New Challenge: Allusive
Literature and art constantly refer back to each other using allusions, and this month's prompts are inspired by allusions to literature, myth, art, and history.
The first drabble is by Elleth.
Maglor in history (modern times).
The beach finally cleared in the evening, though the heat of the day lingered even after sunset. The few people who had not yet departed paid little attention to the dark figure emerging from underneath the pier. He kept a careful distance to the humans, as always beginning to slouch through the sand, gathering this discarded piece of trash or that, seeking food, only to toss them away again, empty. If anyone had watched his face closely, they might have seen a muscle in his cheek twitch upon finding a half-eaten chocolate bar, which he quickly pocketed, and moved on.