Three Sentence Fic...Day 5

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What is the Three Sentence Fic?

This is a challenge (that will go from Oct 16th to Nov 30th) where you answer a prompt with a fic consisting of only three sentences.

Simple right?

The sentences can be as long or as short as you like and it's open to all fandoms.

Each day I will leave a prompt and hopefully, the prompts will inspire your three-sentence fic. Link your creations to the daily post where you found the prompt - either by posting the entire fic in a comment or just by a link (also in a comment) back to wherever you've posted it.

Thems the rules! Everything else is up to you! I will give you a prompt every day, and you can do with it as you will, so long as it is 3 sentences. Any genre, any characters, any fandom, or none!

Today's prompt: Black Cat

There will be another prompt tomorrow!

Word of the Day 10/20/22 Mordant

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Mordant (adjective, noun, verb)
mor·dant [mawr-dnt] (previously 08-27-13)

adjective
1. sharply caustic or sarcastic, as wit or a speaker; biting.
2. burning; corrosive.
3. having the property of fixing colors, as in dyeing.

noun
4. a substance used in dyeing to fix the coloring matter, especially a metallic compound, as an oxide or hydroxide, that combines with the organic dye and forms an insoluble colored compound or lake in the fiber.
5. an adhesive substance for binding gold or silver leaf to a surface.
6. an acid or other corrosive substance used in etching to eat out the lines, areas, etc.
7. Music. mordent.

verb (used with object)
8. to impregnate or treat with a mordant.

OTHER WORDS FROM MORDANT
mor·dant·ly, adverb
un·mor·dant, adjective
un·mor·dant·ly, adverb

WORDS RELATED TO MORDANT
acerbic, biting, caustic, sardonic, scathing, acid, bitter, cutting, mean, sharp, acerb, cynical, disparaging, disrespectful, poignant, pointed

See synonyms for mordant on Thesaurus.com
OTHER WORDS FOR MORDANT
1. cutting, stinging, acerbic, scathing.

ORIGIN: First recorded in 1425–75; late Middle English, from Middle French, present participle of mordre “to bite,” ultimately derived from Latin mordēre; see -ant

HOW TO USE MORDANT IN A SENTENCE
Remove the fabric from the mordant and place it in the dye bath.
MAKE NATURAL FABRIC DYE WITH VEGETABLE SCRAPS|NATALIE WALLINGTON|SEPTEMBER 5, 2021|POPULAR-SCIENCE

This is your mordant liquid, which removes finishing chemicals from your fabric and makes the dye adhere better to the cloth.
MAKE NATURAL FABRIC DYE WITH VEGETABLE SCRAPS|NATALIE WALLINGTON|SEPTEMBER 5, 2021|POPULAR-SCIENCE

Yet, it fit so well with the mordant tenor of the game that I felt no compulsion to try to better Curdin’s fate.
‘MUNDAUN’ OFFERS THE RARE CHANCE TO SMOKE A PIPE WHILE TALKING TO THE SEVERED HEAD OF A GOAT|CHRISTOPHER BYRD|MARCH 26, 2021|WASHINGTON POST

More than anything else he is cheery—mordant and ironic at times, but undauntedly optimistic.
THE STACKS: GRATEFUL DEAD I HAVE KNOWN|ED MCCLANAHAN|AUGUST 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Now YOU come up with a sentence (or fic? or graphic?) that best illustrates the word.

Daily Count Challenge to . . . FlipFlop_Diva!

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So for years now, y'all know I've had trouble writing. I haven't had Internet access at home, and most of the time, I haven't had a computer. Our monthly challenge here, with the 3 sentence fics, has actually inspired me to start trying to write again around my hubby who doesn't know how to be quiet (LOL), at home, and... on my phone!

Tonight, I filled 3 of the three sentence prompts AND even tackled the weekly flash challenge, all on my phone, and while others were talking all around me, for a total of just under 1k!!!!!!!

I am DEFINITELY happy with that score, given the writing style!!!!

Passing the proverbial cyber quill to flipflop_diva! May the words be with you!