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Legendary Fibbing

By Marc OBrienPublished 2 years ago 3 min read
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Janus had a powerful invisible sensation visit reminding the retired Roman God he still had stake in modern day activity down where the gulf and stream met. Knowing the two-faced character was imprisoned to unseen clutches due to an intellectual coup centuries ago the magical commander usually gets what it wants.

“There is an extravagant kid down there named Luis who in a second could produce a fib that sounded like the truth,” the voice over rambled.

“You mean a Carotare?” Janus wanted clarification about the story telling legend strategy.

“No, Janus,” a thunderous bolt answered, “Carotari, he considers himself a winner and it is only due to the letter “I” in the fibbing exercise!”

Janus put his two faces together in thought, “In this giving season shouldn’t Luis be defined by the letter ‘U’?” He pondered wanting to be released from his creative captivity. ’

Not being amused by the comment a star designed pointed finger showed him direction he should be headed, “your one face is now called Hal and the other is now named Dale, go down there and open some doors for young Luis.”

Moments later the Hal and Dale façade appeared in a garden setting receiving thirst from the gulf and stream, “yes I am free,” Janus felt despite having two other characters control the action, “out of the money but free.” A ‘I heard that” lightning strike sent a message from above, “I forgot to tell you, "The sound bellowed, “you are a starter and have an option to do claiming.”

“You mean I can say whatever I want, claiming anything?”

Suddenly rain fell resulting in soaking the area leaving a cooled down freshness,

“Show me, what are you smokin Jay?" Hal and Dale heard a question asked in the distance.

“Dale, that must be Luis,”

And Dale replied, “actually it is Saez, Luis’ other name.”

“I am not smokin anything, Saez,” Jay told him, “Here let me show you, it is this Trappezoid bottle that keeps my spirits up.”

“Thats good stuff,” Hal mentioned to Dale.

“It makes you have double takes,”

In the same way Luis was a two time in a row success his other name Saez was a back-to-back winner, and this meant they lived in Brasstown, a short distance from the garden.

Due to the afternoon delight featuring Trappezoid double shots Saez was feeling festive acting like a three-year-old who never gave up at anything.

“Luis,” clamored Saez, “I have a tale to tell you.”

“Is it true or a carotari?” Luis inquired wanting to know if it was fib.

“Oh, it's about a hero tiger in the place where I just came from,” Saez boasted, “I just saved him.”

“Well, I did something special before you rescued that tiger,” Luis through his chips into the conversation.

Packing up inside Janus’ head Hal and Dale agreed that their mission was complete, “we gave our option to claim anything to Saez and made Luis show his prideful daily deed,” Hal said.

“And everybody is happy, and we are done here,” Dale agreed.

When Janus returned home, he quickly returned mending fences and securing gates. Clouds came out of nowhere interrupting his work, “So,” a wind gust blurted approaching the former supreme being, “did you have a blessed journey,”

“Truthfully, sir,” Janus replied, “I am still out of the money, but I did give the option to claim anything to Saez and this made Luis boast a prideful boast.”

“You made that happened? Fantastic work,” the breeze remarked “you are not bragging with carotare by telling me a fib, are you Janus?”

“Well,” Janus was being honest and stated, “I keep options to claim anything stored away for a rainy day.”

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Marc OBrien

Barry University graduate Marc O'Brien has returned to Florida after a 17 year author residency in Las Vegas. He will continue using fiction as a way to distribute information. Books include "The Final Fence: Sophomores In The Saddle"

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