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Galactic Midden · Jul 27, 2015

Hell Hath No Fury Like a Lover Scorned

Jork, banging his tankard boomed "t'is the find of a lifetime boys!". With flamboyant flourish the privateer and recent finder of a hidden den of rubberised novelties flicked on system-wide comms and bellowed.

"I'm the grand new Duke of Jorkstown,
I have fourteen strong men,
We wench, we pillage, we drink all day,
Then we do it all again"

"Everybody!"

"You're the grand new Duke of Jorkstown,
We are your 14 men,
We've drank all day, now we'll fondly play..."
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Sadly, no-one noticed the Anaconda's perfectly timed missile.

Its captain, the spurned simpleton Moofsey snarled, "and were never seen again..."

Ian Phillips · Jul 28, 2015

STRONTIUM DOG said:
we have very different opinions on what classes as a trinket, saying that it must have dingle-dangled at one point.

A "trinket" always brings an image of something small to mind.......

Ian Phillips · Jul 28, 2015

Showing the way

She slammed backwards into the bulkhead, blackness gathering at the edges of her vision as her head burst with pain. Hands fastened onto her arms, holding her pinned against the wall. Another pair of hands rested on her shoulders and caressed her neck.

She raised her eyes to peer through the pain at her tormentors face. It leered, yellowed teeth filling her view as hands stroked her cheek, then her neck again.

Fingers twisted her golden necklace chain around and with a sudden jerk broke it free.

The pirate held the pendant up. "A Trinket of Hidden Fortune..... a map"?

Simoof · Jul 28, 2015

OK - its been with me for a while now... it what universe is foreskin in anyway similar to fortune???

Galactic Midden · Jul 28, 2015

Well what do you know, it's Drabble Contest 111 this week!

Thanks to Missileman for superbly choosing this week's topic
Thanks to Frank for admirably posting the rules here
Thanks to Psykokow for hosting the galaxies most wonderful Abraka Drabble show every Friday from 7pm UK time at www.twitch.tv/psykokow
And thanks to everyone else for making this little corner of insanity such a friendly place.

Now get drabbling the deadline is Thursday!

This Week's Theme
"'TRINKETS OF HIDDEN FORTUNE'"
Current Entries
*word count*
01 *100* - Alien - Good Luck Reading This One, Psykokow : https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?t=5777&page=490&p=2597411&viewfull=1#post2597411
02 *100* - Frank - Modern Legend : https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?t=5777&page=490&p=2598463&viewfull=1#post2598463
03 *100* - STRONTIUM DOG - BOUNTY OF 800cr AWARDED : https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?t=5777&page=490&p=2598867&viewfull=1#post2598867
04 *102* - Simoof - Let the pun begin... : https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?t=5777&page=491&p=2599905&viewfull=1#post2599905
05 *100* - Psykokow - Remains : https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?t=5777&page=491&p=2600406&viewfull=1#post2600406
06 *100* - Galseptic Midden - Hell Hath No Fury Like a Lover Scorned : https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?t=5777&page=491&p=2600595&viewfull=1#post2600595
07 *100* - Ian Phillips - Showing the way : https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?t=5777&page=491&p=2601750&viewfull=1#post2601750

Listeri69 · Jul 28, 2015

Contraction...

'Contagious? yes I suppose it would take a while' Dr Moon looked at Simoof's body, 'Still doesn't explain how he died though.'
'Well he was flying through the Di-Jezztiv system' Psykokow started ' when he saw a shiny thing so he drops out of super-cruise, and there's this ship, so he boards it like, well there was some sort of contaminate'
'there was someone alive??'
'no contaminate like a plague, well it turns out it was all over the cargo he picked up'
'Contraband?'
'no he likes singing solo, anyway we found him playing with them'
Train-kits of Ridden Spores, Moon....

Missileman · Jul 28, 2015

Sequestered fortunes

An aurora shimmered in the planets thin atmosphere.
The colours dancing across the sky, beautiful, if it hadn't been for the cold, wet wind that chilled the crew to the bone.
After scanning this planet, a pirate broadcast a message 'my planet, my treasure'
they had evaded him by flying their Python through the forest in to the clearing which they now huddled, cold hungry but alive.
They could see the pirate searching for them, flying close overhead.
It took one well aimed shot from the lasers to bring him and his trinkets down. we had good fortune this time...

Galactic Midden · Jul 28, 2015

W4rSkuLL · Jul 29, 2015

Hello, Im back with a quicky. Hope you all had a nice summer

One does not simply jump into the system we dont mention anymore.

Keep your enemies close, they say. Pirate lord Vulvy stared at the package in front of him, "Trinkets of fortune" it spelled.
It came from lord in the system which he didn´t mention anymore. The deliverer of the boxes head was hanging from the ceiling. It was going to be shrunk.
He opened the box, inside was two shiny diamond rings, quite large. new that Vulvy loved big shiny things. And Vulvy put them on,
entered his Python and jumped to the system he didn´t mention anymore. A click and a spool up, and Vulvy popped like bacon.

Splendour · Jul 29, 2015

Bolthole

The sounds of destruction from the hold had died down, and then came the clatter of magboots much closer. It sounded like all five of the pirates were back in the Cobra's cockpit.

"He can't just have vanished!" yelled an exasperated Frank. "We're in a sealed spacecraft with ten lightyears of vacuum between us and the closest station! Four million credits of natural sapphires and you imbeciles let him switch them with these trinkets?"

Frank flung the cheap plastic replicas at the floor of the cockpit. Commander Fortune tried not to breath as the panel inches above his face reverberated.

Simoof · Jul 29, 2015

I thought you had sunk down to the Winnard level of depravity for a minute there Splendour. But then I looked again and saw it said Bolt.

STRONTIUM DOG · Jul 29, 2015

Simoof said:
OK - its been with me for a while now... it what universe is foreskin in anyway similar to fortune???

he did say it had been ridden, depending on what was doing the riding that could be classed as fortunate.
Of the above pics 9/10 would be classed as a very fortunate ride

(not counting the big pic on the left)
N.B the big pic on the far left however would be classed as extremely unfortunate!

Alien · Jul 29, 2015

I'm going to do the poll this week, at the request of Frank ... so there will be a slight change to this week's poll, and it'll help Psykokow finish on time for Kerrash's stream ... There'll only be one poll option this week ... MY DRABBLE !!!! guaranteed win MWAHAHAHAHAHAHA

OK OK .... I'm teasing of course I'll put all the entries in

Simoof · Jul 29, 2015

Origin of the species : bonus drabble with song

Just as we are running low this week I thought I'd share this bonus entry:

The planet, home to the origin of all life, pulsated with energy.
All the trials completed.
Standing facing the golden arches he saw the manuscript laid upon an altar.
Here lay the answer. Nothing but a trinket hidden away for an eternity.
A simple object written by the most ancient of intelligence's.
He felt sick to the core with anticipation.
Stepping precociously forward, the decaying ruins crumbled around. Just being there had disturbed the delicate fibre of this desolate planet.
It was there - he could touch it... more importantly, he could read it:
Bovinial Special - With every happy-meal get a....

[CUE SONG]

STRONTIUM DOG · Jul 29, 2015

ABRAKADRABBLE

(this entry is an off topic bonus and dedicated to all drabblers for there entrys and as such should not be entered to the vote
sung along to this song by Steve Miller ABRAKADABRA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0yRuQTTbFM )

i read up,i read down
elite,s got us reading upside down.
upside down the mousewheel goes,
were it stops psykow knows.

every time that you write away
psykow reads up like a scrolling page.

scroling page, higher an higher,

hit me baby cos that drabbles a flyer!

aber aber ka drable, i wanna reach out an babble
aber aber ka drable
abrakadrabble

they make us laugh, they make us cry
they make simoof gas but we dont know why?

WERE ELITE, cos we love
next weeks drabbles, more than aboves

aber aber ka drable, i wanna reach out ndabble
(fade)
ps would like to call upon the entire TS orchestra for ths particular event lol

cleonymus · Jul 29, 2015

Stationary Crimewave

News of a possible burglary by Thargoid's had caused the station commander to undertake the investigation personally.

The thefts of the leather equestrian equipment from four of the seedier areas of Slough station had eventually led him to toon town.

Here he found the residents were already running around in panic. Some of their most famous residents had vanished in the night.

Eeyore, Bagheera, Simba and Donkey were all missing.

Cleonymus scratched his many chins as he considered the thefts and the disappearance of the four legged cartoon characters.

Finally he smiled and said “think it's off riding four toons!”.

psykokow · Jul 29, 2015

STRONTIUM DOG said:
ABRAKADRABBLE

(this entry is an off topic bonus and dedicated to all drabblers for there entrys and as such should not be entered to the vote
sung along to this song by Steve Miller ABRAKADABRA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0yRuQTTbFM )

i read up,i read down
elite,s got us reading upside down.
upside down the mousewheel goes,
were it stops psykow knows.

every time that you write away
psykow reads up like a scrolling page.

scroling page, higher an higher,

hit me baby cos that drabbles a flyer!

aber aber ka drable, i wanna reach out an babble
aber aber ka drable
abrakadrabble

they make us laugh, they make us cry
they make simoof gas but we dont know why?

WERE ELITE, cos we love
next weeks drabbles, more than aboves

aber aber ka drable, i wanna reach out ndabble
(fade)

my little short version of this song!!
[video=youtube;Xhg3K8F8SCc]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xhg3K8F8SCc&index=2&list=PL3ZzbuLnz4QiToqOZ6Ov0P-CNdykQ8H6l[/video]

Alien · Jul 29, 2015

STRONTIUM DOG said:
ABRAKADRABBLE

(this entry is an off topic bonus and dedicated to all drabblers for there entrys and as such should not be entered to the vote
sung along to this song by Steve Miller ABRAKADABRA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0yRuQTTbFM )

i read up,i read down
elite,s got us reading upside down.
upside down the mousewheel goes,
were it stops psykow knows.

every time that you write away
psykow reads up like a scrolling page.

scroling page, higher an higher,

hit me baby cos that drabbles a flyer!

aber aber ka drable, i wanna reach out an babble
aber aber ka drable
abrakadrabble

they make us laugh, they make us cry
they make simoof gas but we dont know why?

WERE ELITE, cos we love
next weeks drabbles, more than aboves

aber aber ka drable, i wanna reach out ndabble
(fade)
ps would like to call upon the entire TS orchestra for ths particular event lol

NOOOO don't encourage him .... oh bagel, too late.

psykokow said:
my little short version of this song!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xhg3K8F8SCc&index=2&list=PL3ZzbuLnz4QiToqOZ6Ov0P-CNdykQ8H6l

MrMogadon · Jul 29, 2015

No Loose Ends

“Do you have it Captain? Tell me!”, Patron Cerebelus screeched, his enormous bulk quivering.

“Yes Patron, amongst the new arrivals as predicted”, the Captain's reported, signalling his men.

A young woman was brought forward.

“Perfect, perfect.” he slobbered, reaching for her. She recoiled at his approach.

“Calm yourself, my dear. I only want your bracelet; the one with the embedded data chip; the one you unwittingly smuggled here for me” he teased, unclipping and examining her bracelet. “Excellent. An emperor's ransom. You may depart.”

She had barely registered her relief before the Captain broke her neck.

“Neat as always Captain”

STRONTIUM DOG · Jul 29, 2015

an obvious song choice to be sure ALIEN,but after reading your drabble this week he deserves encouragement!