Round 1: The Dolphins of Despair

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It's time for the first round of Government Controlled Cats!

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!

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Prompt 4

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Swell: Glitter has been banned and the government controls platform shoes.

Re: Prompt 4

[holyschist]

Yuki barged into Tabitha's tiny flat without knocking, snapping her fingers to turn on the vid monitor embedded in the wall. "You have got to see this," she said.

The flickering video image was another one of those stupid presidential speeches, reminding everyone about the shoe laws. Tabitha rolled her eyes. "It's just the Supreme Leader being tedious," she said. "All the speeches are the same."

Yuki smiled. "Not this one. Watch."

Tabitha leaned forward, squinting at the screen and rubbing her feet. The latest shoe law had banned sneakers except for athletes and government officials, and her feet weren't used to the strappy sandals now mandated for teens. No arch support.

The image flickered, sound crackling. The wires behind the wall must be coming loose again. "--and remember, it is vitally important not to--"

A shower of sparkling motes cascaded down over the president's perfectly coifed Ken-doll hair and scowling face, all colors in the harsh media lighting. "Is that--"

Yuki nodded, her grin threatening to split her face.

"--glitter?"

Yuki opened her mouth, but before she could say anything they hear the thud of platformed feet on the stairs. Yuki's eyes went wide. "Oh god, it's the Platforms! They must have followed me. Tabitha, is there another way out?"

There wasn't time to ask why the cops would be following Yuki. Tabitha leapt to her feet, heart racing. "Follow me!" She ran over to the sliding door out onto her porch and hauled it open. The fire escape was rickety, not up to code, but she'd climbed down it a few times. No cops in platform shoes would be getting down that fire escape!