glowing: From An Interview With Mr. Victor Van Dort8butterflyboy8February 24 2012, 03:02:34 UTC
Time Period: Post-"Secundus 2" Notes: Heh -- so, apparently, I got this same prompt last year, and completely forgot. And so wrote a rather similar story. Whoops? ^^; It's not the same as the previous prompt, though, and it's got an interesting twist to it -- this is the answer Victor gave when he was interviewed for an entomological journal once he'd become an established, respected Touched scientist. So if you don't mind reading about the glowing butterflies again, here's another take on the subject.
“Mr. Van Dort, anyone who’s seen your creations knows you’ve got a fascination with bioluminescence. In fact, some of your most famous Fabricated creatures are the glowing butterflies people now see in Wonderland Park. Why is that, exactly?” “Well, most simply put, it’s because those glowing butterflies were my first indication I was a Touched. Not that I knew it at the time. . .” “Oh?” “Yes, it’s like this - once I came to Secundus, I started dreaming regularly about seeing glowing butterflies. The most beautiful butterflies in the world. And always, I would try to catch them - and I’d wake up before I could. Rather frustrating, as you might imagine. It wasn’t until the night before my Going Creative that I caught one, and then. . .it was simply incredible. It was like I knew everything in the world for one golden moment. Looking back, I think I can see how, the closer I came to my final breakthrough, the more often the dreams came and the longer they lasted. Maybe - maybe it was my mind getting itself ready for what was to come.” “And that’s why you like making things that glow.” “Oh, yes. I can’t help myself. Being able to see them light up the sky in reality. . .it’s amazing. And now, I get to catch them whenever I want.”
Notes: Heh -- so, apparently, I got this same prompt last year, and completely forgot. And so wrote a rather similar story. Whoops? ^^; It's not the same as the previous prompt, though, and it's got an interesting twist to it -- this is the answer Victor gave when he was interviewed for an entomological journal once he'd become an established, respected Touched scientist. So if you don't mind reading about the glowing butterflies again, here's another take on the subject.
“Mr. Van Dort, anyone who’s seen your creations knows you’ve got a fascination with bioluminescence. In fact, some of your most famous Fabricated creatures are the glowing butterflies people now see in Wonderland Park. Why is that, exactly?”
“Well, most simply put, it’s because those glowing butterflies were my first indication I was a Touched. Not that I knew it at the time. . .”
“Oh?”
“Yes, it’s like this - once I came to Secundus, I started dreaming regularly about seeing glowing butterflies. The most beautiful butterflies in the world. And always, I would try to catch them - and I’d wake up before I could. Rather frustrating, as you might imagine. It wasn’t until the night before my Going Creative that I caught one, and then. . .it was simply incredible. It was like I knew everything in the world for one golden moment. Looking back, I think I can see how, the closer I came to my final breakthrough, the more often the dreams came and the longer they lasted. Maybe - maybe it was my mind getting itself ready for what was to come.”
“And that’s why you like making things that glow.”
“Oh, yes. I can’t help myself. Being able to see them light up the sky in reality. . .it’s amazing. And now, I get to catch them whenever I want.”
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