Looks Like A Beetle

[rix_scaedu]

I wrote this to ankewehner's prompt "Shiny Beetles." It came in at 353 words.

“Perhaps it was a Christmas beetle,” suggested Gianni. “Professor Tama has been doing a lot of work with those. Their stockholdings were practically undamaged and he’s been able to resurrect almost the entire genus in the original.”

“I know what a Christmas beetle looks like,”

Comments

[aldersprig]

The plot thickens! Awesome!!

[rix_scaedu]

Thank you.

[kelkyag]

[ankewehner]

I'm sorry, but I'm mostly confused.
Is this a pre-existing setting? Should I know all these names? Is "O" yet another name or is it a typo of "I" that showed up in both stories?

[rix_scaedu]

This is a new setting that came out of your prompts today.

O is a typo that I am now going to fix.

[kiarrith]

wow, i was going to ask but since I saw it in both of this setting's stories, i thought maybe it was a new pronoun :P

[rix_scaedu]

Both these stories were originally written long hand in a note book while I was out and I blame the transcription process.

[tuftears]

Their labs are bugged! >_>

[rix_scaedu]

Oh, yes. They are.

[thnidu]

I know they aren't, but I can't help thinking "butterbugs".

[rix_scaedu]

You're right, but don't mention them so loudly - you might give some of Professor Tama's students and assistants Ideas.