Carnival, G(#4)

[incarnadine]

Title: Carnival
Rating: G
Prompt: #4, Food
Word Count: 97
Summary: Alex. The carnival at Port Caynn. Street food.

Alex is reminded of a group of tethered dancing bears as the pages stand in line before Duke Gareth to receive their pocket-money. "Discretion," the duke admonishes but the boys are already off.

Boiled sweets in wicker baskets, dripping with congealed honey, feathered by hovering flies. Buns reeking of putrid meat, piquant-smelling sauce rolling down the pages' hands as they scarf them down. Curries in paper packets, dusted by street-grime. Peaches as luscious as a virgin's body, pitted with wormholes.

"No thanks," Alex mutters when Alan offers him one. "I've always been a picky eater."

[ubiquitous]

Nicely done, good use of prompt. I like the descriptiveness in here too

[Imogen]

A very cool take on the prompt! Yes, street food (especially carnival food) that is really tasty and very sketchy at the same time. The contrasts in the middle paragraph were awesome in that they evoked feelings of 'Yum!' and 'Yech!' from me at the same time. I also liked Alex's last line-- a picky eater indeed!

[incarnadine]

thanks!

[Verasque]

Very nicely written. I particularly liked how Alex it sounded. Loved it!