Round 1: The Dolphins of Despair
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governmentcontrolledcatsIt's time for the first round of Government Controlled Cats!
The Prompts:
The Format: An excerpt from selected prompt's novel.
The Format's Length: 1-500 words of original fiction. Please note that entries are not required to use the words from their prompt's title and summary.
A Quick Reminder of How to Enter and Entry Rules: Five comments, containing one prompt each, will be added to this prompt post. In order to submit an entry, REPLY with a comment to your selected prompt comment. Each entry must be in the specified format and be submitted as a REPLY comment to the prompt comment. Do not comment with your entry as a reply to other entries; only comment with your entry as a reply to the original prompt comment.
Participants can submit up to three entries per round to the prompt(s) of their choice. If participants are not signed into Dreamwidth, Livejournal or openID, please include a preferred name/handle at the top of the entry comment, otherwise the entry will be considered to be written by 'anonymous.'
Submissions are due by 11:59PM United States East Coast Time on June 8th, 2011. If you're not on United States East Coast Time, you may find the World Clock to be handy. Refer to 'New York' for current United States East Coast Time.
Have fun!
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The Prompts:
Griefing: Gatherings of more than six unrelated people have been banned and the government controls houseplants.
Spin: Keychains have been banned and the government controls bowling.
Survive: Crock pots have been banned and the government controls words of more than two syllables.
Swell: Glitter has been banned and the government controls platform shoes.
Snow: Brainstorms have been banned and the government controls con badges.
The Format: An excerpt from selected prompt's novel.
The Format's Length: 1-500 words of original fiction. Please note that entries are not required to use the words from their prompt's title and summary.
A Quick Reminder of How to Enter and Entry Rules: Five comments, containing one prompt each, will be added to this prompt post. In order to submit an entry, REPLY with a comment to your selected prompt comment. Each entry must be in the specified format and be submitted as a REPLY comment to the prompt comment. Do not comment with your entry as a reply to other entries; only comment with your entry as a reply to the original prompt comment.
Participants can submit up to three entries per round to the prompt(s) of their choice. If participants are not signed into Dreamwidth, Livejournal or openID, please include a preferred name/handle at the top of the entry comment, otherwise the entry will be considered to be written by 'anonymous.'
Submissions are due by 11:59PM United States East Coast Time on June 8th, 2011. If you're not on United States East Coast Time, you may find the World Clock to be handy. Refer to 'New York' for current United States East Coast Time.
Have fun!
Prompt 2
Date: 2011-06-01 05:59 pm (UTC)Re: Prompt 2
Date: 2011-06-02 03:49 pm (UTC)Amber smiles back. He doesn't feel like it, but when your building's Key Master smiles at you, the only acceptable response is to return the smile.
If you want your innards to stay inside, that is.
"Thanks!" he cheerily says to the retreating figure, just to be sure. The woman waves and disappears into the elevator, its doors having immediately opened as she swiped her Key.
"That was close," Amber calls from the inside as soon as the department's access gap is big enough to allow his entrance. "One day she's going to stay around longer and wonder why there are two of us."
"Then you shouldn't stand there for her to see," Amber retorts angrily, unwilling to deal with his sister after a day as bad as the current one.
Amber snorts.
"Yeah, and where do you want me to hide, under the covers? Somehow I don't think that's going to cut it."
He short of drops the Government issued ration bag in her hands, willing himself to remain silent. She's understandably snarky after thirty hours of idly staying put, he knows that -- hell, he lives that every two days.
"That bad, huh?" she says with a knowing half smile, half grimace and starts preparing their meal.
"Don't go to ISSUE these next days. Scratch that, don't ever return there."
Worry is clear on her eyes but she doesn't comment. He wishes she did, though, even if he doesn't really want to explain how he got banned from the underground Bowlerama from where almost half of their income comes.
"We can't keep doing this," she eventually declares, serving all their food in the only cup they are allowed to own. "The raids, they--." Amber waits for her to continue, which she does after taking a sip. "We need to get a job."
Amber frowns, taking the cup. The thing looks horrible, but thankfully has no smell.
"There are no jobs," he says, even if he knows Amber is well aware of the situation.
"Yesterday I saw a hiring announcement," she says after he's drained the cup. "At sector ten's Bowling Mania."
"That's Government owned," he growls, both angry and surprised at her suggestion. Doesn't she know what Government owned means? Doesn't she remember?
Amber shakes her head and takes the empty cup from his hand. Then she pours in it all the drinking water they've left, which isn't much to begin with, and sips.
"It is a job," she calmly states, and offers him the remaining liquid.
Re: Prompt 2
Date: 2011-06-30 06:04 am (UTC)