Cynus

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Hello, everyone! I'm preparing for a short story competition in a couple weeks, as well as a personal goal I'm setting for myself in February. The short story competition follows a specific pattern, which I need to practice if I expect to do any good at it, and since the second and third stages of the competition happen in March and April, I intend to practice through all of February. This year I will be doing something I'm calling "Flash Fiction February". I'm going to write a short, 3000 words or less story every day, assuming I can keep it up. I am going to need your help, however, and this is how. I need prompts, and I need them in a specific style (This is the thing I need to practice). During the competition, writers will be randomly assigned a genre, subject, and character assignment. Here are some examples of what I'll be expected to write: Drama / A laboratory / A teacher Romantic Comedy / Recycling / A bartender Sci-Fi / Halloween / A bus driver Horror / A trial / A CEO (Chief Executive Officer) Fantasy / Luck / A lead singer I would like you, those reading this blog, to comment with a suggestion of a genre, subject, and character like the ones above. Any suggestions will be appreciated. All of these will be posted at GA, and so if you want to see me write something specific, please suggest away! Thank you in advance for your suggestions.

You can find Chapter 2, here: https://www.gayauthors.org/story/cynus/fromthecupoftheworthless/2

To say Viktor’s day had been interesting would be putting it mildly, but he could think of no better word to describe it. He had never had someone come to his aid against Mr. Morrison, and to think it was the new and attractive Japanese student was something he hadn’t seen coming. ‘Attractive?’ Viktor thought, shaking his head ruefully as he looked out the window of the bus, watching the bustling streets of Vladivostok fly by. He couldn’t allow himself to think such thoughts about anoth

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I was as a child, but now I'm a brunette. The person below me has an interest in studying medicine.

A very merry day of existence to you. I don't particularly care for artichoke hearts, however. There are many other vegetables I do care for, though! The person below me has considered becoming a vegetarian.

I don't think I have a solid answer to this, but an honorable mention would be my late paternal grandfather. He was a stick in the mud who had the tenacity to get through anything, but he was also a multi-cultural man who loved to expand his knowledge any chance he had. Same Q

And I can't wait for you to see it! I hope it continues to be exciting for you, though in my biased opinion I think this story only gets better as it continues. I guess we'll see who agrees with me or not. Thank you for the review!

I was doing some research on the subject, and though I was able to determine that it was rice for certain, I was stuck on dissecting the rest of it. Thankfully, the community here was able to help me with that. Escapist, a new friend of mine, here, was able to provide a rather thorough and logical answer, which is as follows: "As you can tell from Wikipedia, Inagawa-kai was started by someone with the surname of Inagawa. The two characters making up the name are "ine" (rice, often read as "ina" in names) and "kawa" (river). Rice: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/稲 River: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/川 As you can see from the daimon, there are two rice bushels framing the centre, which must have been taken from the "ine" or "rice" of the founder's name. The obvious guess for the central form is that it would be a stylised form of the character "kawa" for river, which looks like three vertical lines. However, it could also be taken as "yama" or "mountain", which looks a little closer. My guess is that they've gone for symmetry and it's the character for "river", but I can't find any evidence to back that up. I can't think of any logical reason why it would be anything other than "kawa" though. Mountain: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/山 There is also another character for river, a bit more complicated, from which they might have taken the central part, but this is not the same character used in Inagawa's name, so I think that is highly unlikely. River: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/河 Regarding the outer circle, I couldn't find anything particular, but if you look at the chrysanthemum ring (image search below), you'll see that the ring in the daimon has sixteen indentations, as does the chrysanthemum ring. It may be that the outer circle represents the chrysanthemum, the imperial crest. Tangential evidence that suggests this might be correct is that the founder, and most yakuza today I understand, are supportive of the imperial family. Adding a stylised form like this may be indicative of this. https://www.google.c...iw=1299&bih=808 However, you should take all this with a pinch of salt as it isn't my field of research. The "ine" is clear, the "kawa" is probable, the "chrysanthemum" is conjecture."

[sharedmedia=stories:stories:5151] Hello, readers. I created this forum topic in order to more easily share extra information about the world of "From the Cup of the Worthless". The symbol below is the daimon of the Inagawa-kai, the Yakuza family Nobuyuki is part of. It will pop up from time to time in the story.

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I hope I'll be able to meet your expectations. These characters practically wrote themselves, though that doesn't mean they'll connect with everyone. Thank you for the review!

Richard, Thanks for the review! I'm grateful for your likes as well, of course, but this review means a lot to me. It's good to hear that I'm doing something right, and I accept your compliments with all the humility my ego will allow.

I'm glad to know you're intrigued. I should have probably posted this in the story note, but the story will update once a week on Tuesday night/Wednesday morning. Hopefully it will keep you intrigued at that pace. Thank you for the review!

“Vladimir Putin’s biggest mistake may not have been his invasion of Syria, as is commonly taught, but rather his decision to press on into Turkey, Jordan, Lebanon, and, most ambitiously, Iraq.” Mr. Morrison paused as he surveyed the room, watching with sadistic glee the uncomfortable squirming of his Russian students. The other international students were not as affected by the declaration, though Nobuyuki Sato thought the remark was uncalled for. Everyone knew what had led to the collapse of R

In the world of organized crime, your crime family is all you can count on. Nobuyuki Sato is no exception, and as he tries to navigate the political climate of his new city, his Yakuza family is there to support him. But then Nobuyuki meets Viktor Karimov, son of the Chief of Police, he begins to question if there might be more to life than crime. Love, intrigue, and drama abound.

Thank you for reading it. Honestly, I'm not one hundred percent sure why I chose the tempo I did. All I knew was that I was thinking about Jesse at the time and it came out this way. I'm glad you liked it.

Hopefully there will be more. This is over a year old, actually. Glad you liked it. Thanks for the review.

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You lie there sweet and peaceful, A dream waiting to be had. I cannot watch your slumber, Without wanting to be bad. I approach and lean toward you, My breath upon your ear. I whisper soft and sensual, To announce that I am here. Eyes now flutter open, And you meet my lustful gaze, You smile at me and match it, Never ceasing to amaze. Your lips are soft and eager, And they quickly meet my own. You pull me down into you, And I let out a moan. My hands slide up your shi

This will be a collection for most of my poetry. Hope you'll find it appealing. Some of it will be Mature, so pay attention to the chapter notes.

Welcome, Payson. Good to have you. I hope you do find the answers you're looking for. You'll find a lot of supportive people here.

A very merry day of existence to you!

Dolls, Puppets, Wax Dummies, Mannequins, Ventriloquist Dummies... Same Q