NEWBIE/PLANKTON/REDFISH SUPPORT CONTEST-300 STEEM POWER FOR GRABS
When I first joined steemit, I was so eager. I tried to do everything and even some things that I didn't understand, I gave attention. Those were the plankton days; the frustration and desperation for attention whipping one from one contest to another, one whale post to another, one discord server to another.
It was a rollercoaster ride and some of the choices I made in that time paid off and today I am pushing forward with the support of communities, friends, beautiful souls and other wildlings like me.
I did a challenge in my first two weeks on the platform. It failed woefully. I knew nothing about discord, communities, Resteems, etc. I was still thinking facebook then. I have learnt my lesson and I like to believe that I have come a long way from that naive young man.
I am not where I want to be, I hope to get to a place where I can never beg for a job again, where I can be able to impact the lives of the people around me and the community that suckled and catered for me; I mean my hometown, Warri, Delta State, Nigeria. I hope to be free to be whoever I want to be.
In 4 months and some weeks, I have managed to gather 500sp. It is not much compared to the sp of whales, orcas and dolphins out there but it is mine, I sweated for it and I love seeing it each time I open my wallet. I love that feeling of euphoria that comes when I upvote a post and see it rise from 0.001 to 0.090. It gives me so much joy to so effect change on someone's post.
Yet I want to give it all away. Yes, you heard me. I am giving away my sp for a month to some special steemian.
Presently I have delegated 150sp out. 100sp will be returned by Thursday next week but I will still delegate that one to a project I am setting up. What is remaining is approximately 350sp. Not much I know but for a steemian with sp below 100, it would make some difference.
I will therefore be delegating a total of 300sp out to 3 lucky steemians for one month. Why am I doing this? Well those with the sp to make a difference have decided that delegating to bidbots is a loftier goal and good business sense. It is now left for the little guys to take care of themselves. So this is this little guy helping you along.
To qualify to get this small token from me, there are certain things we must do;
- Write in not more than 180 words, a piece of flash fiction using this picture by @adam.tran as the prompt. If the words go beyond 180, your piece will be disqualified.
- Drop the story in the comment section below. Do not drop links. If you want, you can make your story into a post so you can get some upvotes too.
- Resteem this post for visibility.
- Read, upvote and comment on one comment/story you find interesting among the ones dropped.
- Only contestants upvotes will count.
- Do not upvote you own comment.
- The contest will end when the post payout day reaches.
PS: Upvotes will not affect the judges' decision. I want you to interact among yourselves; simple.
Only those with sp below 100 are eligible to participate in this contest. If you have sp, both delegated and undelegated above 100sp, you do not qualify to participate.
If you have been powering down your sp so you can sell and despite months or years of using the platform, your sp is below 100, you do not qualify to participate either.
- First place: 100 sp
- Second place: 100sp
- Third place: 100 sp
- Comment/story with highest upvote: 2sbd
The contest will be judged by myself, @warpedpoetic and @djoi.
Once again, I apologize for the little quantity of steem power in this contest. I can only hope that those who win, find some use for it which will grow their accounts, no matter how small the growth is.
May the muses gift you with inspiration.
We can get together at any of the servers below, just by clicking on the banners.
A STORMY RAIN ON MY SISTER’S WEDDING DAY.
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After the holy matrimony has been done in the church, we all left for the venue of the reception, for this is a time I have been waiting for. I and my friend moved as fast as possible, in other to get a good sitting position. After some minutes of our arrival, the reception began. I could not resist the presence of the fuji artist but shake my head to his melodious songs despite the fact that I was eating. All of a sudden, the sky began to change, the sun began to lose its power to the cloud and the wind began to blow. Everybody began to run ether skeeter looking for save place to hide. The most annoying part was how I lose my brand new cap to the wind. The rain begin with a very heavy wind, the canopies could not withstand the force of the wind but surrendered to it. By then, the rain had full access to us
I will get a new cap for you, don't worry about the one you lost to the wind.
This is why you are on my list of favorite steemians! Such a great act of kindness!!! Much love! Good luck to all who enter! So far there are some creative minds brewing up some nice little stories!!! Again good luck to everyone who enters this contest!!!
@warpedpoetic has been great, awesome since I met him.
Thank you @charisma777, I am just trying to give back.
The sky rumbled severely momentarily leaving behind heart sickening flashes....
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I darted up the stairs like lightening with ears like that of a rabbit; sure i heard a scream! Couldn't be mistaken whatsoever!....
Help, she cried!!!
Oh no! "Fred" i gasped.... Not her!
It was a familiar figure; freckled but firm
"get the hell off my sister; you old hag"
"shut the hell up" he barked
Bang! came the thud that had him sprawled across the floor...
Arrrhh!!! he groaned; there, i clutched the knife intensely and dang!!! buried it deep in his abdomen.....
A sharp cry emerged; lasted just a second then "thump" came the sound, everything went numb.
Liquid wasn't omitted or would i rather call it blood? It splattered as i dipped a foot to get across.
There she sat trembling from fear, her garment adorned in shreds.... She smelled sour.
"it's gone" she mumbled in tears
I slid a finger between; and off it came with some stain....
She Was "DEFILED"
Knock! Knock! Knock!
Guess that's the "law"
Where were you when the devil lurked around?
😥😥 Why? Why?
Life's been so unfair to a lot of people @lightoj
I know! There's just too many struggles in the world today.
Most definitely; we tend to have more increase on a daily basis
We need to help ourselves! Be aware of people around us! Most people hides their imperfections, because of shame!
Truth is 85% of people barely have the opportunity to voice out their pain......... They end up being trampled upon continuosly; but then there's a limit to what they can take because they finally get to loose "tolerance" and just then, you will realize the law exists...... It will come knocking; demanding to know the reason behind the chaos 😢
One thing about abuse is, the victims hardly open up for fear of shame. But the abuser screams at the slightest opposition.
The old hag got what he deserved
Sure he did, though he pushed the innocent girl into the hands of the law
Oooh! What an experience
It's sad
Stories like this are one of reasons I do say 'men are scum'
I loved what he did to the hag..
He sure deserves it..
Mainwhile I love the story @joyart.
I even wished it was longer.l, because I would like to know what happened next, if the victim got healed by moving on or she became reticent after that situation. And did she hated men after that?
Thanks dear for showing your appreciation...... I might not be opportuned to complete the story, however let's hope they'll be some other contest, where I'll get to finish up.
Put you can make it a post on your blog..
It's allowed, and we would love to read that.
Uhmmm.... I'll look out for that
If only he arrived on time😥...
There's always an if😢
We've been running from the guards for hours , my feet were already sore from the unforgiving blisters that remind me that my footwear is way past undergoing countless repairs. A raid of one the dwellings of the affluent will be sure to fix that situation.
I'm so caught up in my anger infested melodrama raging a war inside me that I almost bump into some of my fellow running mates who had taken a break from our race for life to examine the grandeur before us. 'Well, well, what have we here?' I think triumphantly.
I had always heard tales about affluent estates, never really laid eyes on one before. But here it is before me, in all its finery, the barricades were of the intricate gold plated designs, it's tents were of the finest tent material, the grasses here looks greener and even the heavens shines down on them in seeming approval. We're going to wipe that hypocritically pious smirk off all their faces. 'Let's find a way in!' I called.
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Nice.
But, the reputation issue though.
It has been removed. Thanks @afolwalex
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RUN
Suddenly, the car swerved into a very big camp. The stout man on the wheel drove in, passing through many checkpoints, all I saw were nothing but strange happenings, the clouds became so bright, my vision was beclouded by the men on black.
How fast we scaled through all those checkpoints back there, still marvel my feeble heart. At this point, my blood pressure can pass for a cardiac arrest patient. I began to wonder where we are headed to?
Meanwhile, amidst this trembling feelings, we arrived a magnificent bungalow, and the car came to a halt. I knew that was our terminus ad quem (final destination), I was too scared to ask what I was doing there? But for the innate courage that advised me couple of times to RUN! but, couple of times did I fail to heed.
My gaze caught the awesomeness of its natural environs. In my admiration I received a thunderous slap, lying helplessly on the floor, I was dragged into a camp tent. Then and there, I realized: I should have RUN.
This is lovely man, as I read through fear gripped me too, the fear could pass for a cardiac arrest patient.
Thanks man, you are very funny, better run for your life now, before you receive a Thunderous slap.
You should have run for your life.
I would have run for my life, yes, but I didn't know where to run to, and I didn't know why I was abducted too, running wasn't a bad idea at all, but it could have been dangerous, owing to the fact that I was in great doubt. I held on to this Latin dictum when I am in doubt, "in dubio non agere", which means "In doubt do not act".
I think the thunderous slap was your reward for not running.
I was like a little lamb being led to the slaughter house to be killed, there was no escape root.
Ohh I see..
But don't you think miracles do happens?
I believe in miracles bro, as a matter of fact, there was a part of the story I scraped out, due to the rule of not writing more than 180 words. A great miracle happened towards the tail end of the story that emancipated me.
Ohh okay, you right. I get.
But you can still make it a fiction on your blog too.
I was like a little lamb being led to the slaughter house to be killed, there was no escape root.
Wow! I love the story. You had my full attention still the end. Didn't see this earlier... I tempted to ask some questions though...
Thanks for reading, you are free to ask questions please.
Reading through you story and comments , running wasn't an option for he had no idea where he was at that moment. Your story sound like a sci-fi movie or war- like movies. How did he get to the camp sef? Was he kidnapped?
Yes, I was kidnapped. I got into the camp in a tinted SUV jeep.
You was? Lol
The story is not about you, is it?
Yes, is about me, read again and you will realize that I was reporting the ordeal I went through in the hands of my abductors.
Wow.... Ever shared the story?
We set out for our mission with the hope to be back as million-naira, life has been so unfortunate for me and my friend, so we decided to take a step to riches and a stop to poverty.
We had set a plan to rub one of the richest man In our community, just waiting for the arrival of my friend to get to my house, just then I heard the horn of my friend bike, in no time I jumped on the bike then we set off, reaching the man house, we followed our plan map, then we got to the seating room, in no time everyone lied on the ground a big bag is set in our front, just then one of his son tried playing smart by calling the cops, seeing him I tried to pull the trigger, I heard a knock on the door of my tent it my same friend in my dream, wake up sleepy head it already morning.
Hahaha! 😂😂 You truly need to wake up before you commit a murder
Yes bro, my friend help me
Smiles.... Wake up bro
Already wake bro, thanks to my friend
lol... Nice one.. Your friend saved you
True man, thanks to my friend, if not for him I would have been a murderer by now, having a heavy heart all the days of my life
Good one
Thanks brother.
I love this your story
Thanks
I love reading your story everyday
It's worth everyday reading, cos I also read it everyday too
I wished you didn't wake up.
I would loved to know what happened, if you went on with the robbery and were you caught ?
The story is hilarious..
Thanks for reading, I would have love to continue but it only beyond 180 words
Yeah, I get.
Can't go beyond 180words..
It a suspense story
Good one nice story
Thanks bro, glad you liked the story
Na wa .. You should come tell me moonlight tales story.. The story was sweet and real
Thanks love
They tied her unto the Crux as she struggled. She tried mumbling behind the cloth which was wrapped over her mouth. She wanted to let him know the truth. She stared at him hoping he could read the message in her eyes, but Mark did not seem to understand, he didn't care.
It was time. They had searched, slaughtered and waited for the purest of all to lift the curse that was on Krypton till that day.
The sky as bright as the sun itself,could not be looked upon. The Sun was breaking through the atmosphere, and time here seemed to be in it's final moments.
Every other procedure was successfully carried out but one more thing was to be done.
Mark was summoned, though he had dwelled with them all his life he believed this was just a Myth. Stripped naked with detailed instructions, he approached the crux with a dagger in his hands.
Darkness flashed,blood on the crux.
Mark was on his knees,he was part of the key.
The fire that consumed them finally brought balance to Krypton.
What's the source of the fire 🔥? Is it a mysterious fire?
I might have to give you a brief summary of the story... Ermmm it's not a mysterious fire actually. You can say dark magic was involved too. For the record, the characters in this story are not earthly beings.
This is our new home. Our camp... believed to be fortified with the spell of a supposed thousand years old witch, Gwen, who lives amongst us now. My father, the king found her when we went into the woods to hunt one faithful afternoon, how she did it no one could tell but she ensured my father became restless with the help of her magic till we found her lying in the pool of her own blood. When we brought her home, many wondered what vicious animal could have attacked a human like this...while the physician attended to her wounds. News of death awakes us in the middle of the night and before morning hundreds of our people had died. With similar marks, a bite in the neck. What kind of creature could have done this? The King asked... Gwen, who has just regained her consciousness answered "Vampires".. She told us what to do and casted her spell to surround us.. Now, as the clouds began to form and sun about to set, The night awaits!! Will her magic work????
Interesting story
😂 Do you think it will work?
Probably
😁😁 That's a good guess
Lol.... You'd all have to become magicians if her spell doesn't work
We don't know magic?? 😂😂😂
Eyaaa.... Den get prepared to perish 😂😂😂
We have woods, we will stake them and fight till our last drop of blood! 💪💪
Wood - magic =?
Haha😂😂😂 just rest in peace bro
🤔🤔
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It will work, I believe
You have faith, Wow! Such bravery is awesome! But don't you think there should be another alternative
good one, it will probably work
The magic will definitely work.
This story reminds me of a movie... Well written... Shall we get the remaining part later?
Maybe, If motivated! 😂😂
Hello, everyone. I won!!! 👏👏👏 Thanks to all of you. I'm grateful to @warpedpoetic I've received the 100SP and 2SBD price. Yaaaaaaaaaay!!! Thanks everyone I'm grateful..