Mugs, copper
Advice is great, but advice on its own won’t make you a better writer. We become better writers by writing and it’s always easier to write when we’re inspired. To that end, a creative prompt using an ordinary item.
mugs, copper | an exercise in chance encounters
This week’s ordinary item: Copper Moscow Mule mugs
What is it? Moscow Muled copper mugs are made with 100% pure high-grade and food-safe copper. They are handcrafted with care using traditional methods and are painstakingly hammered by hand to create a gorgeous aesthetic.
“I’m listening.”
Tobin swirled the remains of his drink. As the contents spun he found himself in a familiar place - hoping wishfully that somewhere in the swirl an answer would appear. Even as he wished, he already knew, whether half full or the bottom of the glass, the drink never provided answers.
“Not yet.” A voice snapped Tobin from his self-centered musing. “It’s true when you say never, but it’s also true when I say not yet.” The voice came from a weathered face, half-covered by a lock of blonde hair and what appeared to be a tuft or plume of equally weathered peacock feathers, so that only the one side of her mouth was visible when she spoke.
Tobin considered the risks of engaging, but eventually, and quite quickly, his desperation for finding an answer won out. Yet even as he’d made this agreement internally, he fought hard to keep a straight, uninterested face while he replied, “I’m listening.”
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Today’s task: What did the stranger say to him in response?
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