NaraMoore ⛩️👻八尺様👻⛩️ at Fedi<p><a href="https://sakurajima.moe/tags/TimeTravelAuthors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TimeTravelAuthors</span></a> 06/07 Saturday excerpt <a href="https://sakurajima.moe/tags/Focus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Focus</span></a><br><a href="https://sakurajima.moe/tags/TimeTravelingGhost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TimeTravelingGhost</span></a> Part 10</p><p>The ghost and the boy walked through the waking streets of London, threading their way through the bustle of people getting ready for the day. Periodically, they heard shouts of Merry Christmas and other holiday salutations.</p><p>Ghost led the way through poor back-alley streets, past mean penny-a-day inns and crowded tenements. But she never hesitated. As long as she focused, he knew where the Cratchits lived. Arriving at a run-down house, the Ghost stopped.</p><p>“What’s your name, boy?” Ghost asked. It seemed silly to keep calling him “boy.”</p><p>“David, sir, if it pleases you, sir. David Copperfield.”</p><p>Ghost nodded, not being well-read. He didn’t recognize the name. She knew enough ghost lore to know the story “A Christmas Carol,” but there were no ghosts in “David Copperfield.”</p><p>“This is what you do, David. Knock on the door and say you have a message from Mr. Scrooge. Say he has had a change of heart, and a generous present will soon arrive. Lastly, say that Mr. Scrooge could not pay you to deliver the message, but he was sure the Cratchits would share a meal with you. You can add that line, ‘I’m so hungry,’ if you like. You do it very well. It would melt a heart of stone.”</p><p>“And you, sir. Surely you won’t run off now. I shall sorely miss you if you do.” David grabbed at Ghost’s hands, but it was like trying to catch the morning mist.</p><p>“I must; I have someone to find,” Ghost said and closed her eyes, imagining a new place and time. A woman’s name popped into her head. “I will visit her.”</p><p>Q: Who did Ghost think of, i.e., where shall we go next?</p><p><a href="https://sakurajima.moe/tags/MicroFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MicroFiction</span></a> <a href="https://sakurajima.moe/tags/NMPrompts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NMPrompts</span></a> <a href="https://sakurajima.moe/tags/NMTTA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NMTTA</span></a> <a href="https://sakurajima.moe/tags/CharlesDickens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CharlesDickens</span></a> <a href="https://sakurajima.moe/tags/pastiche" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pastiche</span></a> <a href="https://sakurajima.moe/tags/AChristmasCarol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AChristmasCarol</span></a> <a href="https://sakurajima.moe/tags/DavidCopperfield" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DavidCopperfield</span></a> <a href="https://sakurajima.moe/tags/Poll" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Poll</span></a></p>