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Aquarena Springs
It looks like an animal. Reminds me of camouflage or hidden objects. There used to be a game show called “Camouflage.” It reminds me of this whole process (TimeSlips) like finding hidden objects.
It’s a man. The legs are muscular and a woman’s legs are much prettier. The name is Flapjack Andy. It looks like a woman. It looks like a person diving. Her name is Aquarena. It could be just for fun but maybe she dropped something in the water. She could have dropped a bracelet or a piece of jewelry, a ring.
There are little pieces of something in the water between her body and the deck. It could be jewelry or bits of trees or bushes nearby that have broken off. It could be a dog in the water. Level with the stripes it looks like a dog’s face.
Maybe someone’s chasing her. But if someone were chasing her she would have jumped further out. Did she jump in to save the dog?
She feels wet, cold. How she feels depends on why she’s jumping in. Was it fear, being chased, or fun, or feeling tense, or to save the dog?
I see two feet in the air. People are on the bridge watching to see what’s going to happen next. They are working and repairing the bridge. There’s something in the water. A mallard. A large fish outline.
She’s diving for a ring or a bracelet. Arms are up in the air. There could be a medal or something floating in the water. Heavy equipment upon on the bridge. Maybe they dropped something in the water. There is something that looks like a book, or something else that has fallen in the water.
She will swim for a few moments before she surfaces. Flapjack Andy will swim for a long time. Aquarena will get cold and jump right out. Maybe she dropped a book in the water and dove in after it.
Maybe she’s swimming to shore to get out of the water. Or maybe to another raft. When I was 14 years old I used to swim across the lake and the winner would get a bottle of beer! Whoa!
I hear the splash of the dive, ferry horn, cars (if it’s a bridge), and seagulls. It’s spring or summer. It looks like a book title is under the water. Such a mystery!
Created by Seaport Landing Community Storytellers (female and male). 23 September 2017
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