the warm glow like a yellow moon. Cynthia’s soul is found in this forest. She’ll finally gets to finish her engagement party. The wedding is for her and Derek only. Lisa smiled solemnly as she walked down the moonlit path towards their favorite spot. She lifted her gaze to the moon. It shines bright tonight, as if the moon is wants ...
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VISUAL PROMPT
Write a narrative from the perspecitve of one of these characters, with a twist that would be unexpected given the scene.