Zapfic 240 - The Monster in the Barrel

This post is my response to today's ZapFic Monday prompt in the Freewriters' community. The prompt is Barrel.

This is a little tale from a Dungeons & Dragons game I ran a few years ago...

Enjoy !

Barrel 3D printed by me for the D&D game

The ship’s water barrel had a small but hostile water elemental in, so the crew threw it overboard.

The monster was in it’s element in water. It grew and grew and soon it became known as The Wave That Kills, sinking every ship it could find.

For any of my friends (or anyone else, for that matter !) who reads this and fancies giving it a try, it's really fun and thought provoking. The rules are really simple;

• The Freewriters Community has a Zapfic post with a writing prompt every Monday
• Your response must be posted within 3 days in the Freewriters Community.
• Please post a link to your entry in the comments section of the prompt post
• Please use #freewritehouse and #zapfic tags.
• The important one - YOU MUST use a word/character counter (if you search for word counter on the internet or in your phone's app store you will get a big choice!) wordcounter.net and include a screenshot. Entries without a screenshot will NOT be valid.
• Please use the prompt provided as you see fit (use your imagination)
• Try to tell a complete story if you can!
• The story should only be up to 240 characters long (including spaces, punctuation etc).