Darius was loosening the well-trained fibers of his being in the back, but once an official from the commission announced, “You’re next,” he and his coaching staff pressed the accelerator of the warm-up routine.
A thin coat of sweat signaled that Darius, at least physically. The mental side of the game was always difficult for Darius to tame; of course, locking yourself in a steel cage to fight a similarly weighted individual, who is also skilled in the art of violence, in your underwear is difficult for anyone to fathom.
Darius paced back-and-forth like an agitated lion just before the entrance. His coach and teammate barked instructions and encouragement while waiting for the cue.
When Darius heard his music exploded from the speakers, he emerged from behind the curtain, heaved a war cry toward the heavens, and plodded into the world’s most dangerous field of play.
Prompted from the Six-Sentence Story at: https://girlieontheedge1.wordpress.com/2020/03/01/sundays-six-sentence-story-word-prompt-97/.
Prompted from Your Daily Word Prompt at: https://allaboutwritingandmore.com/2020/03/04/your-daily-word-prompt-fathom-ydwordprompt-march-4-2020/.
WWF freaks me out.
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This is MMA😊
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Excellent.
“Darius paced back-and-forth like an agitated lion just before the entrance. His coach and teammate barked instructions and encouragement while waiting for the cue.” This is how I feel waiting for Denise to give the cue word each week 🙂
Wonderful line this: “locking yourself in a steel cage to fight a similarly weighted individual, who is also skilled in the art of violence, in your underwear is difficult for anyone to fathom.”
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The six-sentence prompt is so much fun each week. Thanks for the praise!!
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I agree, it’s a lot of fun and helps stretch the imagination. Thanks for the follow, and I followed back 🙂 Stay creative!
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What?! LOL 😀
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love the aggitated lion line. I can see that and usually do in most fighters.
But it still seems like it would hurt soooooooooooooooooooooo much.
Good six.
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Thank you!
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Nice one!
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Why oh, why did I envision Roman Gladiators? 😀
You spin these well, sir!
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Thank you! I enjoy them each week.
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You do a great job giving us an idea of what it’s like to be in that position. Well done!
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👊
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I enjoyed reading your story.
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Thank you!
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Roaring power! Well done!
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You show the tension well.
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