LJ Idol **Fiction** Where we meet a Duck

[zhent]

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Amy and I were a week out from Artemis base, in route to Titan, and I was about to go into hypersleep when we got an emergency call from Xeno Logistics. They had a ship coming back that had run into trouble and wanted me to re-route to intercept.

“What am I looking at XL?”

The radio delay wasn’t too bad for the distance, “One of our

Comments

[adoptedwriter]

Clever way to work this prompt!

[zhent]

Thanks! None o the more obvious approaches work into the ongoing story at all, so I had to try and be clever. Hoping it works.

[karmasoup]

Turmix needed a meal... I'm sure there's a meal replacement protein shake waiting for someone who just came out of hypersleep! ;-)

[millysdaughter]

He's been shot!

[rayaso]

"Cosmic Duck" -- it's a great name and wonderful way to work in the prompt. I enjoyed the story very much.

[static_abyss]

I hope you know how much I love this series. I enjoy the familiarity of it whenever I come to read a new update, and I like the easygoing way your protagonist has. Excellent entry.