Mouvar Singing

This is one of my earlier pieces of creative writing, and the very first that I would call a complete story (that is, with a beginning, middle and end). I admit that the plot is fairly basic, but this is also an example of world-building and setting a scene through name and word choices. Although I often re-use settings or set several stories or artworks in the same “world”, I have yet to reuse this particular one.

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It all started when Ahmed stepped in the Mouvar Symbol. He should have known better, of course. That particular Symbol had been there for weeks, and everyone aboard Vengeance of Korush knew that when someone got tangled up in Mouvar business, there was no telling what would happen.

The fact was, he was rather distracted at the time. That day, his assignment had been to replace two worn-out power-transfer boxes; an awkward but simple task for an experienced engineer like himself. He took off his calf-length vest and wriggled through the narrow access tube in shirt and pants, pushing the replacement boxes in front of him. Working diligently, he finished the job with twenty minutes left on the watch.