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Sep. 27th, 2006

The oranges glowed in the evening sun as the sun descended from its ladder in the sky and sank to sleep beneath the blanket of the sea. She sighed, watching it go, watching the oranges slowly dim from brilliant orange to dull reddish black. The color leached slowly from the orchard, as if with the going of the sun, all life was being sucked away. The first convulsion hit her before the last ray of sun had faded from the sky. She cried out in shock and barely managed to hold on to the limb of the orange tree that was supporting her, lest she fall to the ground and dash her brains out. Many things changed in the orchard with the setting of the sun, not the least of which was her, but a death was a death, and it did not change--

Inspiration: "orange juice" on a grocery list
Story Potential: High.
Notes: I think the setting is high potential, but there's not enough story here. Yes, it's a Cursed Orange Tree Orchard! Wooo-ooooo.... No ghosts, though. A sort of fairytale kind of curse, perhaps. Yes, it's not the whole world, just the orchard. Symbolism involved in planting the orchard to contain a greater evil, though it could not be completely mastered, perhaps? Just don't go the stupid "and then Everything Was Evil, omigosh!" route, ok? Right.

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