Round 1 – Tip the Scales

Will this new short passing attack tip the scales in their favor?

There’s always a way…you just have to keep trying…until you find it.

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Round 2 – Woven Fate

The expedition had been long and arduous. They finally reached their goal – the sacred tapestry of Caerbannog.

Their fate was woven into the folds of the cloth, but they could not rtell since they could not read it.

The rabbit showed them…

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Round 3 – Temple of Morality

The foolish search for a single answer, but none will be had. The temple of morality is different for everyone.

It may take half a lifetime to discover this.

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Round 4 – Shifting Constellations

The ancients looked to the heavens to find their way in navigation. Sometimes, they did not get to where they thought they would, since the constellations were shifting in ways seldom seen.

Time for a new paradigm.

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Round 5 – Counting the Days

He read the letter again, which was normal since he received so few at the front. “We’re counting the days until you come home, darling!”

Would they be so anxious to see him if they knew what the war had done to him?

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Round 6 – Built Upon a Pyre

Local legend had it that the house where everyone thought witches lived was built upon a funeral pyre of the town’s founders.

No one ventured close to the house. That was how the witches liked it.

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Round 7 – Amongst the Shadows

She always noticed him amongst the shadows. Her fear grew more urgent every time she walked past the coffee house.

The sounds of the Police wafted in the air. That was no help at all.

He was no stalker, just painfully shy.

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Round 8 – Consumed by Pride

He dropped her boyfriend’s body at her feet. He felt she would finally see that it was he who loved her. However, she recoiled in fear.

“How could you be so consumed by pride and envy that you could do such a thing?”

He had no words.

The sirens wailed.

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Round 9 – Penance Paid in Blood

The gambler knelt before the crime lord, groveling for his life. He knew tht his debt would eventually catch up to him.

“Stand,” said the mobster. “I am not going to kill you. Your penance will be paid in blood.”

From then on, he was known as Lefty.

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Round 10 – Gates of Hades

I knew I had been a bad boy. I ignored the warnings. It turns out they were right.

I approach the gates of Hades with trepidation. I expected eternal damnation. I did not expect to find this guy here.

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Encore Round 1 – Velvet Malevolence

I have always used the term “passive aggression” tfor the a-holes in my life. I always felt the term was missing something.

Thanks to #SlamWords, I now have a romantic term for it: “Velvet Malevolence.”

Thank you.

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Encore Round 2 – Bound in Red Thread

“Look, Detective – another victim bound in red thread.”

“You know what this means, Johnson – We’re obviously looking for someone skilled in petit point.”

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Encore Round 3 – 2 Coins Short

The successful investment banker still rode the subway to work every morning. His intern was curious – why no town car like the others?

“I still remember when I was 2 coins short for a subway ride, son,” he explained. “This keeps me humble.”

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Encore Round 4 – Devine Departure

The ultimate goal of the devout is devine departure, leaving the cares of Earthly existence behind for a blessed eternity.

Many will find that since they used the teachings instead of following them, a different eternity awaits.

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Encore Round 5 – Medusa’s Sorrow

The power that Medusa had was a blessing, or so she thought in the beginning. She could dispatch her enemies with simply a glance.

It turned into Medusa’s sorrow when she had smitten everyone, and she was alone.

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Encore Round 6 – The Stars Wept

Every evening, looking off into the distance.

Every evening, her beloved did not arrive.

The stars wept with her.

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Encore Round 7 – Deliverance

Contrary to popular belief, you don’t hear the theme to Deliverance everywhere you go where I live.

At least in the urban areas…

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Encore Round 8 – Sweet Release

This was a lot more work than I thought it would be. A lot more expensive, too.

But nothing beats the sweet release at the end of the evening.

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Encore Round 9 – Come What May

How often to you see some defiant person use the term “come what may” and not be prepared for what comes?

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Encore Round 10 – Just One Night

It was just one night. One chance encounter. One momentary lapse of reason.

Come what may, we are forever bonded.

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