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moderately methodical @melinda010100 provides the prizes: 10 HIVE and 400 POINTS!!! feel free to join me in thanking her profusely.
the other day i was taking a morning walk along the beach when i came upon a creature i had never seen before. as is my nature i approached him or her
(i don't know which let's just call it spiky) for a chat and a photo.
but spiky wasn't looking well. so i asked
-hi. are you okay? you look like you need some help.
-no i am feeling very out of sorts.
-well you are out of the water for one thing, shall i help you back in?
-no i am taking the sun. i heard it was the best source of vitamin d.
-vitamin d! what do you want that for?
-i heard it was protecting against covid
-COVID?? aren't you some kind of fish?
-last month i was a perfectly normal fish. you see all these spikes all over me,
well that's what happened when i got covid. this fish variant is really bad.
now i look more like a porcupine so i am trying to get vitamin d.
but it is not looking good i may soon take my last breath.
-well i hope it works. say, would you mind if i took your photo?
ouch. i shouldn't have said that. it was so insensitive, what was i thinking? this poor thing is in dire straits and crazy me wants to take a photo...
-sorry, i shouldn't have said that. i was very unkind of me.
luckily spiky wasn't affected at all by my cruel remark. on the contrary it seemed to lighten the dismal mood.
-nobody ever asked me that before. what will you do with the photo?
-well you see, there is this shadow photo contest i host on ecency and you and
your shadow would be perfect for it. i doubt anybody could guess what is
making the shadow.
-no, probably not. it would be hard to guess. are you the judge of the contest?
-no each week i search for new photos and new judges.
-i've never done anything like that before. so i will make you a deal. you can
take the photo as long as you promise to use it in the contest and let me be
the judge. you can consider it granting me my last wish.
-i am sorry to meet you under such somber circumstances but i would be
truly honored to have both you and your unique shadow in the contest. i wish
we could have met in some other way.
-our paths would never have crossed. i have had a good life with no regrets and
this will be a fitting quietus. now i am dying to see what people guess i am.
and so it was. but then...
tuesday morning
-judge spiky, are you still with us? we have a problem.
-i'm on my last breath here. what happened?
-somebody guessed correctly but they replied past the deadline. What to do?
-somebody really guessed it?! amazing! well what are the rules?
-there's only one rule: Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.
please live by it at least until midnight June 28th.
-the way it is written the deadline is a request so i would say the do unto others... rule applies and we also must follow it. is there some special celebration when somebody gets it right?
-we always have a parade but it takes time to organize that
-just see what you can do. a little parade is sufficient given the circumstances. it would be a fine send-off for me also. it is nice to know somebody got it right in the end.
-goodbye spiky
so here are the results
4 HIVE to @ninahaskin for: It appears to be the top part (truncated tail & dorsal fin) of some strange sea creature fish with its sharp porcupine-like scales sticking up all over the place!🐡🦔🐟
i am not posting the other replies because there is too much context that would disappear and should not be missed. so this is only a list of prizes. check out all the great replies and follow-up comments in the original post here: @eolianpariah/announcing-the-18th-guess-the
1 +1 HIVE for reply + engagement to:
@nineclaws
1 HIVE each to:
@darguin3
@failingforward
@nathen007
@plint
100 POINTS each to:
@corvidae
@diebitch
@sofs-su
@omaira74
and last but not least a long awaited venwood prize 3 HIVE to:
@moretea
edit: i was totally grief stricken with the the passing of spiky and i forgot to mention there was a nomination to @pixresteemer for close guess:
@sketch.and.jam
that's it for now
remember to join in the new contest which has already begun here:
@eolianpariah/announcing-the-19th-guess-the
and since you're in the neighborhood check out the other great contests:
@melinda010100/shadow-hunters-contest-round-176
@annephilbrick/reflection-hunters-contest-round-23
it wouldn't be right to close without mentioning our generous sponsors:
@hive-179017 @ecency @taskmanager @pixresteemer @apnigrich @galenkp