They Came In The Night

[rix_scaedu]

I wrote this to ysabetwordsmith's fourth prompt.

They came in the night, obviously, and erected their billboard for the whole world to see.  The aliens had moxie, chutzpah and hide.  It was hideous, it was eye catching and everyone on Earth could see it.  Every advertising firm on Earth would have kicked themselves but for one point - no-one on Earth could read it

Comments

[lilfluff]

Heh! I like that!

And so the governments of Earth decide to make sure they don't drive humanity to extinction, not out of altruism, but so they can press littering charges/violation of advertising regulations against those that put the sign in place. :)

[rix_scaedu]

But what if this is a Parks & Wildlife billboard? You can go into the national park/ wilderness zone/ whatever BUT if anything happens to you...

[lilfluff]

Hmm... We take on the role of Yogi Bear and annoy the heck out of Ranger Alien-Smith? Stealing alien pic-i-nic baskets for the yummy advanced technology?

[rix_scaedu]

They've met people like you, thus the list of prohibited imports.

[kelkyag]

I love the lines "the art department could swing a mean right dissertation when they wanted to" and "Thus humanity’s first direct alien contact was made with a tour company cook."

But did they get a list of the prohibited imports? That'd be fascinating.

[rix_scaedu]

I rather liked the one about the dissertation myself.

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