Exploration: 2-line Spooky Stories from the Black

[Scal]

Possibly this is a sign of oncoming space madness, but i started writing some 2-liners whilst far out in the black. Thought i would share the horror

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There is that glitch on the scanner again.
Sometimes it looks just like a heat signature.

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I catch my copilot's eye in the canopy reflection.
Has she always been there?

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A strange fear grips me as I enter witchspace.
Is that the sound of a child crying?

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I awoke to the sound of the canopy breaking once again.
Thing is, I was sure I had returned home years ago.

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I watch as the last of the fuel is drained.
In the distance, a yellow star sparkles in silence.

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I made the decision, and jettisoned the slaves.
At night I still hear the children screaming.

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I gazed down at the billowing clouds of a pristine ammonia world.
That was the moment that I felt the breath on the back of my neck.

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I hide in my seat, but I know they will find me.
They have escaped, and they are hungry.

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Feel free to add more, if you are so inclined!

 

[thehairymob]

Is that a light down there or juust lightening.
Can't be a light on an Ammonia world....

 

[junaum]

Five thousand light years from home. Suddenly, that feeling strikes me:
Damn, forgot the apartment window opened.

 

[AsukaZ]

Sharing the madness ...

Those white orbs in witchspace,
they follow me everywhere.

I see another explorer 2,000 light years away,
too close ! I'm gonna make a run for it.

 

[Lupin]

Where's this goo on the console come from.
Where is that hissing noise coming from.

 

[CMDR AKIRA MASAKARI]

An Anaconda interdicts my shieldless ASP in the Pleiades,
the pirate has lonliness syndrome and starts chattering on local disjointed sentences.
Then leaves without firing, and I'm left puzzled drifting in the darkness.

Sry it's a three liner. That happened for real, it was a crazed NPC pirating in the Pleiades with an Anaconda!!!! Last week!!!!!

 

[Whiterose]

too scared to sleep,
they are watching me.

 

[Grail Hammerstien]

"Good Morning, Me", I say sleepily to the mirror
"Good Morning, You", My reflection replies.

GH

 

[Komemiute]

I don't know who you are, if you copied them from somewhere- but damn it you're good.
+1

 

[Zulu Romeo]

Not sure if the nebula is smiling at me,
Or if the canopy crack is getting wider.

 

[thehairymob]

I hear a tap-tap-tapping at the door.
Should I open it to see who is there?

 

[bobilon]

its so crowded in human space...
i cant breath there !!!

 

[Ydiss]

As the other ship flew by I gave a friendly wave to the pilot through my canopy, across the frigid void between us..

The pilot's seat was empty.

 

[Scal]

It's not the black holes that scare me, it's the dust clouds.
Sometimes, I swear I hear scratching.

@komemimute - thank you for the compliment, nothing is copied

 

[Crank Larson]

Just one more scan... Damn, another metal-rich...
Oh ok, just one more scan...

EDIT: Oh sorry, I appear to have missed the theme. I'll do better later.

 

[Komemiute]

It's not the black holes that scare me, it's the dust clouds.
Sometimes, I swear I hear scratching.

@komemimute - thank you for the compliment, nothing is copied

Wasn't inferring- I'm sorry if it seemed like. You truly are good at that! *thumbsup*

 

[marx]

I hear the scanner's ping,
then I hear the canopy cracking.

Excerpt of 1.3 changelog:
- Added mis-jumps.

I don't see any star nearby.
Why is my ship's heat climbing?

 

[CMDR Generic EventHandler]

Fuel scooping complete
But I still hear the wind?

 

[Xaraman]

Personally I think Haiku would be better

A strange troubling noise
Scooping in the glowing sky
A crying baby

 

[CMDR Generic EventHandler]

Personally I think Haiku would be better

A strange troubling noise
Scooping in the glowing sky
A crying baby

A star so close
across infinate black
out of fuel