Róleg Ferð (Quiet Journey)


Continuing ...of Heroes and the Misunderstood... a Six Sentence Serial story co-written by Clark of The Wakefield Doctrine and myself. Here is the story so far.

With the long straight road now far behind, Isla Sora drove the small hire SUV carefully around the twists and turns and ups and downs of the glacial gravelly road in silence, three rucksacks on the passenger seat to her right; Constantin Szarbo’s frame taking up a lot of the back seat, with Rocco sitting next to him in the corner watching the mist hide and reveal the distant hills and mountains through the window. They approached a side road over on the left with a large yellow sign pointing to Tunglfjőrður, and Isla turned into it.

She drove down a dip in the road, and slowly went through a ford before climbing again on the opposite side, patches of green on either side of the road gradually being replaced by grey shale, stones and boulders. She switched on the music player, and the silence was filled by the relaxing sound of Mozart’s Clarinet Concerto, causing Szarbo to say, ‘silence… concentrate solely on the road… look ahead, the Mooncross complex is in sight.’

Rocco glanced over at Szarbo, but decided to keep quiet, as Isla switched off the music.

The mist came down heavy just as they joined a surfaced road again, so Isla slowed down all the more; the mist took on an oddly sinister-feeling grey glow as they pulled onto the level Mooncross Industries approach road.

Posted for Six Sentence Stories. This week, Denise has chosen Level as the prompt word.

10 responses to “Róleg Ferð (Quiet Journey)”

  1. […] However, most previously from us (in which Rue and Moonbeam drive to Mooncross Headquarters)   and, approaching the location of our Six   …from Tom. […]

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  2. Frank Hubeny avatar

    That mist sounds like it is being generated by Mooncross Industries.

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    1. Tom avatar

      I think it’s just natural, Frank… but it’s best not to put it passed that company!

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  3. messymimi's meanderings avatar

    Nothing good comes out of such a foggy start.

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    1. Tom avatar

      It does seem eerily ominous, Mimi!

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  4. Chris Hall avatar

    Gosh, what’s going to happen now? The fog seems rather worrying…

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    1. Tom avatar

      Maybe it’s from your volcano, Chris! 😄

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      1. Chris Hall avatar

        😱🏃‍♂️🌋

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  5. GirlieOnTheEdge avatar

    “Sinister-feeling grey glow”. Um, yeah, kinda nervous what might be coming next once they get up to, and go into, Mooncross Industries.

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  6. Nicole Horlings avatar

    Meanwhile I find that some music helps me with concentrating on the road, and not letting my mind go totally elsewhere to fill the boredom.

    I love the picture of the road!

    Btw, I caught up with the story through the post on Clark’s blog, and you two have been weaving quite the thrilling tale!

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