EN World Short Story Smackdown - FINAL: Berandor vs Piratecat - The Judgment Is In!

[mythago]

Congrats, Rodrigo! And geez louise, enough with that 'even Mythago' stuff. I mean, Berandor beat me before, how hard can it be

 

[Herremann the Wise]

Hello everyone and in particular our third round competitors.

I'm looking at starting both matches of Round Three Thursday 9:00am Sydney time. If I can get a confirmation from our competitors that this is cool, we can go full steam ahead.

There will be 5 pictures this time which really turns up the difficulty level - that and the fact that my picture selection is near its evil best. I'm looking forward to a fantastic round!

Best Regards
Herremann the Wise

 

[Berandor]

(Edit; see below)

 

[Berandor]

I just thought: If you want to start no earlier than thursday anyway, could you start my match on friday? That would give me one more or less good day for writing.

 

[Dlsharrock]

5 pictures: yikes. And presumably you're going to take it easy on us all and give us the easiest sets of 5 you can, what with us all being quite tired after the last rounds and so on?

 

[Piratecat]

I just thought: If you want to start no earlier than thursday anyway, could you start my match on friday? That would give me one more or less good day for writing.

Just so everyone is clear, 9am Thursday Sydney time is Wednesday evening Boston time and Wednesday night in Europe.

Herremann, I'm good to go whenever. I seem to be coming down with a sore throat, so if you need someone to go later in the week with Berandor, that'd be fine.

 

[Dlsharrock]

Sore throat eh? my wikka hex is obviously working.

Did I say that out loud?

Seriously- I can highly recommend boiling 500grams of cloves in water for 10mins, draining and gargling the liquid (chuck the mush away and let the liquid cool). As good as a local anaesthetic. I had a wisdom tooth extraction last week and the recipe has been my saviour.

 

[Berandor]

Just so everyone is clear, 9am Thursday Sydney time is Wednesday evening Boston time and Wednesday night in Europe.

Herremann, I'm good to go whenever. I seem to be coming down with a sore throat, so if you need someone to go later in the week with Berandor, that'd be fine.

Thursday 9am means 1am, means deadline Fri-Sa-Sun 1am; Friday 9am means monday 1am. Or am I totally wrong here?

I thought we were on a strict tournament schedule, so Rodrigo-Piratecat, DIshallnotrock-me. But I'm fine either way.

 

[Herremann the Wise]

I just thought: If you want to start no earlier than thursday anyway, could you start my match on friday? That would give me one more or less good day for writing.

I can start your match vs. Dlsharrock on Friday as this will give the judges a little more space to provide feedback too.
Dlsharrock, please note the change and thank you for the recipe, it sounds truly horrid.

PC, I'll keep your match against Rodrigo as planned and I hope the throat infection goes away.

And just as a little further inspiration, I've put together the six pictures for the final, and may I just say that this is a collection of images that you guys would love the opportunity to write with. The final should be something very special!

Best of luck in the Semis.

Best Regards
Herremann the Wise

 

[Piratecat]

Gotcha. Thank you. Good luck, Rodrigo.