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| Copyright – Renee Heath |
How safe is this transporting device?
I hear rumors of Transporter psychosis?
And
re-materialization?
Sir, we can reassemble any object successfully. Do you still wish to travel to the 21st quadrant?
You’ve convinced me. I’ll give it a go.
Please step into the device and say the
magic words.
Beam me up operator.
The transporter pad in the 21st
quadrant flickered. Rivulets of white
bio-matter oozed out of the pod.
Frinx!
Erase your travel logs we have another malfunction.
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Written for Friday Fictioneers. Word Count : 100There are so many stories to tell and it amazes me how many different tangents a photo prompt can take. The variety of genres on display at Friday Fictioneers is amazing - crime, fantasy, horror, mystery, romance - the list just goes on and on. I was going to go the flickering candle route initially but went a totally different way instead.
Creative, and rather humorous, take on the prompt!
ReplyDeleteThank you Lisa, it was fun writing it.
DeleteOf course no success is ever guaranteed.. but failure should never be kept on file.
ReplyDeleteNever. You might incur the Wrath of Khan. Thanks for reading and commenting Björn
DeleteGreat bit of writing. I nearly opted to write a story about slime so we obviously both saw the same thing!
ReplyDeleteThanks Lizy I am glad you liked it. To have seen anything else would have been "highly illogical".
DeleteI think that like Dr. McCoy, I would never really trust the transporting process.
ReplyDeleteMy bit is here.
http://dothedead.wordpress.com/2014/05/01/the-storm/
That's because Dr McCoy was, in his words, a doctor, not a physicist. Thanks for reading and commenting Sally.
DeleteSubroto, Good and humorous story. Like Sally's comment, I also agree with Dr. McCoy. Some of those transporter malfunctions left a mess. : ( If possible, I'd settle for a shuttle every time. Well done. : )
ReplyDeleteSusan
Thanks Susan I am glad you liked it. Though transporters are due to become the most reliable form of short-range transport by the 24th century so I won't knock them off yet.
DeleteGreat story! Fantastic final line!
ReplyDeleteThank you I am glad you liked it in spite of the Klingon invective :-)
DeleteHey, something of science fiction here. I'm digging it. Very cool! Those pioneers .... I guess they had it bad in the future, too. Great job, Subroto!
ReplyDeleteEspecially the ones that did not rematerialize correctly Kent. Thanks for your comments, I am glad you liked it.
DeleteGood one, Subroto. Good reason to wait until things have been perfected!
ReplyDeletejanet
Thanks Janet though we might have to wait a while for perfection.
Delete"Transporting really is the safest way to travel."
– Geordi La Forge, 2369
Always wondered about that "putting it back together" thing once someone has been transported.
ReplyDeleteVery reliable I hear. Unless the Biofilters are not working. Thanks for reading and commenting Alicia.
DeleteYou made me laugh, subroto! Great take on the prompt
ReplyDeleteThanks Ela, glad you liked it.
DeleteAha - my first bit of written Klingon! I've heard it on The Big Bang Theory, of course :)
ReplyDeleteI think they need to check their manual... great story!
Qathlo Freya. Which is closest to 'thank you' in Klingon but I believe Klingons eschew such formalities.
DeleteGlad you liked it.
Dear Subroto,
ReplyDeleteI've been a Trekkie for a long time. You made me laugh out loud with this one. Well done.
Shalom,
Rochelle
Thanks Rochelle, I am glad the Trekkie in you approves. May you live long and prosper.
DeleteA sci-fi satire! Humans never change, do they?
ReplyDeleteThanks Umashankar, I think the 24th century gives us some hope.
Delete"The potential to make yourself a better man...that is what it is to be Human...to make yourself more than you are."
– Jean-Luc Picard, 2379 (Star Trek Nemesis)
This is awesome, and precisely why I wouldn't trust a transporter (Just call me McCoy)! Your story made me smile:)
ReplyDeleteThanks Jen I guess that makes you the real McCoy :-)
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