Week 12

Jul. 10th, 2022 05:17 pm
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“What’s this?” She presses her small face to the glass, pointing at the stone inside and the weird marks on it.

“It’s old English, it says America.”

“What’s that?”

“It’s what this place was called, a long, long time ago.”  

“Did something bad happen?”

“Yes. A lot of bad things did happen, here and in the rest of the world also. There were dark times. But a lot of people fought, very hard, and made good things happen too. But then, after a while, the good things were undone, and the bad times came again.”

She gasps, covering her face with her hands, “And then they all died?”

They chortle. “No. New people fought very hard, and they made the good times come again.”

“So what happened to them?”

“Oh, they moved on, journeyed out into space, made homes on other planets. Nostalgia kept some here for a few thousand years, but eventually this planet was mostly forgotten.”  

She bounces on her heels. “How did we get here?”

They give her a scrutinising look. “You know this part of the story.”

“Tell it anyway.”

“Our world was dying. The humans came to help us, they spent an age looking for a world that wouldn’t be toxic to us, but eventually they realized the best place would be Earth. And we have shared this world with them ever since.”

Date: 2022-07-11 02:00 am (UTC)
roina_arwen: Variety of chocolate strawberries (Chocolate strawberries)
From: [personal profile] roina_arwen
This is sweet - very inventive take on the prompt!

Date: 2022-07-11 02:39 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] bleodswean
I like this, J!

Date: 2022-07-11 02:47 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] erulissedances
What an interesting take on the prompt!

- Erulisse (one L)

Date: 2022-07-11 03:31 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] d0gs.livejournal.com
I really love your take on this!

Date: 2022-07-11 08:57 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] alycewilson
Cute! Now I want to know more about the aliens.

Date: 2022-07-11 09:11 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] adoptedwriter
Reminds me of a dream I recently had and have begun to write into a story. This is very thoughtful.

Date: 2022-07-12 01:23 am (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] ofearthandstars
What a cool concept! I wish I had the faith that humanity would be so benevolent!

Date: 2022-07-12 05:30 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] mollywheezy
Ooh, I like this! Very creative!!!

Date: 2022-07-12 07:16 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] banana_galaxy
It's cool you decided to take the prompt into the far-flung future. That had not occurred to me at all.

Date: 2022-07-14 08:41 am (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] favoritebean_writes
Oh, I didn't expect the ending story. I love it!

Date: 2022-07-14 07:23 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] drippedonpaper
This is beautifully written. Great use of prompt!!

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