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Murder Knocks Thrice by MzEspoir(f): 5:31pm On Aug 18, 2015
The voice of the men were loud in the dark night. To any passerby, they were speaking gibberish, but the men understood themselves only too well. A short, wiry man stepped away from the circle and into the middle. 'I welcome you brothers to the brotherhood of life. In this gathering, we have a stranger. Step forward.' Another man left the circle. He was almost twice as tall as the other man, with a well proportioned body. He stopped before the other man, who was the leader. Unlike the other men, he wasn't dressed in a scarlet robe with purple sash. Instead, he was dressed in a black t-shirt and faded black jeans. The leader beckoned to someone in the circle, and a lanky man stepped forward. From somewhere wu his robe, he produced a small nylon. He handed it over to the leader and promptly bent himself. The leader climbed unto his back, not without great difficulty. He opened the nylon and brought out a piece of chalk, similar to what the igbos call nzu. With this he drew a crescent on the other man's forehead. Then he climbed down, again with great difficulty. The man that was bent straightened himself, and the leader handed him a stone knife from the nylon. Looking squarely at the new initiate, he slashed a line across his left palm. Hr handed the knife to the new initiate and motioned for him to do the same. The initiate hesitated, then did the same. Then the other man clasped his hand in a death grip and their blood pooled together. The initiate tried to pull his hand away but the other man's grip was too strong. After a while, the leader said, 'Welcome to The Brotherhood of Life. That...', he pointed to the other man with a slashed palm '...is your brother.' France looked solidly at his 'brother' his palms hurt and did the man have to hold his hand so hard? He studied him, taking in his one glass eye and slightly-rugged-around-the edges features. He said stoically, 'I need a favor'

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Re: Murder Knocks Thrice by Twaci(f): 11:06am On Sep 02, 2015
You do have nice story lines dear and i love the way u inject animation into every character. You are really good, keep it up.

But do work on your punctuations and paragraphing, its important.

Try to update more, especially on "The darkest shade of blue".
Re: Murder Knocks Thrice by Akposb(m): 8:44am On Sep 03, 2016
Good morning, decided to check on this as per request.
Sist, you have a good grip of the language but you really need to use your punctuation and paragraph to ensure a proper structuring of your work. Also your plot and story formation matter a lot and also you need to decide on the form you want your story to take.
Read more on creative writings and if you think you really want to do this never give up.

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