Ruebin II

As he tried to work out the swirling questions in his head, Ruebin became aware of a strange sound masked by the waves bellow. Walking to the railing and looking down he could see a rope was tied to the top of the piling and extended away into the darkness. The swaying rope was allowing something to bump heavily into the soaked dark wood.

A whisper in his mind told him to back away and try to find his way home. He didn't recognize this place, but he lived in Los Angeles so how far could he be. It was actually cold here so the answer might be a disturbing one. The object below bumped again as if it was reminding him it was still waiting to be recovered.

Leaning over, he caught the spray soaked rope and began to pull. It was heavy but not horribly so. That took a couple of fears from his mind. Judging by the sway and the sound, it must be hanging close to the wave tops. Inch by inch Ruebin brought it closer to the dim light from the one street lamp near the shore. Inch by inch his apprehension grew.

Inch by inch..

Ruebin

Ruebin couldn't see the end of the pier. He knew it was out there like the business end of a Mossberg 12 gauge shoved into a darkened crack dealer's living room. He could feel the steady pounding against the century old pilings under his feet. The spray dampened his cheap Kmart sweater.

The other thing Ruebin didn't know is just what the hell he was doing here. The last clear memory he had was of his alarm clock buzzing and a swiping hand meant to hit the snooze. He was dressed and standing on a darkened pier now. What could be no less than 12 hours later, but he truly didn't know for sure.

Time and date, two more things Ruebin didn't know.

Well spent the day working on computers. Removing a nasty malware called Home Security 2012. It renames itself for the operating system you're running, ie XP Home Security 2012. Mybleepingcomputer.com has a good removal description.


Need to get some writing done. Want to start a new video project.

Well off to supper.

Beginings

Why Splintor? Splintor was the name of a Shadow Dragon from my main Dungeons & Dragons campaign that I ran for many years. He was the returning antagonist. He had a brother, Slyver, that was killed early on. 

Years later I used the name again as the production company name for my early videos, Splintor Productions Ltd. 

To date only 3 videos have been produced. "Imagining" "By The Way" and "Donner and Blitzen". On the burner is a follow up to BTW titled "Who Would have Guessed" and a short entitled "Project A".

I hope to write and video more in the future. Finding the time is a popular excuse but more accurate would be find the motivation. Seems harder and harder the older I get.