The Minutiae of Mandible, #0.

Well, let's begin from the start (a place, I'm told, is a very good place to begin.)
 
I don't remember when I had the idea exactly (wish I'd noted the date) Dad suggested using Facebook to promote some of the writing I'd been doing (mainly on my blog) which I considered, then decided to take it a step further.
I like to think that I write vaguely amusing status update

s, which in a way are a sort of micro-stories in themselves, and I thought "Well why not write a series of interconnected micro-stories and post each segment up on Facebook for people to read?"

I used to love reading the serialized stories in the old School Magazines Dad used to bring home, so I decided that I'd use a similar style: each section will be an entertaining little story in it's own right, but will also be part of an overall story-arc.

The other idea behind this project was to allow me to just write and see what would happen as I allowed a central protagonist and his world to expand and grow.

And so it began...

#3: Fatale Flop.

After quickly changing into his swim-shirt and trunks, Drake Mandible unlatched the pool of the gate and entered. 
Sure enough, he spied the svelte form and long blond tresses of his visitor, leaning on the edge
in the shallow end of the pool, her back towards him.
 Quietly, he climbed up the ladder of the four metre diving board, planning on making a good, first impression with a 10 point swan-dive with three twists. As he prepped himself with a few small bounces, however, she turned to face him. 
Caught off guard by the radiant smile she gave him, his foot slipped off the board and he ended up executing a less-than-graceful belly-whacker…