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!
Re: Prompt 3
Date: 2011-06-08 03:29 am (UTC)“Has it?” Becka replies absentmindedly. She still has twelve text messages to respond to, which doesn’t leave much attention for Cassie. Besides, it’s not everyday that Jerome asks her about what movies she likes. Maybe he’ll finally ask her out. At any rate, she’s heard enough of Cassie’s previous rants that she doesn’t expect to hear anything new in this one.
“Yeah, and I’ll be sixteen next month. That means I’ll have to put that stupid collar on! And you’re just a month after me.” Cassie starts to pace across the room, hands clenched into fists, and her long brown hair whips behind her as she about-faces within the tiny domain of her bedroom.
“It sucks, but what do you do? I hear you get used it to it after a while.” Becka pauses for a second, and then gushes quite cheerfully, “And you can always accessorize it! Have you see those little bells they have at Marlyne’s? They’re gorgeous!”
“Accessorize it?” Cassie practically screams at Becka, her voice taking on a shrill tone while she gestures angrily. “Are you even listening to yourself? In a few months you won’t even be able to talk like that without paying up! Besides, we’re not an’mals. I think it’s gross that people dress their collars up like they’re something to be proud of.”
Ugh. Becka thinks. I guess she’s not going to leave me alone on this. I suppose Jerome’ll have to wait a few more minutes. “Well, so what? What do you expect? It’s not like we have any choice in the matter. Why not make the best of it?”
Cassie stops her pacing and looks over. Her blue eyes look like steel in the fluorescent light. “I vote we rebel while we still can!” She takes a step closer and continues, ”Before they start taking certain words away too! I mean if they can do this to us, if we allow it, what’s next? And do you really want them listening in to everything you say?”
Becka leans back against the wall, her legs stretched across the bed, and lets out a deep sigh. “I know what you mean, but what do you propose we do? What can we do? We’re not even out of high school yet. Shouldn’t someone older, someone who knows what they’re doing, fix this?”
“That’s just it! It has to be us because we’re the only ones who can still talk freely about this sort of thing. They’re not list’ning in on us yet! And...” She trails off, hesitates for a few seconds, and then continues quietly, “Well, I’ve got an idea. It’s a bit wild, but I think we’ve got a good chance. You see, I’ve got a bunch of these banned crockpots...”
Re: Prompt 3
Date: 2011-06-08 03:37 pm (UTC)I'm really enjoying everyone's entries!
Re: Prompt 3
Date: 2011-06-08 03:52 pm (UTC)Re: Prompt 3
Date: 2011-06-09 04:39 am (UTC)Re: Prompt 3
Date: 2011-06-08 03:59 pm (UTC)“And you can always accessorize it! Have you see those little bells they have at Marlyne’s? They’re gorgeous!” LOLOLOL :D
Re: Prompt 3
Date: 2011-06-09 03:11 am (UTC)Re: Prompt 3
Date: 2011-06-09 04:37 am (UTC)