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Student and Master (Retro Music Challenge)

Thayde looked up. “It’s too hard!” he complained, flexing his fingers in and out in a strenuous motion.

“That’s because you’re not thinking of it right. You’ve got to respect it – it’s a kind of magic,” the Master snapped.

Thayde held the weak ball of luminescence in his palm before it blinked out, grunting with frustration. The Master tutted.

“Argh! This is so useless! Why can’t you teach me something worth knowing, like immortality or something?” Thayde said, creasing his brow in anger.

“Ah, Thayde. you have much to learn. That is the path of darkness; and besides, who wants to live forever?” his Master said, waving a finger in the air. A spark jumped out of it. “Oops. Anyway, any Student whose ever tried it has ended up failing – in a deadly way.”

“What about ‘81?”

“He still got destroyed a little later. You see, that Student was on the dark side to begin with. He was like Icarus – broken wings, with no one to help him on his fall.”

Thayde sighed. “Whatever…”

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Student and Master (Retro Music Challenge)
Stovohobo
Posted 4 months ago

You gotta give me credit for not actually living in the 80s. Eh? A little extra comments, p’raps?
=)
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Ana Cristina
Posted 4 months ago

Awesome! Small grammatical correction – where you write “whose ever,” it should read “who’s ever” instead.
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Student and Master (Retro Music Challenge)
Ana Cristina
Posted 4 months ago

Oh, and props for writing this while not actually having been alive in the 80’s. Coulda fooled me!
Student and Master (Retro Music Challenge)
.:band baby:.
Posted 4 months ago

nice job. I liked it. =). but i’m in the same boat as you, I wasn’t alive in the 80’s.
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SKermitgorf
Posted 4 months ago

i was and don’t know those songs lol. props to you stovo for a coherent fantasy .. Yoda/Luke skywalker type situation.
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Student and Master (Retro Music Challenge)
Capital "W" Writer (LoA's Geekus Awesomeus)
Posted 4 months ago

Nice job. I like the Icarus reference, and you can never go wrong with Queen.
Student and Master (Retro Music Challenge)
Eckhouse
Posted 4 months ago

To not have been born in the eighties, you did well to pick one of the songs (“Broken Wings”) that could ver well be said to define the eighties sound. Nice!
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Student and Master (Retro Music Challenge)
Jenunique
Posted 4 months ago

Excellent job! I like the fantasy spin on the eighties.
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THX 0477
Posted 4 months ago

Hooray, hooray, hooray for Queen. I almost used all Queen songs for mine. And not just any Queen but slightly more obscure Queen even. Very nice, and a neat interaction on top it, a moment not usually depicted, the struggling dark apprentice.
Student and Master (Retro Music Challenge)
Trying to Blend
Posted 4 months ago

Awesome!
Student and Master (Retro Music Challenge)
Saint Chuck
Posted 4 months ago

This coming from another person not alive in the 80s…very nice, this could definetly become a sequel.
Student and Master (Retro Music Challenge)
judee4u2
Posted 4 months ago

I lived through the 80’s and I like your story. I was thinking you would use “Abracadabra” at any moment. Great magical story.