Comments | aldersprig: 15 minute Ficlet in Vas' World

aldersprig

15 minute Ficlet in Vas' World - Contemplating the Wall

Mar 26, 2011 22:32

Originally posted here in response to a photoprompt"What. Is that?" Andon stared at the long stretch of stacked stone, his jaw dropping ( Read more... )

vas, prompt: 15minfic

Comments 6

rix_scaedu March 27 2011, 09:08:44 UTC

But can it hear and is it a smart tentacle monster?

aldersprig March 28 2011, 02:43:59 UTC

*grins* That /is/ the question, isn't it?

rix_scaedu March 28 2011, 08:19:42 UTC

Evil thought. It grabbed her because she has a hatchet. Cut off pieces will wriggle away and root themselves some distance off. It is a propagation strategy.

aldersprig March 28 2011, 13:59:20 UTC

*giggle* hadn't thought of that.

Then again, this gets written as ideas come to me, so...

eseme March 27 2011, 13:14:06 UTC

Oh dear.

But trees don't need walls! So that is two semi-sentient species.

And I'm worried about Becky! She's the one in the cave wanting a care package. I liked her.

Typos:

"But the have tool-using capability and weapons. And something built the walls."
THEY have tool-using capability

"We are you fucking colleagues, Ezra," Malia snarled...
We are YOUR

aldersprig March 28 2011, 02:46:43 UTC

Trees /could/ need walls, but not these trees. Yes, two species.

Thanks for the catches!

As discussed somewhere on the road - Becky's off being pregnant but the MacAlien.