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yea PS an after does not count as my drabble is about drunk driving endorsement be it a SURFACE
ROVING VEHICLE in the game.Mesa back for how long me does not know long enough to take the SRV out though for a spin around EUROPA, did not find any chlorophyll but I did find a canister of coffee near a half buried wreak so all was not lost
time for a NADS wash woof!
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remember to vote visits Http://abrakadrabble.com/vote
to explain my drabble captain grim, is bounding(jumping an impact crater) when he transmits so his voice is smooth sounding, as he is not in contact with the rough surface of the moon he is driving over in the SRV. But when the SRV lands he is being jolted and rumbled by the rough surface as he rumbles across the surface therefore his voice transmission reflects this and in doing so makes his voice sound like hes mentioning a part of the female anatomy coupled with the fact he has consumed three bottles of rum so yo ho!
He replys it was I who took the rum "ARR TWAS I" from the missing inventory cargo in his ye olde pirate slang way.
so he is drunk driving on A moon and full of joy and as the title suggests he is found later.
the gravity of the moon plus the rumbling/jolting and control of the srv is restoring his muscles from zero g deterioration.
and he claims the rum is needed for this also
this reflects what I did when returning home from work, getting drunk, then installing and playing horizons for the first time
He replys it was I who took the rum "ARR TWAS I" from the missing inventory cargo in his ye olde pirate slang way.
so he is drunk driving on A moon and full of joy and as the title suggests he is found later.
the gravity of the moon plus the rumbling/jolting and control of the srv is restoring his muscles from zero g deterioration.
and he claims the rum is needed for this also
this reflects what I did when returning home from work, getting drunk, then installing and playing horizons for the first time
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It seems much to my surprise that I won. So it's my solemn duty to set this week's topic which will be: Special Delivery
Are you up for a challenge? Why not enter a Drabble in this week's competition? Drabbles are 100 words and set loosely in the Elite Dangerous universe. We use www.wordcounter.net to verify the 100 word count, so be sure to check yours there too!
As Insanephoton says, the topic this week is Special Delivery
Entries to a poll will be limited to the first 20 Drabbles submitted, and the poll might go up earlier than Thursday night if all those slots are filled but don't let that stop you from showing us what you would have entered in the contest. Friday night the live readings occur http://twitch.tv/psykokow so don't miss it, all drabbles are read out... 7pm UK Time (whatever that may be since Kow never starts on time anyway).
Please bear in mind that this is a family forum, read by little people with impressionable minds and old folks who are easily shocked. We want as many people as possible to feel comfortable on this thread. Don't write anything that you wouldn't want to read out in front of your family. It may appear a little hypocritical of me to ask you to watch your language. I myself sometimes find it difficult to know what is and isn't acceptable. The rule of thumb I use is that if something I've said makes Listeri69 laugh then I've went too far.
I, Frank, will be your host for this week, so let's get plenty entries in to keep me busy.
Ian Phillips
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Out of place
In witchspace I hear voices. During hyperspace jumps, ghosts talk to me.
I used to ignore them but lately with the longer jump times that affect the whole galaxy, I started to think that they are trying to tell me something.
I have started to listen, and sometimes make a jump just to hear them speak, but there is no meaning, no words, at least no words that I can understand.
Then on this last jump I heard real words... "special delivery".
I sat there shocked, wondering if I had heard correctly.
Until there was a knock on the hull.
In witchspace I hear voices. During hyperspace jumps, ghosts talk to me.
I used to ignore them but lately with the longer jump times that affect the whole galaxy, I started to think that they are trying to tell me something.
I have started to listen, and sometimes make a jump just to hear them speak, but there is no meaning, no words, at least no words that I can understand.
Then on this last jump I heard real words... "special delivery".
I sat there shocked, wondering if I had heard correctly.
Until there was a knock on the hull.
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"Drive's gone again" yelled Finn from the Cutter's helm.
"Again!" the Duke responded. "Engineering what's going on down there?". A massive explosion shook the ship in reply.
"Finn, trigger fire suppression! Repair the systems". Perilously close to the outpost the cutter began to list as what sounded like Morse began broadcasting to the outpost. "What's doing that?" Finn cried, proximity warnings blaring out.
Another explosion ripped apart the entire portside catapulting them against the bulkheads. Through an open, venting hull they stared in shock as the mysterious "things" they'd illegally salvaged 'swam' outward into the similarly blown out Hutton Orbital.
"Drive's gone again" yelled Finn from the Cutter's helm.
"Again!" the Duke responded. "Engineering what's going on down there?". A massive explosion shook the ship in reply.
"Finn, trigger fire suppression! Repair the systems". Perilously close to the outpost the cutter began to list as what sounded like Morse began broadcasting to the outpost. "What's doing that?" Finn cried, proximity warnings blaring out.
Another explosion ripped apart the entire portside catapulting them against the bulkheads. Through an open, venting hull they stared in shock as the mysterious "things" they'd illegally salvaged 'swam' outward into the similarly blown out Hutton Orbital.
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ahhh little ones never knew that
captain grimm barked to his staff sgt"i wanted the eir wasted"via his remlock coms unit
"but i bled the airlock the air is gone sir!"his staff sgt replied with a quizzical look
"Arissa Lavigny-Duval is alive and well. she is the rightfull eir is she not?
now we need to replace the dead crew yet again" the capain replied whilst looking at the unremlocked faces of commrads past.
" get this place re pressurized and bring out ya dead after berthing the ship! "
the staff sgt then had a vision of a couple of baby federal drop ships wearing nappys
captain grimm barked to his staff sgt"i wanted the eir wasted"via his remlock coms unit
"but i bled the airlock the air is gone sir!"his staff sgt replied with a quizzical look
"Arissa Lavigny-Duval is alive and well. she is the rightfull eir is she not?
now we need to replace the dead crew yet again" the capain replied whilst looking at the unremlocked faces of commrads past.
" get this place re pressurized and bring out ya dead after berthing the ship! "
the staff sgt then had a vision of a couple of baby federal drop ships wearing nappys
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that ones more obvious KOW but don't worry if it goes over the top of that space
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The Aprentice - part 2
The message was marked special delivery. The Hutton spy team gulped as they noticed the paw print seal on the back.
"Your task was to expand the Hutton truckers in to a new system. Let's see how you did. We still have nowhere to land our anacondas we have one more usless outpost we can claim and there are no planets we can use to race on.
Congratulations instead of getting me Barnard's star you have achieved the near impossible and expanded into a system that is even worse than we already had.
For that reason you are all fired."
The message was marked special delivery. The Hutton spy team gulped as they noticed the paw print seal on the back.
"Your task was to expand the Hutton truckers in to a new system. Let's see how you did. We still have nowhere to land our anacondas we have one more usless outpost we can claim and there are no planets we can use to race on.
Congratulations instead of getting me Barnard's star you have achieved the near impossible and expanded into a system that is even worse than we already had.
For that reason you are all fired."
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U A [W G] S D E V R O Y
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Interesting drabble, G M, but what kind of title is THAT?
(Is ".----." a typo, or a combination of two letters / number???)
Darkoba, I think you may have added a - to the ... to get V instead of S and T.
But I'm equally confused about the .----. but then again, I get confused about many, many things
You're right. I should have twigged that there was a space between the ... and the - (I sorta knew it was meant to be 'DESTROY').
The '.----.' may remain a Mr. Tree forever, unless Galactic Midden is kind enough to tell us what the first word was.
... and don't worry about the confusion. I have it too; I think it has something to do with the solar system passing through some sort of radioactive nebula... ?
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Well, it's Tuesday and there are only 4 entries! We need a few more. Quite a few....
Last year in the weeks of Christmas and New Years, we had so few entries that we held one week over just to get more drabbles written & entered.
So if you've got some free time, join in and write YOUR 100-word story about "Special Delivery"!
Last year in the weeks of Christmas and New Years, we had so few entries that we held one week over just to get more drabbles written & entered.
So if you've got some free time, join in and write YOUR 100-word story about "Special Delivery"!
The Unknown Agitator Part 2 : Intercepted delivery
The pirates strolled along the cargo bay, examining their evening's haul.
"Specialist vegetation? what's that then?"
"I dunno, lets have a look-see shall we, pass us the crowbar."
>Scrape creeeek PTANG<
The pirate looked into the canister, and suppressed a laugh.
"Well?"
"It's... a bonsai tree, sculpted... to look like, a thingy"
"A thingy? What does the manifest say?"
>Rustle<
"It's a mister tree, special delivery for 'Simon the Moofster Simoof'"
They walked over to the next cargo can.
"Isn't that the Galactic Scientific Foundation logo?"
He shrugged, and shoved in the crowbar.
>crrrrrk THUNG<
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
>SLAM<
"What the hell?"
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The AAAA is back
The pirates strolled along the cargo bay, examining their evening's haul.
"Specialist vegetation? what's that then?"
"I dunno, lets have a look-see shall we, pass us the crowbar."
>Scrape creeeek PTANG<
The pirate looked into the canister, and suppressed a laugh.
"Well?"
"It's... a bonsai tree, sculpted... to look like, a thingy"
"A thingy? What does the manifest say?"
>Rustle<
"It's a mister tree, special delivery for 'Simon the Moofster Simoof'"
They walked over to the next cargo can.
"Isn't that the Galactic Scientific Foundation logo?"
He shrugged, and shoved in the crowbar.
>crrrrrk THUNG<
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
>SLAM<
"What the hell?"
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The AAAA is back
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I like Rascons drabble.
Anyone out there want to enter the competition. We take the first 20 entries and on Thursday they go into a voting competition poll that closes Sunday. To play simply write a 100 word drabble on this topic "Special Delivery" and ensure your drabble is set in the Elite Dangerous universe-ish from a story point of view.
Anyone out there want to enter the competition. We take the first 20 entries and on Thursday they go into a voting competition poll that closes Sunday. To play simply write a 100 word drabble on this topic "Special Delivery" and ensure your drabble is set in the Elite Dangerous universe-ish from a story point of view.
A convoluted set up and a weak pun
"Ooh! Those are nice designs! How much are they?"
Stan of Stan's Custom Paintjobs smiled gleefully "We are rather proud of them. We call it our Space Shell range. Is it design 'C' you're interested in?"
"No the next one along. Can I get that in a Cobra IV?"
"You're obviously a man of taste. I'm sure our designers can accommodate you. Won't be cheap though."
The customer smiled "Speed is more important than money. How quickly can you apply the skin?"
Stan phoned down to his workshop "We need a job done fast. It's a Space Shell 'D' Livery."
"Ooh! Those are nice designs! How much are they?"
Stan of Stan's Custom Paintjobs smiled gleefully "We are rather proud of them. We call it our Space Shell range. Is it design 'C' you're interested in?"
"No the next one along. Can I get that in a Cobra IV?"
"You're obviously a man of taste. I'm sure our designers can accommodate you. Won't be cheap though."
The customer smiled "Speed is more important than money. How quickly can you apply the skin?"
Stan phoned down to his workshop "We need a job done fast. It's a Space Shell 'D' Livery."
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Come and have a go if you think you're talented enough!
01 - Ian Phillips - Out of place
02 - Galactic Midden - ..- .- .----. ... / -.. . ... - .-. --- -.--
03 - STRONTIUM DOG - ahhh little ones never knew that
04 - Rascon - The Aprentice - part 2
05 - moose666 - The Unknown Agitator Part 2 : Intercepted delivery
06 - Frank - A convoluted set up and a weak pun
Today is Tuesday. The poll goes up on Thursday. That means you've got two more days to write your mini-masterpiece about this week's topic Special Delivery.
Come on! I don't see you typing!
01 - Ian Phillips - Out of place
02 - Galactic Midden - ..- .- .----. ... / -.. . ... - .-. --- -.--
03 - STRONTIUM DOG - ahhh little ones never knew that
04 - Rascon - The Aprentice - part 2
05 - moose666 - The Unknown Agitator Part 2 : Intercepted delivery
06 - Frank - A convoluted set up and a weak pun
Today is Tuesday. The poll goes up on Thursday. That means you've got two more days to write your mini-masterpiece about this week's topic Special Delivery.
Come on! I don't see you typing!
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