At one point in your life, there's always this... moment.
This weird, inexplicable moment where nothing makes sense. The odds of what is happening to you just don't make any sense at all. Even with all your imagination, this one moment would have never crossed your mind.
It's one of those moments where you just say 'Oh well, that just happened', or maybe 'it just works'. The kind of moment no one will believe you if you ever tell the experience to someone else. A few would dare to say that it's 'destiny' doing its work, fulfilling some ancient legend or legacy or whatever.
And of course, this is not limited to just humans! Anyone can fall victim to one of these!
For better or worse, this is the moment a few individuals are experiencing right now.
Written for Bicyclette's "A Thousand Words" contest. Under the 'Experimental' category.
I'm not sure if I have to explain the origin of each picture, But at least I can say that the upper right picture was made by ZaDrEx.
If Todd Howard shows up in this story, so help me...
Ah. Well. There's no actual story here. You tell us about half a dozen of them, but the characters barely interact with the others in this room. It's like a Protagonists Anonymous meeting: We go around the room, everyone introduces themselves and shares something interesting, and they poof back to their own narratives with nothing to show for it beyond a particularly odd dream.
A thousand words is absolutely not enough for a six-way crossover. Sorry, but this did not work.
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Technically, this is a prologue of sorts, since the ending doesn't reveal anything about their 'dream' ending. Rather, they are just going forward to see if they can figure out who or what is responsible for reuniting them.
It's the reason I wanted to use this story for the experimental category. Every character is from one of my stories. Three of them, however, are stories not yet published.
Honestly, when I found the contest, I just said 'why not?' and did this. This story is meant to be odd and confusing. It is also a reminder to myself to continue the other unpublished stories once I'm done with the ones that are published.
And, if time allows it in the future, continue this one.
Anyways, thank you for your time, and I wish good luck to everyone else.