vignettes

[marycatelli]

This week's prompt is:
staking 🧛‍♂️

Anyone can join, with a 50-word creative fiction vignette in the comments. Your vignette does not have to include the prompt term. Any (G or PG) definition of the word can be used.

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[marycatelli]

"He promised this dance to Katherine," said Georgiana. "I did not want him to face the onerous duty of repealing so gracious a lady when his honor binds him elsewhere."
She did not leave Corridon's side. A dark-haired maiden rushed up, glanced at Corridon and Georgian, and took his arm.

[starshipcat.livejournal.com]

We were just staking down our sales canopy when the western sky started turning black. I yelled for the hurricane ropes, but nobody could seem to find them.

Nothing to do but find them myself. As I expected, both hurricane ropes were in plain sight, but away from the regular ropes.

I got the second one fastened to its stakes just as the gust front hit. With the hurricane ropes keeping the top from lifting, we were able to ride out the storm. It wasn’t fun, but we still had a canopy when it was time to set up our store fixtures and set out merchandise. Several other vendors weren’t so lucky, and had to make emergency runs to acquire a replacement canopy.

When we returned home, I called an all-hands meeting, and went over procedures with all our teams. Not just routine setup and operations, but also safety and emergency procedures. I did not want any of my people dealing with the disaster I narrowly averted.

[marycatelli]

Planning is important

[marycatelli]

Honor let out her breath very slowly. They cut down the sprouts turned saplings when they were long enough to serve as poles, for fences or whatever else.
What had she been studying back home? She had asked after philosophy, not history.
Perhaps she should have asked to become a historian.
Then she shook her head. She could hardly blame herself for not guessing what would be the most prudent choice on the limited knowledge she had. And a historian could not cure the ward of the poisoned who lay ahead of her.
"Mistress Honor!"
She turned to go on.