Tonight he really was dressed to impress. His hat, freshly brushed sat atop his salt and pepper hair, his shirt and jacket had been neatly pressed and his beard had been trimmed and splashed with some cologne. He was looking mighty fine even if he did say so himself.
He had lived for what felt like forever and had long ago given up on the desire to impress, tonight however was different, he could feel it in his bones, something was going to happen, hence the reason for his natty attire.
He had seen a lot of things over his lifetime and not all of them good. Now though, there were big changes, the world was not what it once was and he was tired, weary from all the hatred.
He fished inside his jacket pocket and pulled out the pocket watch that had been with from the start of his journey.
Turning it around he stared in disbelief when he realise it was no longer ticking. Thinking to himself this wasn’t good, all he could manage to say was ‘Oh feck’, before he crumbled into a million pieces on the floor.
That was the end of Old Father Time.
Written for It’s all in finding the Right Worlds – Flash fiction for the purposeful practitioner
The Indecisive Eejit 
Oh wow, that took a twist there at the end. Loved it! :D
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Thank you :)
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He does look like he’s saying “oh, feck” doesn’t he? :-) Made me smile!
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He does, that’s the first thing I thought when I saw him lol
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Kind of a lucky old salt, eh?
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He certainly looks like a load of old salt now lol
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Great response! Wonderful tale that was just detailed enough to make one think what’s the story with this guy … and then Viola! the great ending! Love the “feck” …. seems so spot on XD
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For the look on his face it really does doesn’t it lol Thanks :)
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Was not expecting that. Actually, what I expected kept changing, so thank you for the ride!
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You’re welcome, thanks for tagging along, it’s always better to have company :)
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I know the feeling :D <3
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Sure what you going on about, you’re at least another 46 years in ye sure, you’ll outlive us all ye bugger ye! lol
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I just had to put your reply through Google translate Juls and Google just blew up ! Boom ! lol <3
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lol I though you would have been well up on eejit speak by now!
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