Qurator's Photo Quest - Twists & Turns In Search of the Maltese Falcon!
qurator·@zekepickleman·
0.000 HBDQurator's Photo Quest - Twists & Turns In Search of the Maltese Falcon!
# Twists & Turns When I saw the latest photographic contest by @qurator, the theme "Twists and Turns" inspired me to action! With the harrowing adventure I have recently endured, and the fact I will have to kill anyone whom I share it with, what better place than #hive? Twists and turns navigated desperately with survival on the line and vast riches as the dangling carrot. We join our adventurer mid-quest.... <center>  </center> <center>  </center> How many thousands of @actifit steps brought me to the belly of this stone neighbourhood I may never know. The lies and the narrow escapes, the luck and the misfortune finally brought me to the foot of these twisting turning stairs....I have to shake my head to quench the shudders. "What is the Maltese falcon and where to I find it?" are words I now wish I never had to utter but the fate of my family lay in the balance. "Seek the sage who lives at the base of the azure ascension" and she will suggest a path. Great. I have already twisted and turned through too many dangerous alley ways and squeezed out of too many dire situation to think of right now. Find the falcon, save my loved ones, disappear to a corner of the work we will not be found. First things first. <center></center> # <center>  </center> Why did the conversation with the sage seem not to have happened but exist so distinctly in memory? More importantly, where the hell was I and how did I get here? Think. "Navigate the stairs between the ancient prison and disguise yourself if you evade and survive the traps. Great. These stairs seem to have not seen foot traffic for many decades at least, though they are strangely clear of any dust or indication of time passing. Testing every cobble and gingerly examining every nook and cranny will take me hours to get to the square at the top. <center>  </center> Signs of life and those same blue doors let me know I am still on the right path. Some part of my conscience screams at me that I don't even know what the finish line or ultimate objective is. Maltese fucking falcon.....fantastic. Now to negotiate my way through this mean looking henchman headed towards me with ill intention in his eyes. <center> </center> <center>  </center> I would as soon forget what happened and be happy I made it to the English quarter. Far fewer unchecked patrols and more tourists with whom to blend in. My hand throbbed as much from the tight gauze wrap as from the grizzly wound earned from fending off a blade. I didn't even want to think of how which ribs were fractured, dislocated or plain broken. I simply had fight for lungfuls of of air in hopes the shock wouldn't set in when I was so close. So close to what? If might be the death of me to find out. It was the death of m family if I didn't find out so the choice wasn't really there. <center></center> # <center>  </center> Time seemed to become nothing but a swirling notion as I concentrated alternately on taking a step, heaving a breath, and pretending I wasn't on death's door to avoid notice. The delusionary labyrinth half seemed to be guiding me helpfully at the same time it was luring me to my unfortunate end. Battling alarms coming from every sense, I managed to notice that the steps had started to mercifully descend. Gravity helped a little too much and my stumble amplified into a stumble as the end surely was close...one way or another. <center>  </center>  The salty sea air drew me up the last corridor and there it was. The Maltese Falcon. The pride of Valetta with its docks regally cleared of common folk and extending is walkway to meet my steps. I have found it. Now what? <center>  </center> <center>  </center> <center>  <sub> JOIN US ON [DISCORD](https://discord.gg/By4EvZSfRx)</sub> <sub> SUBSCRIBE TO THE **LIFESTYLE LOUNGE COMMUNITY** [HERE](https://peakd.com/c/hive-114105/created)</sub> <sub> JOIN US ON [TWITTER](https://twitter.com/lifestyleloung)</sub> </center> <center>  </center> # I am honoured to curate for: <center></center> <center><a href="https://discord.gg/BXQhptS" target=Top><img src="https://i.postimg.cc/9Qcwjt3h/Inner-Blocks-banner4.png"></a></center> <center><a href="https://discord.gg/QvKF37" target=Top> <img src="https://images.hive.blog/DQmSazvYKsRUHHdmbw7mWxdBrdZBAybC6VApyU2Rvm4vmXD/image.png" target=Top></a></center> <center>  </center> # Only the first photo counts but I love them all.</center>
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