VISUAL PROMPT
by designerleap @ instagram.com/designerleap

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From Sea To Dunes Of Sand
This all started when I, a simple clerk in the Private department of Auctions and sales wanted to go to some unexplored places of the world, where no one had set foot and knew about, to check about if all the mysteries and tales of the same are true or not. Although I managed to completely convince my family and was about to quit my job, but got the issue resolved and received a complete vacation instead. Now the main question was how will I prepare and how will the conditions of the places be, because whatever was written was from the old days back and no evidence of the truth of the mysteries or tales existed. Still I was determined to completely tackle, adapt and inspired to survive the situations. After this, another thing was my means of transport, I began to decide what tranport will I use to go to those particular place, because some were situated in dry deserts whereas some were in the merry and beautiful coasts, which finally gave me an idea of making a completely different and unique type of ship, which will host the capability of flight, swimming as well as get the gift of wheels to be driven on roads. It had all the safety gadgets and features in it and was designed while keeping all aspects in mind. At the final execution of the ship, which I named “**The Mystery Slayer**”, there were multiple failures and I tried to fix it a hundred times, still giving the same issue again and again. Even after replacing the parts, there was no success. It was more like the ship was not running and indicating that I shouldn’t be going on this trip. But my determination didn’t stop and I continued to work, finally achieving the victory and getting it set up and giving it the first ignition and starting it properly. When it was the time to bid farewell to my whole family, it felt like the last journey of me, all the eyes were filled with tears and all the faces had that gloom. But along with it was a prayer on everyone’s tongue. That prayer gave me a totally new determination and promise of returning back with victory of either visiting those places or proving the mysteries wrong. Then came a kid from the crowd and gave me something secretly, telling me to open and use it only when I was in complete despair. With this, everyone bid me the best and most emotional goodbye and I finally set off to my journey. When my ship was midway to the first place, which was known as “Birtylaw, the place of mysterious creatures”, I began to recall the tales and remembered that this place was mainly known for the presence of a mysterious and unidentified snake, often named as “Boarondus” or “the Emotionless Destroyer”, this symbolic name although did scare me a bit and I was a bit surprised as well as frightened by reading about its stories and tales, but it also gave me a whole new level of satisfaction about finding it or clearing the whole mystery. When we finally arrived to Birtylaw, the place looked beautiful and completely harmless, but it was just a moment of setting foot on the land, we all heard a sound, it was more of a shreik and shrill type like a high pitch trumpet was being blown, and then came out a small but ferocious serpent. This serpent opened its mouth out, and to our surprise, it talked! “Nice to meet you, Mr. Mystery Slayer, our master is very desperate to meet you. Kindly proceed with me to get your questions answered and your all doubts cleared”.
Part 2: Getting the answers from Boarandus.
When the serpent finished, I told my other passengers and crew, “Don’t panic, I’ll go to explore my first mystery and uncover the whole truth about Boarandus”. Although they were sad and confused, still they obeyed and stood back in the ship. When I finally arrived to the court of Boarandus, which they all called and referred as “Serpento Courtys”, I was more surprised than amused, because my first encounter with a mystery and unexpected left me in complete awe and shock. Boarandus, a humongous snake, who nearly covered third fourth area of the court, was a totally alien creature, a snake having two hands and a face more like a human, but the eyes were more like the glossy green. When I came close to the arrival area, It stood up and said, “Welcome Mr Mystery Slayer, Welcome. I heard you have many confusions and questions. Ask them and you’ll get your answers”.
This moment gave me a tremble and I got a bit skeptic, but I remembered the hopes and prayers of the people who were waiting for me as well as the answers of these questions.
So I came a bit forward and said, “Boarandus, why do people fear you and your kingdom, I came here to resolve and see if all the tales and mysteries about these areas are true or not. But found my first one as totally true, what is the best kind of miracle or trick that you can produce for your ferocity and your strength so that all my people can understand and learn more about you”. It replied back, Mr Mystery Slayer, I am known as Boarandus, this name literally meant the one who destroys everything mercilessly and without emotions, in my childhood days, I once went for a troll with my dad, known as “Suropenta”, or the mightiest serpent, although at that time, we all were simple snakes and didn’t have these characteristics of homos, but I helped a poor or blind person to cross and clear his way to move towards his dream destination, for that help, he gave me a boon of magic and miracles, which most of the time worked”. Hearing this, I said “most of the time, why not all the time?” He replied, “I once wanted to change my face to a pretty and witty looking creature, but my father forbid me from that”. In the answer, I said “But why did he forbid you, by having these features right now, you’re more of a unique and mysterious creature for all, who want to know more and more about you.” It replied back “I also wanted that particular boon for myself, but when I persisted, my father forbid me again and again, and in the sake of this addiction of getting a witty and attractive looks, I killed my own father! The one who raised me, who taught me everything and who showed me the way of living the life, I killed him for nothing but a mistake I committed! After all of this conversation with him, when I finally had received the answer of its mystery, I stood up to leave and then they all started to chant something, that I never ever forgot from visiting other less mysterious places and uncovering their truths.
That chant was:
“When all we lived in houses of ruins,
When sun shined bright in time of noons,
All of us still chant this in merry tunes,
We all fight up the thieves and goons,
Looking more like we got the fairy’s wand,
We keep looking From Sea to Dunes of Sand,
Where all people find nothing we find answers,
We hide from the people acting as prancers,
They called us mystery and attention mongers,
We changed from serpents to homo dancers,
The songs of life were being sung by our band,
We keep looking From Sea To Dunes of Sand,
Time will come and we will find the reality back,
We’ll prepare to protect ourselves from attack,
For this our magic gave us a great deal or hack,
We’re being ready and keeping nothing to lack,
At this time Mystery Slayer we’re hand in hand,
We are all looking From Sea to Dunes of Sand.”