Topic: Word Wars

Here's something I slapped together in 5 minutes (literally!) of writing. You can submit your own; the only rule is that it must be written in exactly one contiguous 5 minute block (or 10 minutes, or 30, or what have you, but tell us how long you gave yourself).


Matt landed on the alien planet without ceremony, having tumbled from an airplane above just minutes prior. He immediately glanced around. Surrounding him was a forest of strange, bizarre flora unlike anything he had seen at home. Where was the familiarity? Where was the comfort? He had left all that behind in the dropship.

Alien calls echoed throughout the valley in which he had landed. He was a hardened soldier, but the unsettling noises still chilled his blood. He knew he had to start moving soon, or else he would be eaten by something much larger than him. It was the law of the jungle now: eat, or be eaten.

Unslinging his rifle from his back, he immediately began trekking southwest, dried branches and leaves crunching beneath his feet. He thought he could see movement at the edge of his vision. Was something stalking him? He could not be sure. All he knew was that he needed to keep moving, no matter the cost.

He spotted tracks on the ground - seven-toed tracks belonging to some reptilian thing. What strange beasts inhabited this world? And to think that EarthCom had dumped him here so unceremoniously. What was he looking for again?

Oh, that's right, he thought to himself. They suspect a Daarmid base hidden here. And it was Matt's job to go ahead and dig it up. Matt sighed. Why did he get assigned all the grunt work?

He shook his head in discontent, and marched on, leaving a fine dust in his wake.

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2 (edited by [RPA] Arocalex 06-Oct-2008 00:44:15)

Re: Word Wars

Timed at 9 minutes without correcting spelling. Was going for ten but couldn't think of anything without going deeper into the charachtars.

Once again she woke up, in the darkness, with only a few rays of light shining through the wooden planks above her. The man that tortured her physically now mentally tormented her in her dreams. Horrors she lived through she lived again but seemingly more vivid.

Chained to the chair she could do nothing, or so it would appear. While in fact she was slowly chipping away at the wood, to make herself a little shiv, to stab him when it's done. It was the only thing that kept her alive, she abandoned hope of a rescue a long time ago. Each time the bits of dust trickled trough and the wood crackled under his weight she hoped it was someone that would save her. But everytime it was him again. Coming to interrogate her again. Until she broke under the strain.

But even a man knows when he can't fix a problem, when everything doesn't work. What do you do then? Remove the initial threat and all evidence. That was his plan when he got back from another day of futile investigation on the streets.

Not many people know this, but I own the first radio in Springfield. Not much on the air then, just Edison reciting the alphabet over and over. "A" he'd say; then "B." "C" would usually follow...