STORY STARTER
At the start of your story, a character makes an insidious discovery about someone. In the closing scene, they are forced to use that information as blackmail…
Holy Crud…
I wiped off the page of a grimoire I found on a podium. Why am I in the library at the ass crack of dawn sure beats me. But whatever, time to take a look inside this bad boy. I grabbed it and sat at a table, “let’s see here…” I opened it and traced my finger under the words. “Yada, yada, magical creatures, what about superpowered beings?” I muttered under my breath, my fingers swiftly turning the pages of the book. “S…S….S…Yes, superpowered beings!!” I watched as people whipped around to look at me. “S-Sorry…” I looked the the section of the grimoire and found the section with ice powers. “There we go…” I whispered. I kept reading and felt a chill go up my spine, the room getting colder. “C-Cryomancer…A, brrr…Who turned the A/C on?” People started to leave but I stayed in my place. “Cryomancers and Cryomancy, isn’t that the same thing?” I whispered and shivered, the cold getting worse, like something or someone didn’t want me here. “A sacred clan of ninja-like individuals room the barren lands of the Artika Tundra. The leader of this clan and their kin are blessed with the ability to control ice and m-manipulate an area’s temperature.” I shivered more, my shaking getting worse. I closed the book and wrapped my jacket around my shoulders. “Did you find what you were looking for…” I whipped around to see Roger right behind me, “…Whitney?” “I know your secret, you’re a cryomancer!” “And? Who will believe you? Your ‘friends’” he raised his hands to deliver sarcastic air quotes. “I have evidence!” I held up the grimoire but he put one hand on it, “and what’s a frozen book going to do for you?” I gasped as he started to slowly freeze the book from the leather cover to the pages. I dropped it and put my hands on the table behind me. His icy blue eyes pierced through mine like a needle. “You thought you could blackmail a Lin Kuei, princess? Oh, you are sadly mistaken…” I felt his surprisingly warm breath ghost mg neck and I shivered. What do I do now?