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Last post by ChrisW 18 Oct 2013 17:47
This week we have an anonymous prompt:
Anonymous
Please feel free to guess who contributed this anonymous prompt.
ElectricWhite
Gatchamaniac
posted 6 Oct 2013 08:47
Is there any way to anonymously guess the anonymous contributor of the anonymous prompt? 
Okay... a ficlet and a guess, all in one! 
*****
Roses are red
Violets are blue
Galactor is strong
And they will kill you
"Horrible trash." Jun shuddered as Jinpei finished reading aloud. "And you say this is making the rounds on the internet?"
"Yeah. There's even a meme." Ryu shrugged. "It's amazing what some idiots will do."
"Who wrote it?" Ken asked, his eyes narrowing in thought.
"It says 'Anonymous'." Jinpei replied, but Joe snorted derisively.
"Anonymous." He shook his head in disbelief. "As if anything that purple clown does is ever really anonymous."
*****
Roses are red
Violets are blue
Galactor is strong
And they will kill you
"Horrible trash." Jun shuddered as Jinpei finished reading aloud. "And you say this is making the rounds on the internet?"
"Yeah. There's even a meme." Ryu shrugged. "It's amazing what some idiots will do."
"Who wrote it?" Ken asked, his eyes narrowing in thought.
"It says 'Anonymous'." Jinpei replied, but Joe snorted derisively.
"Anonymous." He shook his head in disbelief. "As if anything that purple clown does is ever really anonymous."
Hahahaha... Yet another lame move by Galactor! Good one, TJ!
Becky Rock
Gatchamaniac
posted 6 Oct 2013 12:39
They could be wrong, that it was done by Katse. Nice, TJ!
Here's what came to mind for me...poor Jun is fit to be tied! But who says it's an anonymous *girl*? LOL!
ElectricWhite
Gatchamaniac
posted 6 Oct 2013 17:13
Springie -- love it!
TJ -- I liked it...but did you have to take my idea? 
Becky Rock
Gatchamaniac
posted 6 Oct 2013 17:16
Ouch, Springie. Ken's libel to get a yo-yo in the head!
clouddancer
Gatchamaniac
posted 6 Oct 2013 18:44
Springie - wow, Jun looks really pissed off. I'm not so sure she should be though. Ken doesn't look like he is taking the note to heart.
TJ - LOL! I admire the way you come up with short spur of the moment pieces like that.
Transmute Jun
Queen of the Bird Missiles
posted 6 Oct 2013 18:58
Springie, Ken doesn't look too happy abuot it!
EW - You snooze, you lose. 
CD - Off the cuff pieces are the easiest, because I don't have to think about any setup, any consequences, any resolution... just the 'fun' part. 
CD - Off the cuff pieces are the easiest, because I don't have to think about any setup, any consequences, any resolution... just the 'fun' part.
Daniella T
GatchaFreak
posted 7 Oct 2013 11:04
Springie -- who say's it's a girl?
TJ -- Violets are red
Roses are blue
the quickest Gatch poet
on this forum is you!
TJ -- Violets are red
Roses are blue
the quickest Gatch poet
on this forum is you!
Transmute Jun
Queen of the Bird Missiles
posted 7 Oct 2013 12:41
Originally posted by Daniella T TJ -- Violets are red Roses are blue the quickest Gatch poet on this forum is you!Um... I wouldn't call myself a poet. Far from it! But I can throw together a rhyme if I have to. Daniella T Seems to be Enamored of he With the number 2 G. Um... yeah, let's let someone else claim that poetry title.
Becky Rock
Gatchamaniac
posted 7 Oct 2013 12:47
Go TJ!
gatchamarie
Gatchamaniac
posted 7 Oct 2013 13:36
TJ .. loved it! And, don't underestimate your poetical side ... you rock!
Springie .. I always love the thought of Jun being jealous about some Ken admirer, or the other way round! That says "love"!!
Originally posted by Springie Here's what came to mind for me...poor Jun is fit to be tied! But who says it's an anonymous *girl*? LOL!Uh-oh. Not a girl, huh? Ken doesn't look too happy with that anonymous note! LOL. Good work Springie! And you as well TJ--you're always so quick to answer the prompts--I'll repeat what others have said, I don't know how you do it.
Transmute Jun
Queen of the Bird Missiles
posted 8 Oct 2013 06:25
Originally posted by Redbird TJ--you're always so quick to answer the prompts--I'll repeat what others have said, I don't know how you do it.I literally write what comes to mind the moment I see the prompt. Isn't that what Bradbury's Jar is all about?
ElectricWhite
Gatchamaniac
posted 8 Oct 2013 08:57
So, does anybody have a guess as to the identity of the anonymous contributor? (EW casts her eyes toward a couple of likely suspects....)
Well done Springie, makes me wonder who might have left it, or perhaps Jun is upsetfor not being able to admit it was herself?
Daniella-loved the off the cuff bit for TJ, wish I could write on the fly like that, it made me smile.
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Becky Rock
Gatchamaniac
posted 8 Oct 2013 14:11
That's strange that the ship would just be circling, unless it goes into an autopilot mode when Ryu or Iona doesn't have control.
But the rest of the team needs others help to get up to the ship.
Transmute Jun
Queen of the Bird Missiles
posted 8 Oct 2013 17:58
But what is happening on the ship???
Originally posted by Becky Rock That's strange that the ship would just be circling, unless it goes into an autopilot mode when Ryu or Iona doesn't have control. But the rest of the team needs others help to get up to the ship.Double "yep," for you Becky. And Ryu had a few moments when he knew something was wrong (Iona not answering her page) to set the beginnings of "something," up that he was deseprate for her to see without giving himself away. One of those things would involve getting the ship into auto pilot.
Originally posted by Transmute JunBut what is happening on the ship???All kinds of stuff? I dunno? Depends on next week's prompt? I have a framework for this entire story arc, but what gets told depends on the prompt. Anonymous wasn't all that easy to work with and keep the story moving forward. But I figure the team would know something was up pretty quickly and that Ken would begin to be formulating a plan to take back this ship the moment his feet hit the floor.
Good work, k2! Looking forward to the next bit. 
gatchamarie
Gatchamaniac
posted 12 Oct 2013 06:55
K2 .. nicely written! Is Ryu already unconscious in this part?
Gatchamarie...probably. I would fathom that he was able to send out a short distress signal before shutting everything down that he felt the Galactor agent could use to communicate with Katse.
ElectricWhite
Gatchamaniac
posted 12 Oct 2013 20:15
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gatchamarie
Gatchamaniac
posted 13 Oct 2013 00:02
K2 ... many thanks for answering my question!
EW ... DT should be over the moon! At last ... an anonymous, scary letter that turned out much more better than expected!
EW, that was great! DT is going to love it.
Let's only hope that if she brings Jason with her to the Championship, that he doesn't blow up the course.
But on second thought, that might be fun....
Let's only hope that if she brings Jason with her to the Championship, that he doesn't blow up the course.
But on second thought, that might be fun....
Since the week is up, I'll let this anonymous prompter out herself when she is ready ....
ElectricWhite
Gatchamaniac
posted 13 Oct 2013 10:03
Originally posted by amethyst Since the week is up, I'll let this anonymous prompter out herself when she is ready ....Um....don't you think you should have phrased that a little differently? Usually, when somebody's "outed"....well, it's usually for something different!
Well that was a really sweet way to end the story EW, nice little twist there at the end. Well done.
Originally posted by ElectricWhiteI'll let the person (note the gender neutral term) reveal herself/himself (note the syntactically awkward, but grammatically correct phrasing to go along with the more PC vocabulary) if the person so chooses. Okay, just erased on several long rants about equal rights ending with the limiting of vocabulary. And a few sarcastic comments, too. I don't mind being anti-PC, but I really don't like hurting people unnecessarily.Originally posted by amethyst Since the week is up, I'll let this anonymous prompter out herself when she is ready ....Um....don't you think you should have phrased that a little differently? Usually, when somebody's "outed"....well, it's usually for something different!
Becky Rock
Gatchamaniac
posted 13 Oct 2013 10:47
EW- Yeah, DT will love that! Jason can be sweet when he wants to be.
Ame - We know you would never hurt anyone's feelings in purpose. Actually, I didn't read it that way.
Originally posted by Becky Rock Ame - We know you would never hurt anyone's feelings in purpose. Actually, I didn't read it that way.Thanks, Becky, but I had to toss that in because my conservative roots where showing in the rants I erased. Damn, it is strange feeling guilty about having been a conservative.
ElectricWhite
Gatchamaniac
posted 13 Oct 2013 13:11
Originally posted by amethystCripes, it's happened again. I didn't mean for that comment to be taken quite soooooooo seriously! This reminds me of a half-joking comment I made waaaay back when I first joined this forum, and the first response I got was "I don't swing that way." I didn't mean for it to be any form of criticism. While the idea of political correctness was well-intended, it's usually used to the point of destroying the power and beauty of language. Anyway, I'm sorry that I didn't construct the sentence well enough to convey my meaning.Originally posted by ElectricWhiteI'll let the person (note the gender neutral term) reveal herself/himself (note the syntactically awkward, but grammatically correct phrasing to go along with the more PC vocabulary) if the person so chooses. Okay, just erased on several long rants about equal rights ending with the limiting of vocabulary. And a few sarcastic comments, too. I don't mind being anti-PC, but I really don't like hurting people unnecessarily.Originally posted by amethyst Since the week is up, I'll let this anonymous prompter out herself when she is ready ....Um....don't you think you should have phrased that a little differently? Usually, when somebody's "outed"....well, it's usually for something different!
No worries, EW.
My rephrase was tongue-in-cheek, too, which also came out way too serious.
My rants on language, however, were far beyond that.
Can we reverse the hold the LGBQT community has on our language?
I know Gays who are not gay, Queers who are not queer, and whether they are in or out is their own damn business, the same goes for being up or down.
Language is supposed to be expansive not limiting.
Okay, now that we seem to have smoothed over some ruffled feathers, I guess it's time I made a confession:
I am the world-famous graffiti artist Banksy. As I type this, I'm painting my latest masterpiece on a wall near Hell's Kitchen in NYC! 
Becky Rock
Gatchamaniac
posted 13 Oct 2013 19:07
Some of the best art I've ever seen could be considered graffiti.
and my comments on the posts for this thread.....
TJ - maybe it wasn't from Katse, but one of his minions perhaps????
Springie - I think Jun is mad with Ken because he didn't automatically assume she had sent him it?
k2 - so we still don't know about Ryu and Iona! seems I'm gonna have to wait and see after all.
keep it up, I don't want to be waiting too long 
EW - I'm guessing that that would be DT's dream come true... especially if the Condor was to accompany her.
EW - I'm guessing that that would be DT's dream come true... especially if the Condor was to accompany her.
Transmute Jun
Queen of the Bird Missiles
posted 15 Oct 2013 06:26
A bright, shining object.... hmmm... maybe Ken's boomerang?
ElectricWhite
Gatchamaniac
posted 15 Oct 2013 06:56
Originally posted by KT1972 I don't have a clue as to who the anonymous contributor might be though. Are they going to keep us in suspense much longer?Finally! Someone who cares! Yeah, it's me! Let's see . . . a bright, shining object. . . is that where my rocket-propelled flashlight got to?
Transmute Jun
Queen of the Bird Missiles
posted 15 Oct 2013 07:14
Originally posted by ElectricWhite Yeah, it's me!Why am I not surprised?
ElectricWhite
Gatchamaniac
posted 15 Oct 2013 09:48
Originally posted by Transmute JunSo why didn't you say anything, huh? Huh? Huh?Originally posted by ElectricWhite Yeah, it's me!Why am I not surprised?
Becky Rock
Gatchamaniac
posted 15 Oct 2013 13:28
KT - Joe appears to be lucky help is coming before he has to break his cover. Question is who is coming to help?
Your prompts are unfolding nicely, KT!
Originally posted by Transmute Jun A bright, shining object.... hmmm... maybe Ken's boomerang?Or perhaps Jun's yo-yo? (You know, all set to bonk a few goons on the head/across their faces. LOL) *wonders*
clouddancer
Gatchamaniac
posted 15 Oct 2013 15:55
I was wondering if it might be something from Ryu's girl friend (sorry forgot her name after all this time***).
She probably knew the troop leader was there and might have disobeyed Joe's comment to go to his car?
***I am not blaming you KT about how long it is has been. It is myself that has been so busy that I can't remember what I did yesterday, let alone remember what has been happening is stories I have been reading.
hee, hee, hee, CD, Don't worry about the name of the girlfriend, I don't think I've actually given her a name - If I did, then I've forgotten it myself too! (will look through my past posts just to check though)
clouddancer
Gatchamaniac
posted 16 Oct 2013 04:30
Ahhhh, then I don't feel *quite * so bad. Still with the rush of work related events going on, it is very easy for me to forget things these days unless I note them down somewhere. And then I am likely to forget where I placed the note/list. LOL
gatchamarie
Gatchamaniac
posted 16 Oct 2013 11:21
KT ... my first thought was that it might be Ken's boomerang, too, just as TJ said! In fact, my mind brings me to think that it could be one of those spectacular entrances of someone who might have been considered as injured, missing, or even dead, returning to the scene!
EW ... now that you're not anonymous any more ... great prompt!
ElectricWhite
Gatchamaniac
posted 16 Oct 2013 14:30
Thanks, Marie! 
TJ: Guess Katse had too much wine one night and tried to write some poetry.
Springie: LOL, indeed, could be a cute anonymous guy!
k2p2: Ah, throwing around a little rank while fighting a monumental bout of heartburn, I imagine.
EW: At least they got to the bottom of it.
KT: "Nambu's personal chauffeur" ... wonder why they never thought to use that line in the show (or did they and I forgot?) ... sounds like the cavalry has arrived!
Springie: LOL, indeed, could be a cute anonymous guy!
k2p2: Ah, throwing around a little rank while fighting a monumental bout of heartburn, I imagine.
EW: At least they got to the bottom of it.
KT: "Nambu's personal chauffeur" ... wonder why they never thought to use that line in the show (or did they and I forgot?) ... sounds like the cavalry has arrived!
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