Three Thousand Lamps

[Weak Water] (Weak Water River, inn, story)

[Seeking a Demon] (rain, lake, human and demon)

[Elm Leaves] (elm tree, gourd, jade)

[Crossing Bell] (bell, crossing a river, past lives)

[Longing] (nightmare, snapped string, reincarnation)

[Colored Glaze] (bandage, colored glaze, moon)

[Shaman] (silver hook, jade hairpin, grave)

[Map] (drifting north, travel, division)

[Deities] (fallen god, reborn, illusion)

[Open Sky] (flying bird, jade pendant, drifting)

[Carrier Pigeon] (candy, snow, magnolia)

[Maddened] (horse, wooden cabin, pot)

[Eighty] (divination signs, dust, doorway)

[Peach Blossom] (wedding dress, general, never letting you down)

Write a story using three keywords,

and share the prompts my troublemaking friends came up with.

Troublemaking friend: Can I come up with the prompts for round three?

Me, still writing round one and already owing seven stories for round two (smiling): Get lost.

Just read it for fun.

Theme: These mountains and rivers are wine. A toast to a timeless tenderness, held close until death.