Post by Celerous on Mar 29, 2022 21:13:05 GMT -5
As far as Celerous was concerned, there was nothing more satisfying than a hard day of work.
With a post hole digger in hand, Celerous tore up the soil between his booted feet, spattering his worn denim jeans and red flannel in dirt. He forced the tool into the ground, squeezed the two handles together, and then lifted it out of the hole. He loosened his grip on the tool, dropping a small pile of dirt onto a larger pile beside him. He didn't need the post hole digger; he could do this with her bare hands, honestly. But to the hybrid farmer, that felt like cheating.
He might have been half alien, but he was a simple farmer, and farmers didn't punch holes into the ground with their fists.
With the hole dug, it was time to fill it. Celerous moved to the bucket a few feet away, full of a mixture of gravel and cement mix. He poured some of it into the opening in the ground, before setting the bucket aside. Now he moved to his wheelbarrow, which held a number of wooden posts that would become a new fence. He grabbed one of the posts at random, and placed it into the hole, and into the mixture of cement and gravel. He made sure it was level, and once the mixture was solid enough to hold the post up on its own, Celerous moved about six feet down from the new post.
Then he grabbed the post hole digger, and began anew.
It wasn't glorious work. It wasn't fun. Wasn't flashy. But it was honest, and that was all that mattered. Ma always said that the world was a wild and dangerous place, and she was right. If it weren't, Father would still be alive. So, considering that, Celerous was grateful that he was able to make a living, doing something peaceful and without the risk of injury or death.
But... it wasn't fulfilling. He was twenty years old, now, and all he'd ever known was farming, and little bit of martial arts training. Celerous wanted more. He wanted to see the world, or maybe even the galaxy. He didn't want to die on this farm, old an shriveled at the age of eighty, having never experienced anything beyond the Fark Homestead and East City. It was a frustrating conundrum that Celerous had been dealing with lately. Leave the farm and his family behind? Or stay and take care of his family? Ma couldn't take care of the farm alone. And Gramps wasn't going to work the farm. He was an old, cantankerous, Saiyan warrior who only knew how to kill things.
In reality, Celerous was stuck. So he continued to work, digging holes, filling them with gravel and cement, and shoving wooden posts into them.
With a post hole digger in hand, Celerous tore up the soil between his booted feet, spattering his worn denim jeans and red flannel in dirt. He forced the tool into the ground, squeezed the two handles together, and then lifted it out of the hole. He loosened his grip on the tool, dropping a small pile of dirt onto a larger pile beside him. He didn't need the post hole digger; he could do this with her bare hands, honestly. But to the hybrid farmer, that felt like cheating.
He might have been half alien, but he was a simple farmer, and farmers didn't punch holes into the ground with their fists.
With the hole dug, it was time to fill it. Celerous moved to the bucket a few feet away, full of a mixture of gravel and cement mix. He poured some of it into the opening in the ground, before setting the bucket aside. Now he moved to his wheelbarrow, which held a number of wooden posts that would become a new fence. He grabbed one of the posts at random, and placed it into the hole, and into the mixture of cement and gravel. He made sure it was level, and once the mixture was solid enough to hold the post up on its own, Celerous moved about six feet down from the new post.
Then he grabbed the post hole digger, and began anew.
It wasn't glorious work. It wasn't fun. Wasn't flashy. But it was honest, and that was all that mattered. Ma always said that the world was a wild and dangerous place, and she was right. If it weren't, Father would still be alive. So, considering that, Celerous was grateful that he was able to make a living, doing something peaceful and without the risk of injury or death.
But... it wasn't fulfilling. He was twenty years old, now, and all he'd ever known was farming, and little bit of martial arts training. Celerous wanted more. He wanted to see the world, or maybe even the galaxy. He didn't want to die on this farm, old an shriveled at the age of eighty, having never experienced anything beyond the Fark Homestead and East City. It was a frustrating conundrum that Celerous had been dealing with lately. Leave the farm and his family behind? Or stay and take care of his family? Ma couldn't take care of the farm alone. And Gramps wasn't going to work the farm. He was an old, cantankerous, Saiyan warrior who only knew how to kill things.
In reality, Celerous was stuck. So he continued to work, digging holes, filling them with gravel and cement, and shoving wooden posts into them.
Celerous' PL: 8000
Word Count: 470
Total Word Count: 470
Word Count: 470
Total Word Count: 470