Competition: Days of Our Lives

Finished
Days of Our Lives

Like sands through the hourglass...

Or something like that. We have our day jobs as big strong hero types. But not every day requires a hero and some days are just pure free time. What sort of things does your character do during such down times?

Do they go watch a shock boxing match? Spend time with friends at the beach? Cry in their beer at the bar by themselves?

Tell a story using 500 words or more with no upper limit of how your character spends a day off.

Graded with the Fiction Rubric. Club members from outside the clan are free to submit something for participation.

Competition Information
Organized by
Proconsul Mihoshi Yukiko Keibatsu
Running time
2024-06-08 until 2024-06-22 (15 days)
Target Unit
Clan Odan-Urr
Competition Type
Fiction
Awards
Third Level Crescents and Clusters of Ice as per VOICE guidelines
Participants
10 subscribers, of which 5 have participated.
Results
1st place
Nikora Rhan
Member
Nikora Rhan
Submission
Nikora Rhan opted out of publishing her submission.
Placement
1st place
Member
Blade Master Nero Ashraven
File submission
Days of Our Lives 13401.pdf
Placement
2nd place
Member
High Councillor Masahiro Haku
File submission
Drama for Life.pdf
Textual submission

598 Words, excluding Title Block

Placement
3rd place
Member
Hunter Jovian Grey
Submission
Hunter Jovian Grey opted out of publishing his submission.
Placement
4th place
5th place
Creon Neverse
Member
Creon Neverse
Textual submission

If a dream was had during sleep Creon wrote it in a journal. As within seconds the memories of those experiences are fleeting, and he ponders analyzing them in understanding his own instinctive subconscious psychology or the Force. He does this while eating citrus fruit, the most bitter in the market, and includes the peel. Stretching keeps his body fluid and staves off the stiffness of age slowly by consistent dedication. Each muscle group is addressed with an assured pump of blood to saturate the fibers. He warms up with cardio and pushes recruitment to his core with calisthenics, then showers upon completion. Before breakfast is a concoction comprised of supplements, compiled plant matter compressed into a tar derived from a sacred mountain, and a variety of known herbs and fungi mycelium known to support the body's structure. Progressive overload strength training follows typically with a mace or club that has a weighted core. Wood carved rings held onto a tree by straps are used for acrobatic training. An ice bath follows in a barrel he keeps. He then rests through a walk in Nature seeking the Force and makes practice the abilities he's acquired over his years of study. Lunch is an assortment of dark greens and grains that require boiling water to absorb into an edible texture that hydrates his system upon digestion. Any business leftover from previous days he may address, or to simply nap midday to address the stress of his training. The nap reinvigorates his mind and replenishes the body well enough to have the energy for martial arts training with coaching. Dinner is whatever his wife cooked, or by request of what she'd like to have cooked, or a meal for himself that satiates the appetite to his preference alongside a synthesized protein drink of his own formula. Time with her is given priority before he goes through the hygiene process once again, a routine of stretches, and then returns to sleep once again.

This routine is maintained as a training lifestyle to maintain his prowess in the event it is needed during times of crisis, which has often befallen his Clan over the many years he's spent with them. Thus, he seeks not of his own desire to travel, involve himself in heavy business, find communities outside his home environment, or engage in large scale projects. As with all these things are simply distractions from the role he chose for his life in servitude to the people of his homeland and being prepared and proficient for if harm finds its way, as with shown in history to be an eventuality. It is not his own desire to do this, though he finds enjoyment in the maintenance of his health and potential the body can reach. It is out of fear in the heinous cruelty others in this reality have done out of selfishness, instinctive compulsory ignorance, greed, vengeance, and malice. It’s the anger from those that impose suffering he trains for, awaiting a worthy opponent just as dedicated to push his capabilities beyond its current capacity.

Placement
5th place