Welcome to a new excerpt of Rainbow Catcher for the Weekend Writing Warrior and Snippet Sunday.
Now let's go back to our story.
Summary of previous episodes: Clarissa is coughing and wanted to watch Everett Cooper on TV but Jason refused, she is due to get her rainbow the next day but she seems scared, to make her feel better Jason leave the TV on. Clarissa tried to explain about rainbows, she is a big fan of Everett Cooper but Jason is not too sure about it. Clarissa complained about her dialophone but Jason needs to go to work. Before completely leaving he is thinking about getting her her rainbow. We flashed back to the meeting Jason had with a rainbow seller at the black market. Jason left Clarissa's room to go to work. Jason was talking to his boss about the rainbow coming the next day. Jason prepared the money for the rainbow in a sport bag and went to the hospital. The rainbow seller arrived for the delivery. But it was a scam and Jason prepares to go get the rainbow himself in the desert. Markus has a last surprise for him.
We start just where we left off last week.
They both looked at him as if ready to
take him on together. He then clapped his huge right hand on the
table making the entire counter tremble and they both looked down at
their glasses as if not willing to argue any more.
Jason was impressed by the flatness of the man's hands and wonder how many time
a day he had to hit the bar so violently. He rose his glass slowly
and drunk trying to avoid the sand but soon realized it was useless.
He took a deep breath and drunk up, if those people had been living
that way for years, this yellow water wasn’t going to kill him
either. He had never thought that colours could have a taste but he now
knew the taste of yellow.
He left his glass on the counter and walked
to the toilet. He took his bottle of oil out and drunk a bit of it
before pouring some on his skin.
It made him feel hotter than before but
at least this thirst was completely gone. The oil too tasted yellow.
He wondered if there was anything else in the desert.
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So, desert sand everywhere, even in the drinks. I'll bet Jason longs to be gone from there.
ReplyDeleteSorry to be the Grammar Police, but a couple of things glared at me. Either say his glass rose, or he raised his glass. And the past tense of drink is drank.
"He had never thought that colours could have a taste but he now knew the taste of yellow." I really love this line!
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