Explosive Resistance by Linda Jordan

Author:Linda Jordan [Jordan, Linda]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Metamorphosis Press
Published: 2019-06-14T22:00:00+00:00

9

Cady

Cady woke the next morning with a headache. Too much of Joe’s good mead. She made a cup of bee balm and rosehip tea and stood looking out the window at the lake.

The day was crisp, bright and sunny for a fall day. The sun travelled lower in the sky, so the angle of the light was different this part of the year. The light pierced the air in a way it never did in summer. Shining into all the shadows and throwing everything into a kind of clarity.

There was still a lot of activity out on the lake this morning. Deities and spirits. What was that stone in the center of the island? Was it real, could she go out there and touch it?

Probably not. When villagers had gone out fishing in boats, they’d said they could never reach the island. No matter how hard they paddled. It remained unreachable. Sometimes a fog would come up obscuring that entire section of the lake when someone was headed out that way. They’d get lost in the fog and come out days later. Never having found the island.

The deities clearly didn’t want humans to visit there. The vision she’d had was the closest anyone had ever come or was likely to.

She rubbed her face, trying to wake up. Monster wasn’t about. Probably out hunting.

Cady dressed, ate breakfast and decided to walk to the Commons, to see what was up. There was probably some cleaning up to do after last night.

She’d left the party when it was in full swing. As she’d fallen asleep last night, the sound of the music was still going on. It had been quite pleasant to hear as she’d drifted to sleep.

The village was quiet this morning. Most people probably still sleeping. The fires were burnt down, but the large one was still smoking.

Cady picked up three stray mugs and took them inside the commons. The food had been put away, taken care of last night by someone else. There were plenty of dirty dishes.

Cady got some water heating in an ancient electric kettle and put soap and some cool water in a large metal tub. Then more cool water for rinsing in another. When it was ready, she poured boiling water in with the soap. Then scraped all the food scraps into an old plastic compost bucket. Soaked some dishes and began washing the mugs.

She’d done about half the dishes when Gia came through the door.

“Cady, good morning. I thought I’d come clean up. You beat me to it. Here, let me take over. You’ve done enough.”

“Well, I’ve got to do something,” said Cady.

“Here, you dry,” said Gia, handing her a towel. “We’ll need more room on the drying rack. There’s a lot of dishes here.”

Cady began drying the dishes she’d washed.

Gia was glowing, despite such a late night last night.

“Did you have fun last night?” asked Cady.

“It was wonderful,” said Gia.

She must be in love.

“Any part in particular?”

“Oh, the dancing. The dancing was so much fun.

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