Freewrite: sunset

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I didn't know we had a wind-chime. Now, it's chiming like hell. The air was dead a minute ago.

Maybe it's one of the rats shaking the chime. No, it couldn't be a rat. How could a rat get up that high? It's not even windy in the trees.

The sun set a few hours ago. This is the only candle I could find. The torches are all dead. Did you want to go out and check with our only candle?

No, I'd better not. If it goes out, I don't know – how many matches do we have left?

We have some methylated spirits in the bathroom. You could douse a towel and wrap it around the broomstick. Tiki torch.

Sure. No, that's a bad idea. We should save the methylated spirits for cooking, if we need to cook later.

We have a few staples – dried soy, dried lentils, dried chickpeas, dried split peas. Fabulous. How long will it take to boil them?

I guess we'll just have to leave them in the water for a few days. Is the water still running? Great. What about the hot? Yes – looks like. Hey – the gas is working. Of course the gas is still working. Yes, for now. Do you think they pump it with electricity? It can't last forever.

We can cook some lentils, they should only take twenty minutes to boil.

It's so hot. I wish the fan worked.

Here, there's soda water in the fridge.

I don't know, I don't think we should open the fridge. We need to keep the cold preserved.

Is your phone out of juice?


This is a five-minute freewrite based on the prompt sunset.