Diamonds under African skies, part 1: An unlikely mission

[hypatia-66.livejournal.com]

Short Affair challenge, 26 March 2018. Prompts: gloom, brown

A journey takes the UNCLE agents to a Garden of Eden with attendant serpent (a bird snake?)…

With no roads to speak of in the wilds of Africa and no direction signs; with streams and rivers to cross without bridges; with always a nagging fear of breakdown miles from anywhere – as with shipwrecked mariners at sea, if you find anyone in that situation you stop to help.

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Comments

[laurose8.livejournal.com]

Great start. I savour the beginning - The elderly vehicle was cranky, and its gears tended to jam. Illya, a kindred spirit and master of the double-declutch. I do hope there's more of this.

[hypatia-66.livejournal.com]

Thank you, glad you liked that line. I'm working on ideas about what happened next...

[jantojones.livejournal.com]

Oooooh, you've already got me hooked. I can't wait to find out what is going on.

[hypatia-66.livejournal.com]

Thanks ... Me too, actually.

[mrua7.livejournal.com]

Excellent beginning!!!

[hypatia-66.livejournal.com]

Thanks, I need all the encouragement I can get! I'm getting the glimmerings of where to take this...