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Ladies and gentlemen, the time has come for us writers to take center stage for a time. The Black Garden as well as our friends over in Arts and Stuff are going to host a contest that is solely devoted to writers. The rules are simple.
For any who wish to enter, you are tasked with writing a short little anecdote that is to have a maximum of 300 words. The location for this piece of work is to be located in the picture provided above. The deadline for entering is this Sunday(14th) at midnight. For any who wish to enter, please submit your stories by placing them in the comments.
Judging will be done in two phases. The first phase will consist of a Panel of both groups reading over each story and deciding which seven are the best of the best. Once the first stage is complete, we shall hand it over to you, the audience, to decide who is ranked number one as lore master. The Winner of this contest shall receive a print of the Buried City signed by the Destiny writing team.
Good luck and Be Brave.
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On fast approach to the foliage devoured city I power on my teleporter for a fast landing and to allow my ship to return to the Tower. I open my ships armory and ready my weapons, "There could be anything down there", I tell myself. Five seconds until teleportation. I clutch my sidearm tightly in my arms. *Vwomp!* I have just landed in the center of this large compound, and now that my ship has left I am alone. With grey eyes I turn my attention to the rooftops surrounding me, yet I see no hostile forces. I have never been so deep in the wild before, without finding something trying to eat me or kill me. Just to be safe I keep a watchful eye on my radar, and I begin hailing for reinforcements from my fireteam. Strange...My communications seem to be jammed. As a chill shoots up my spine I shake it off and begin a fearless walk into the compound in front of me. "What a shame, such beautiful cities were destroyed", as my voice is muffled by my helmet the surrounding area is so quiet I can still here my faint echo reverberate. "Destroyed...destroyed...[]oyed". As my echo fades out a new alien one takes its place. A massive roar rips through the city to let me know I am not alone. The Fallen have finally joined me. I sprint into the building and take cover behind a pillar as I see a Fallen Captain stand at the furthest end of the compound. I ready my sniper rifle and take aim. "Hmm, only one captain. This should be ea-", a shattering cracking rips through my ears and interrupts my thoughts as I see enemies pour out of the building. "There must be at least thirty fallen..." I switch to my belt fed chain gun and sprint into the nest of my enemy, with a blinding flash of my space magic I light up the darkness with fire from my barrel.