The River's Mask (flash fiction challenge)

This is a little story I came up with after reading a post on Chuck Wendig's blog.

http://terribleminds.com/ramble/2016/01/15/flash-fiction-challenge-choose-your-title-and-write/

This post presented a fun little challenge that I was given to finish in one week.
So bear with me as I will attempt to pour out two thousand+ words about my chosen title, all the while juggling two school assignments, studying, my perfectionism and the constant feeling of having to pull my crap together and start doing things I want/need to do.

Procrastination-fueled self-loathing aside:

The River's Mask - by Rick Driesen

Mira Essens is quite unfortunate. sure, she's given a small myriad of possibilities. But her habit of not paying attention to the mud she steps in can get quite... hazardous. Unseen mud is extra slippery.

After a long journey, she's almost at her final destination.
Just one obstacle remains.
It's not like she expected much.

But this still felt like a great oppertunity to take a big leap.
after all, she can't always land feet-first into life's filthy puddles, can she?

warning: this following text will contain fowl language.