This is another FridayFictioneers post, though it has nothing to do with the prompt by Madison Woods. The prompt sparked absolutely nothing in me this week. I was a bit disappointed by that. But, instead of writing nothing, I decided to continue the tale from last week a bit, as much as 100 words will allow anyway. You can find last week’s tale -> here <- if you don’t remember it. I even created a crude piece of “art” to go along with the new tale. Enjoy!
Tales of the Traveler – The Ogre
That ogre gave me nothing but grief for three weeks after I took his eye. He chased me through the swamps of Ganduugan and over the treacherous Kalloleese mountains. He caught up when I stopped to rest at the Nagging Mule over in Chesbrooke. Bastard was slow, but persistent as a fly on stink.
The bloody oaf yanked me right out my seat. I lunged for his good eye with my fork. He, naturally, took exception. That tavern took one hell of a beating during the scrum, as did I, but like I said before, ogres aren’t the smartest creatures.
Adam Ickes 
June 7th, 2012 at 10:22 AM
Ack. If he’s going to take the good eye too, well, he might just have to kill the bloody oaf! 🙂
June 7th, 2012 at 12:36 PM
I believe that’s the direction he went, though he didn’t manage to get the second eye.
June 7th, 2012 at 10:32 AM
i like the “crude piece”! Thanks
June 7th, 2012 at 12:38 PM
Thanks. I like to think of it as “cave painting meets webcomic” style.
June 7th, 2012 at 11:23 AM
Ogres – no sense of humour you know? He deserved it … 🙂
June 7th, 2012 at 12:39 PM
You speak the truth. Ogres need to lighten up. What’s a little stab in the eye between friends?
June 7th, 2012 at 1:26 PM
I love it! Very good stuff!! I’m wondering if this gentleman only kills ogres, or if he is on some kind of adventure? If so, what will he meet next??? Here’s my try: http://theforgottenwife.com/2012/06/07/friday-fictioneers-6812/
June 7th, 2012 at 2:28 PM
He is a traveler who will take on anything that gets in his way. I like to think of him as a treasure hunter wandering the land looking for a little adventure and anything that can make him a buck.
June 7th, 2012 at 2:24 PM
Ahahaha. I love that picture so much. I think ogres get kind of upset when you take their eyes. Having my sight remove would put me in a funk.
I haven’t come up with anything for this week either. This is the first time I’ve had a, “What the heck???” moment looking at the photo. I was thinking I may have to sit this week out…
June 7th, 2012 at 2:32 PM
Well, to be fair. This guy only took one of the ogre’s eyes. He only *attempted* to take the second after the ogre had the nerve to sneak up on him to tear him apart.
Just do what I did. Go your own way. No point in sitting out when the only thing in your way is a prompt giving you no ideas. Use something else as a prompt. Feel free to use my picture above as a prompt if you dare. 🙂
June 7th, 2012 at 2:36 PM
LOL. I’m going to stare at it a little longer. If nothing comes to me, I may take you up on the challenge of using your picture.
June 7th, 2012 at 5:03 PM
‘Bastard was slow, but persistent as a fly on stink.’ I really like that line. So, now this ogre is not only dumb but blind. Next, will he be made deaf as well? Only the fork knows for sure. Well done.
Here’s mine: http://thebradleychronicles.wordpress.com/2012/06/07/flash-fiction-friday-the-gospel/
June 7th, 2012 at 9:09 PM
He only lunged at the eye with the fork, but didn’t actually even get close to taking it out, so the ogre is still a cyclops. Though if this guy is alive to tell the story, the ogre probably wasn’t as lucky in the end.
June 7th, 2012 at 6:53 PM
That was a good idea to continue last week’s story in the absence of inspiration from the photo. It was very well-written – but I still don’t want to meet an ogre.
June 7th, 2012 at 9:12 PM
Thanks, even with the prompts I sometimes go back and continue some of my older pieces if the right prompt happens by. I’ve been trapped in a room by more than one ogre in my time. I actually work with one. Unsavory characters, the lot of ’em.
June 7th, 2012 at 8:25 PM
Gee, I think you need to move! This place must be infested with ogres.
June 7th, 2012 at 9:14 PM
Moving might not be a bad idea. Between the ogres, the trolls, and the other brutes out there, it might be time for him to hang up his hiking boots and retire.
June 7th, 2012 at 9:46 PM
Ogres, brutes and trolls OH MY! Quite a fight scene.
here’s mine: http://www.rochelle-wisoff.blogspot.com/2012/06/wings.html
June 8th, 2012 at 7:23 AM
I would have liked to add more to the fight, but that 100 word limit is a killer.
June 7th, 2012 at 11:27 PM
yay, more tales about that ogre…and a nice one too. Good thing it is slow, gives your character some time to breathe, and look up at blimps – but because of ogres, I guess blimp did not help huh? (see I saw the prompt in there somehwere)
http://writersclubkl.wordpress.com/2012/06/08/friday-fictioneer-spread-your-wings-and-fly/
June 8th, 2012 at 7:24 AM
The only way I would have been able to work the blimp in would be to compare the ogre to a blimp, but I like yours too.
June 8th, 2012 at 12:41 AM
Cool pics–I think that’s exactly how an ogre would draw. 🙂 Good job!
mine: http://www.vlgregory-circa1800.vpweb.com/blog.html
June 8th, 2012 at 7:26 AM
I didn’t even think of that, but you’re right. It does resemble something an ogre would draw. Perhaps I’m an ogre and I didn’t even know it!
June 8th, 2012 at 3:08 AM
Haha, very nice. I love the art, too, way better than mine would have been! http://kaitlinandmichaelbranch.com/2012/06/08/friday-fictioneers-6/
June 8th, 2012 at 7:27 AM
I like to consider the art “cave painting meets webcomic”. You may refer to me as the next Picasso from this day forward. Ok, so not really, but thanks for reading!
June 8th, 2012 at 6:29 AM
Oh my Shrek! He is not having it easy. Truthfully, I also did not like this week’s prompt and could not even tell wether the photo was a blown out balloon or a blimp. I just got to know from from unspywriter that it is an airship. Poor me. I managed to churn out something though, and it is here: http://readinpleasure.wordpress.com/2012/06/08/fridayfictioneers-emily/
June 8th, 2012 at 7:28 AM
You did a good job with a difficult prompt, kudos to you.
June 8th, 2012 at 8:21 AM
And here, i thought all Ogres were like Shrek…this one is a stinker no doubt. I enjoyed reading this
http://boomiebol.wordpress.com/2012/06/07/friday-fictioneer-6812-via-mad/
June 8th, 2012 at 8:31 AM
I find Shrek is the exception to the rule. Ogres are in general an unlikeable bunch of angry hooligans.
June 8th, 2012 at 8:33 AM
nice voice, great pace and an entertaining adventure to boot. Well done sir.
June 8th, 2012 at 8:38 AM
Thanks, Craig. It isn’t easy containing an adventure in 100 words. I could have easily gone way over the limit here.
June 8th, 2012 at 11:00 AM
I like your art! And a winner of an action tale, love the language. I’d forgotten the word ‘scrum’ existed.
Kathy
http://notforallmarkets.wordpress.com/2012/06/08/on-the-bright-side/
June 8th, 2012 at 1:01 PM
Thanks! Scrum isn’t a word I use often, but it seemed to fit here so I went for it.
June 8th, 2012 at 11:49 AM
Your drawing just makes it funnier. I know you’re trying to tell a dark story, but I love this stuff and I find it funny clever and not very dark. I like the story and you should continue this in little 100 spats with more “crude images” to compliment them. It would be an awesome book. Here’s my link: http://remakingme-atiyatownes.blogspot.com/2012/06/friday-fictioneer-jump.html
June 8th, 2012 at 1:05 PM
I’m trying to keep the traveler’s tales more lighthearted than dark. That’s just the kind of story teller I imagine he is. I do like the idea of continuing with his stories and some crude images to go along. I might have to do that.
June 8th, 2012 at 1:05 PM
I like the cartoon and your willingness to join in this week’s postings even though you couldn’t get anything out of the photo prompt.
By the way, was the fork your chosen weapon to fight the ogre?
Just kidding.
Mine’s here: http://logo-ligi.com/2012/06/08/radiant-flight/
June 8th, 2012 at 1:06 PM
When an ogre attacks you from behind, you use whatever is in your hand as a weapon. First hand experience speaking. Oh wait, that wasn’t an ogre, it was my brother. Still, the logic is sound. 🙂
June 8th, 2012 at 1:08 PM
lol
June 8th, 2012 at 3:26 PM
Fun story – Lighter than some of your writing from past weeks – and I love the picture. I think you balance the light with the dark (after all, it is a battle with an ogre…) very well.
http://erinleary.wordpress.com/2012/06/07/flash-friday-fiction-4/
June 8th, 2012 at 5:02 PM
The traveler is more of a lighthearted character. He gets in some pretty sticky situations, but likes to sprinkle in humor when he tells the tales after the fact.
June 8th, 2012 at 11:44 PM
LOL, I have to admit feeling a bit of sympathy for the ogre. And such persistence, ha. He must really have it in for the little fella with a fork. That’s a pretty cool graphic to go with the story, too.
June 9th, 2012 at 8:28 AM
Well, the little fella with a fork did poke one of his eyes out. I’m sure that would be enough to upset any ogre.
June 9th, 2012 at 9:51 AM
There’s a place near where I live with a name suspiciously similar to Chesbrooke – I must go and investigate whether the pub there has had an ogres visiting recently 🙂
June 9th, 2012 at 3:37 PM
That sounds like an interesting idea. Make sure you ask the tough questions! They’ll probably deny the incident ever occurred. Be persistent until they admit everything! The truth must come out!
June 9th, 2012 at 2:03 PM
You may be on to something here with your Ogre series. I can sense a whole slew of characters lurking in the background, waiting to make themselves known to your readers.
Aloha,
Doug
http://ironwoodwind.wordpress.com/2012/06/08/joining-a-murmuration-or-bud-cowarts-view/
June 9th, 2012 at 3:41 PM
I’ve already written a few more with some different characters. Not sure what I’ll do with them yet, but maybe I’ll post a couple more. I’m even considering making it a weekly occurrence (separate from Friday Fictioneers), though I’m not sure on that yet. The hardest part is keeping them at 100 words when there is so much to say. If I keep it up I may have to consider expanding my limit for these ones.
June 9th, 2012 at 5:28 PM
See, this is what holding a grudge does to you. If he’d just let things lie, maybe take stock of his life and ponder the circumstances that led him to loose his eye in the first place he might still be alive. And he might’ve looked good with an eyepatch. Ah, well.
Here’s my entry. Like you, I decided to explore my artistic side.
http://themasterofhisdomain.com/2012/06/09/no-more-shop-talk-100-word-flash-fiction-comic/
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