Silhouettes
Summer (Prompt 26-30)
Prompt: July
"This island is messed up," Molly blurted to Finn on the third day of summer.
The sprite jumped off her shoulder to fly a few inches away from her face – a bad habit of his that she gave up on changing. "Why are you saying that?"
"Think about it! When it was spring the weather was warm; since we got to summer, it's been scorching outside."
"True, but why is it a problem?" he asked, blinking.
"What do you mean? Obviously, the weather isn't supposed to change so drastically merely because we flipped to the summer page on the calendar!"
Prompt: starve
It hadn't been easy, but between meeting up with the two sisters from Flute Tailor and managing her little farm, Molly had succeeded to ring the yellow bell. She berated herself for wasting this much time for one measly bell. Wasn't it supposed to be an easy task?
Another accomplishment: she was finally getting the hang of cooking. Back to the city, she'd acted lazy and never really bothered learning more than the basics.
Of course, she had to thank Chase for her progress. He really knew how to be convincing – though she doubted his insults were meant to encourage.
Prompt: breakable
"Molly," Finn whined for the thirteenth time in the last hour. "Do we really need to find this Calvin guy?"
"Yes, Finn."
"But we already rang the Yellow Bell!" he went on.
"Yes, Finn."
"We used the stone he kindly gave to us, so why?" he asked yet again.
"Because it's not really ours, nor it is his. I trust him more with such a fragile object, so I'll hand it back to him."
"Oh."
"He should be somewhere in those mines anyway."
"Hey! Isn't that him? With the green-haired girl! Oh, and they're kissing..."
Shocked, Molly dropped the lithograph.
Prompt: heat
"It is hot out today, huh?" the farmer noted, wiping the sweat from her brow as she admired her work. Taking care of her field in this heat was an exploit, especially after a good hour of mining.
"Shouldn't you rest now...?" The sprite worried.
'What are you talking about?' she wanted to respond, but her tongue wasn't functioning very well. So were her eyes, as black spots swarmed her vision, which brusquely tilted over.
"Molly!"
The first thought she came to was how white the room was. Then she spotted the doctor at her side.
'Another perfect first meeting...'
Prompt: colour
Fortunately, she didn't humiliate herself that much in front of Jin – though that particular thought said a lot about her habits. He did chastise her for being careless, but soon enough he switched to more pleasant talk (since they hadn't met beforehand).
So when she went in town the next day and happened to catch sight of him, she was ready to gather her courage and greet him.
Then he spotted Anissa and quickly went to her side, all wide smile and warm eyes.
Even she, a stranger to both, could tell there was something by the expression they wore.