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Writing Group / Re: Writing Prompts!
« on: December 31, 2010, 11:42:38 AM »
I really like what everyone has done so far. here's my go.
prompt: two scientists having to deal with a life changing situation while they are suspended in the sky
“You worried?”
“About what?”
“You are.”
“Your point being?”
“That you don’t know. And you are”
“Neither do you”
“No”
…
“Well what is your point?”
“That it’s all your fault if it goes wrong.”
“Good one, very reassuring”
…
“You know that one story”
“Oh yes! now that you have mentioned it, title and all.”
“Don’t be so snide!”
“Or?”
…
“Okay I get it. Toss it out.”
“You know how in all of those ancient cultures…”
“That’s deep, can you just calibrate the last ones. We have to run these tests for function control.”
“Shut up”
“You’re the one that was talking about ancient civilizations.”
“About how all of those cultures had a story of some old guy and a boat!”
“You are going wack. I have a really tight schedule. I stick to the schedule I get paid. I don’t meet deadlines, I get pain.”
“You’re concern touches my heart.”
“The one you donated to replace your dogs?”
“You like my dog?”
…
“Those ancient people”
“What about them?”
“Do you really think they all just happened to come up with a story that was all so similar to one another?”
“That is what I was going to ask you”
“You think that it shows a shared history between people”
“No proof, no fact”
“Now you’re going scientist”
“The best way to avoid trouble”
“Demand proof that can’t be provided”
“I am what I am”
“A sicko”
“Learned from you”
“Where’s the proof?”
“You pulled that on purpose”
“Pulled it on you and your method”
“You hating the method?”
“I don’t think it’s so great. Always having to challenge everything, sometimes you just need to accept things without a
question”
“But the method does get you answers”
“The ones you want or the ones that are true?”
“Sometimes both”
“You make it sound so perfect!”
“Oh yeah; that’s the beauty of the scientific method. I mean look at us. We are sitting up here, miles high in the sky. In
our own floating platform. About to do the most important thing in the history for the human race! And most of the
machines and computers that we access were not around just a few years ago. The idea maybe; but the scientist then,
as the scientist now, demands proof”
“Don’t remind me”
“Remind you of what?”
“The floating part”
“You are really afraid of heights”
“I only got this job for the money”
“Well the insurance should take care of your family. That is if this thing doesn’t mess up like it did with the moon.”
“Thank you for bringing up so many of the things that are making me nervous”
“Please. Don’t be honest”
“What?”
“I don’t need any confessions”
“I am not confessing!”
“But you were about to begin delivering some monologue that you have prepared for this occasion about how you wish
you had lived a better life. Had not looked at other women other than your wife, spent time with your children;
worked harder at your job. Been a more honest person.”
“Since you did it for me, that’s a huge relief.”
“Shut up”
“Already told you to do that”
“So?”
“So do it already!”
“Make me”
“Thanks for bringing fourth grade into it”
“Fourth grade? That was like second grade. Is it possible that you were held back a few years by your teachers?
“Funny”
“You laughed”
“When and where?”
“Inside”
…
“Is this really going to work?”
“We analyzed what went wrong on the moon, from the pieces of the machines themselves we found problems that were
easily solved.”
“So no worries? Is that what you’re telling me?”
“The world needs it. I mean look, mankind is not going to survive much longer unless we somehow change things. We
need to eat for one thing, we need the planet to stop moving around so much so that we can live on the surface. We
need to disperse the acid clouds so that clean rain can fall from the sky. And that’s only part of what needs to happen.”
“And this is supposed to do all of that?”
“Yeah”
“You’re totally convincing”
“Thanks”
“But we could shatter the earth just like we tore apart the moon.”
“Small chance. But this has to be done now. We have taken all the time that we can to put this together. The gain is
worth the risk I think.”
“No one asked you. You’re just a low level scientist that can be blamed if everything goes wrong.”
“I will at least be alive to be blamed. To console you however, this platform is a type three shuttle that can survive in
the vacuum of space. So we will be able to meet the other platforms, be picked up by the Lifeboat and go out on plan ‘F’”
“Kinda sad that so many plans have fallen apart, and more often than not they have torn our world apart. Makes me
worried.”
“Told you that you were”
“Your point?”
prompt: two scientists having to deal with a life changing situation while they are suspended in the sky
“You worried?”
“About what?”
“You are.”
“Your point being?”
“That you don’t know. And you are”
“Neither do you”
“No”
…
“Well what is your point?”
“That it’s all your fault if it goes wrong.”
“Good one, very reassuring”
…
“You know that one story”
“Oh yes! now that you have mentioned it, title and all.”
“Don’t be so snide!”
“Or?”
…
“Okay I get it. Toss it out.”
“You know how in all of those ancient cultures…”
“That’s deep, can you just calibrate the last ones. We have to run these tests for function control.”
“Shut up”
“You’re the one that was talking about ancient civilizations.”
“About how all of those cultures had a story of some old guy and a boat!”
“You are going wack. I have a really tight schedule. I stick to the schedule I get paid. I don’t meet deadlines, I get pain.”
“You’re concern touches my heart.”
“The one you donated to replace your dogs?”
“You like my dog?”
…
“Those ancient people”
“What about them?”
“Do you really think they all just happened to come up with a story that was all so similar to one another?”
“That is what I was going to ask you”
“You think that it shows a shared history between people”
“No proof, no fact”
“Now you’re going scientist”
“The best way to avoid trouble”
“Demand proof that can’t be provided”
“I am what I am”
“A sicko”
“Learned from you”
“Where’s the proof?”
“You pulled that on purpose”
“Pulled it on you and your method”
“You hating the method?”
“I don’t think it’s so great. Always having to challenge everything, sometimes you just need to accept things without a
question”
“But the method does get you answers”
“The ones you want or the ones that are true?”
“Sometimes both”
“You make it sound so perfect!”
“Oh yeah; that’s the beauty of the scientific method. I mean look at us. We are sitting up here, miles high in the sky. In
our own floating platform. About to do the most important thing in the history for the human race! And most of the
machines and computers that we access were not around just a few years ago. The idea maybe; but the scientist then,
as the scientist now, demands proof”
“Don’t remind me”
“Remind you of what?”
“The floating part”
“You are really afraid of heights”
“I only got this job for the money”
“Well the insurance should take care of your family. That is if this thing doesn’t mess up like it did with the moon.”
“Thank you for bringing up so many of the things that are making me nervous”
“Please. Don’t be honest”
“What?”
“I don’t need any confessions”
“I am not confessing!”
“But you were about to begin delivering some monologue that you have prepared for this occasion about how you wish
you had lived a better life. Had not looked at other women other than your wife, spent time with your children;
worked harder at your job. Been a more honest person.”
“Since you did it for me, that’s a huge relief.”
“Shut up”
“Already told you to do that”
“So?”
“So do it already!”
“Make me”
“Thanks for bringing fourth grade into it”
“Fourth grade? That was like second grade. Is it possible that you were held back a few years by your teachers?
“Funny”
“You laughed”
“When and where?”
“Inside”
…
“Is this really going to work?”
“We analyzed what went wrong on the moon, from the pieces of the machines themselves we found problems that were
easily solved.”
“So no worries? Is that what you’re telling me?”
“The world needs it. I mean look, mankind is not going to survive much longer unless we somehow change things. We
need to eat for one thing, we need the planet to stop moving around so much so that we can live on the surface. We
need to disperse the acid clouds so that clean rain can fall from the sky. And that’s only part of what needs to happen.”
“And this is supposed to do all of that?”
“Yeah”
“You’re totally convincing”
“Thanks”
“But we could shatter the earth just like we tore apart the moon.”
“Small chance. But this has to be done now. We have taken all the time that we can to put this together. The gain is
worth the risk I think.”
“No one asked you. You’re just a low level scientist that can be blamed if everything goes wrong.”
“I will at least be alive to be blamed. To console you however, this platform is a type three shuttle that can survive in
the vacuum of space. So we will be able to meet the other platforms, be picked up by the Lifeboat and go out on plan ‘F’”
“Kinda sad that so many plans have fallen apart, and more often than not they have torn our world apart. Makes me
worried.”
“Told you that you were”
“Your point?”