Dark Drabblefest: Prompts for Day Five

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Sorry for being late for this one!

Theme:
Every single empire in its official discourse has said that it is not like all the others, that its circumstances are special, that it has a mission to enlighten, civilize, bring order and democracy, and that it uses force only as a last resort. And, sadder still, there always is a chorus of willing intellectuals to say calming words about benign or altruistic empires. - Edward Said (Source)

Texture:



Trope:
Tiger Vs. Dragon

Taste:
~ burnished ~ tendril ~ precise

Tongues:

Oh, tournesol sans jardin Jardin sans jasmin! Abeille sans ruche qui vole au printemps Pourquoi tu ne bourdonnes pas Dans mes fleurs maintenant? Rose trouvée au bord du chemin Pourquoi refuses-tu de fleurir dans mon jardin? Peux-tu déviner combien Tu m’es importante?

Oh, sun flower without garden, Garden without jasmine Honeybee without hives flying in the spring season Why don’t you buzz In my flower now? Flower by the main road, Why do you refuse to bloom in my garden? Can you guess how Important you are to me? (Source)

Guidelines:

• Prompts are entirely optional, to use, subvert or ignore as you please.
  
• The goal is to write a drabble of at least 100 words in one of the qualifying Remix fandoms. If you end up writing a longer fic, more joy to us all.
  
• Your drabble must put a chromatic character at the centre of its narrative.
  
• You can share your drabbles in comments to each day's prompts post, as long as you include a fandom and a rating in your subject.
  
• You may suggest and/or solicit fandom or character specific prompts in comments, as long as your ratio of prompts to drabbles does not tilt heavily towards the former.
  
• If you are trying to qualify for Remix 2010, you will need 7 drabbles in any one fandom. You don't have to do Remix to play here, though.