Prompt 9 (The Snowmen) : Destiny City has no shortage of creatives looking to take advantage of the snowfall, so the snowmen popping up around the city are not so surprising, themselves. It’s how often you keep seeing the same snowman. Maybe someone’s making identical snowmen across the city, but there’s just something off about it. Sometimes the same snowman will be facing a different direction than when you last looked at it, or maybe it’s moved altogether. Sometimes in what seems like the blink of an eye. It never moves while you’re watching it, but when your eyes aren’t on it, there’s no telling what might happen. It could be someone playing a prank on you, but why? And how are they getting away with it? The snowmen can’t be moving on their own, right? It doesn’t help that when the weather warms a bit and they begin to melt, they morph into hideous, frightening monstrosities. Somehow, even those seem to be stalking you, right until they completely melt and disappear.
As they exited the coffee shop, Selena held her hot cup of peppermint mocha as if it was a lifeline.
Warmth against the cold of winter she took a sip of it and immediately felt the tension in her shoulders release. "Honestly, 'd have to agree with my cousin. This is probably the best coffee I'd had in a long time." Any worries she had been dwelling on these last few weeks had simply melted away as if spring was already upon them.
Selena turned an inquisitive eye toward her friend, noting how her gait seemed to have a bit more added pep in her step. "How was your drink?" she asked curiously.
