Title: Break Down
Author: Jewel Song
Word Count: 100
Challenge #39: Degringolade

degringolade: A rapid decline, deterioration, or collapse (of a situation).
From French, from dégringoler (to tumble down, fall sharply), from Middle French desgringueler, from des- (de-) + gringueler (to tumble), from Middle Dutch crinkelen (to curl).


He was losing them. The trust in their eyes was quickly turning to disbelief and anger, and no matter what he said, he couldn't change it.

He couldn't believe this was happening. He had planned. Oh, he had plannedso very, very, carefully. Every single detail had been worked out, down to the last second. But that foolish Water tribe peasant had ruined everything.

Katara was crying as he reached for her, and he could see his dream slipping through his fingers. He had to do something.

So he did.

And now Jet was frozen to a tree.

Damn it.


: "We rarely think people have good sense unless they agree with us." - Francois de La Rochefoucauld :