The exercise:
Write something which takes place: at the pool.
Went for a family dip at the pool this morning. Max has been taking swimming lessons and has been eager to go with us. He finally convinced us, even if the boys were passing the time before we left by making a snowman in the yard.
At least the water was relatively warm.
2 comments:
Going swimming sounds nice, even if you were apprehensive about the cold :) I think the last time I was swimming was in Mallorca... that might have been when the jellyfish assaulted me, actually. So I would worry more about what's living in the pool than the temperature, I think. Did you know snakes can swim?
I'm late to the prompt so I've added in a little inspiration from tomorrow's as well, just because it seemed to fit anyway!
The pool
"Welcome, one and all," said the skinny thug, "to the ineffable meeting of Sixticton's Thieves' Guild."
"Do you mean inaugural?" asked Emma, one of Sixticton's better schoolteachers. She'd recently taken up offering yoga classes though she was having trouble finding a regularly available space to hold the classes in.
"Thieves' Guild?" asked Steve who was only there because Emma had asked him to come along. "I thought this was about sausage making." He glared at Emma, who ignored him.
"I meant what I said," said the skinny thug enigmatically. He cleared his throat, which sounded like a mouse caught in a trap, and brandished a sheet of A4 paper. "First order of business is the death pool."
Two people at the back of the room stood up and left without ceremony. Steve started to stand, thinking that Ragnarok, God of War might have downloaded on his PS4 by now, but Emma grabbed his wrist and hissed 'sit!' at him like he was a naughty five year old. He acquiesced.
"I think you mean Tontine," said Emma sweetly.
"That's a dessert, innit?" said the skinny thug. "Look, right, it's simple, right? We pull off a heist, we bury the loot and then whoever lives longest gets it. And by waiting until you're all dead, all the heat goes away, right?"
"We're all dead?" asked a voice from the new back of the room. "Surely you've got the shortest life expectancy of us all?"
"Why's that then?"
"You've spent more time in asbestos park than the rest of us," said the voice. "Sometimes naked."
"That was an accident of birth!"
"What is it you think we should steal?" asked Emma, who was determined not to let the meeting dissolve into the usual chaos Sixticton residents seemed to thrive on.
"Votes," said the skinny thug. Two more people got up and left. "There's an office on the outskirts of town where they plan the elections and mail out ballots. We'll go and steal everything we can from there, including the votes."
"I don't think votes age well," said Steve, standing up again. He shook Emma's hand from his wrist. "But don't let us stop you."
Greg - yes, unfortunately, I am aware that snakes can swim. Though I can assure you that the first time I witnessed it (also, as it happened, when I became aware of this particular phenomenon) was quite the shock.
Hah, the usual chaos indeed. Though I am left wondering what Emma's interest in this meeting is about. She's seeming rather... helpful, thus far.
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