So I’m using a writing prompt from A Word With Friends, over on Tumblr, to develop my character Sasha (and a bit of Ferdinand) a bit more.

The Writing Challenge words are: Pink, Song, Sword.

And this week’s word is: Redolent

Definition: 1. Fragrant or aromatic; having a sweet scent. 2. Having the smell of the article in question. 3. Suggestive or reminiscent.

I was tagged by @therivercrow on Tumblr so I’m giving it a go. Enjoy!

The door hissed closed, slowly muffling Sasha's retreating footsteps. Ferdinand breathed a sigh of relief as a quiet stillness fell over the library. It wasn't that he disliked Sasha's energetic means of communicating her feelings, it's just that she had been especially expressive since Olivia's disappearance. He frowned slightly as he recalled Sasha's panic when she came rushing back to the library, hoping Olivia might have miraculously turned up there despite her never having been inside their building, let alone knowing where it was. He was troubled by the sudden vanishing of this human woman who Sasha had grown so close to and what it might mean.

Sasha emerged into a bright but cold winter's day. They always got the cold a month or so later than the rest of the country and today was especially fresh. She put on a pair of sunglasses as, while she wouldn't burst into flames in the sun despite the rumours, she did find full sunshine made her itchy and hurt her eyes if she wasn't too careful. Looking at a computer screen for hours on end probably didn't help with the latter very much either.

So this story came about after a fantastic chat on Mastodon between some friends: Vul, Square Moon and River. We shared cool details and things that we would like to see if someone wrote a story about vampire librarians. So I wrote that story, or at least the beginnings of one.

These are their stories [dun dun!]

As with all things, sharing for fun but if you want to collaboratively work on something with me/us, just let me know and please don’t steal anything. That would be lame.

[Since I posted this, I’ve split this initial piece into two parts]