Community Event / Creation Abraka Drabble The Old Official Drabble THIS IS AN EX THREAD IT IS DEADED
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Bah! Both Word and the online counter lied to me, I shall fix it momentarily after bathing in the luxury of an extra word.
Edit: mission accomplished!
I shall also confess that I was under the impression that a Drabble could be less than a hundred words.
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Ian Phillips
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I am going to put the poll up later on this evening - but I have no idea what happened to the sparkly jacket.
Ian Phillips
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I'd prefer the comfy chair....As a punishment, I'll force myself to nip out this evening and have a couple of fire-waters at a local den of iniquity.
I'm dreading it!
PS: Fixed my earlier scribblings now with an additional 'mot juste'.
Cold Comfort
Silka was freezing. The deck, her skin, the breath she drew and the stasis gel that dripped off her, everything cold. She shuddered beside her pod, just one among many.
She tried to swallow away a slug of gel caught in her throat but it wouldn't move. She hawked and spat it onto the deck, her breath chasing it out in a silver cloud carried on icy air.
"Slave section 776 prepare for decontamination."
She stood ready and the others did the same. They shivered naked and obedient in the cold.
Hot decontam gas flooded the deck. Warm at last.
Silka was freezing. The deck, her skin, the breath she drew and the stasis gel that dripped off her, everything cold. She shuddered beside her pod, just one among many.
She tried to swallow away a slug of gel caught in her throat but it wouldn't move. She hawked and spat it onto the deck, her breath chasing it out in a silver cloud carried on icy air.
"Slave section 776 prepare for decontamination."
She stood ready and the others did the same. They shivered naked and obedient in the cold.
Hot decontam gas flooded the deck. Warm at last.
Minti2
Deadly, But very fluffy...
The Heat is on
Jexwood was about to die
Panic initially, the fire at the back of the slowly spinning ship
The heat was increasing, life-pod damaged, subsystems going crazy
Funny he thought, how when every possibility of saving your life is exhausted, calm comes to some like a comfort blanket feels to a child
a choice, deathly ice of outside or stay in the belly of the fire?
"neither"
a shot, a hole, decompression sucking the life out of the fire
the hole sealed, voice system came back on "systems online, air integrity good"
Shame he had shot through his head first
Jexwood was about to die
Panic initially, the fire at the back of the slowly spinning ship
The heat was increasing, life-pod damaged, subsystems going crazy
Funny he thought, how when every possibility of saving your life is exhausted, calm comes to some like a comfort blanket feels to a child
a choice, deathly ice of outside or stay in the belly of the fire?
"neither"
a shot, a hole, decompression sucking the life out of the fire
the hole sealed, voice system came back on "systems online, air integrity good"
Shame he had shot through his head first
They are? Damn I should've read them before writing mine. I thought I was being all clever and original
It was a full suit. Here's the jacket. All that's wrong with it is a couple of missing buttons. I'm afraid I had to chuck the trousers out.
We did end up with quite a few entries after such a slow start. I guess is was a... <chuckle>... slow burn.
Thanks for hosting.
Ian Phillips
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Did they take the rum with them?
No, the rum runners took it.
Ah.
Just while people are reading and voting, I've had a watch of some more youtube footage, Like the exploding Anaconda, and it gave me an Idea for this topic. Not to be included (1. it's too late, 2. this ones just a funny... well I suppose they all are.)
Messy Docking:
“This is port Zelada, how may we help?”
“I’d like my docking timer paused please.”
“Request denied.”
“There’s debris all around the entrance, how can I dock?”
“The clean-up operation will commence afterwards.”
“If I go through there I’ll just create more debris as I turn into flaming wreckage myself, I think I’ll wait.”
“There’s a fine of one thousand credits for failure to dock.”
“Well if you stupid idiots didn’t allow people to test new ships and docking around this one station there wouldn’t be a mess!”
“Just because you can’t afford to do it, don’t gripe at others.’
Messy Docking:
“This is port Zelada, how may we help?”
“I’d like my docking timer paused please.”
“Request denied.”
“There’s debris all around the entrance, how can I dock?”
“The clean-up operation will commence afterwards.”
“If I go through there I’ll just create more debris as I turn into flaming wreckage myself, I think I’ll wait.”
“There’s a fine of one thousand credits for failure to dock.”
“Well if you stupid idiots didn’t allow people to test new ships and docking around this one station there wouldn’t be a mess!”
“Just because you can’t afford to do it, don’t gripe at others.’
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