Just when you thought it was safe... This week's prompt is: Negative I'm positive you'll come up with awesome ideas!

//"There's something I don't understand," said Mark, gazing gloomily at the ceiling, as he lay across the couch in the ready room. "Oh yeah? Just one thing?" asked Jason, looking up from his racing magazine. "Why, you have more?" enquired Mark. "I'm good, mate," said Jason. "Want to share it with me?" "Well, I don't know...you might think me a bit weird for thinking of this now...but EW's prompt got my mind working..." "Nice that there's something that can get your mind working," snorted Jason. "Anyway," continued Mark, "I was thinking of that time when we disobeyed Anderson..." "Which time would that be?" laughed Jason. "It's harder to find an episode where we obeyed Anderson, no?" "Yes, but this is a real mystery," insisted Mark. "When we disobeyed Anderson as he was going to meet with his old friend Strecker, and we went with him and Strecker took a picture of us?" "Yeah, what about it?" asked Jason. The incident had not made a very big impression on him. "Well, what happened to the negative?"//

DT, there are two things that came to mind: 1. Good question! I don't think anybody thought about the negative -- for all we know, it could still be floating around out there! 2. Aw, shucks, you mentioned me! That put a grin on my face.

It certainly is a very valid question, Daniella!

It was the first thing I thought of -- at the same time, I was watching the results of the first round of the local elections in Greece, and feeling pretty negative about it, so I wanted to write a cheerful ficlet.

Originally posted by ElectricWhite Aw, shucks, you mentioned me! That put a grin on my face.

Very happy to hear it, EW!

You used it twice, DT. Very good. Was the picture a Polaroid? Did they have them back then? I had one in 1979.

Originally posted by Becky Rock You used it twice, DT. Very good. Was the picture a Polaroid? Did they have them back then? I had one in 1979.

I know Polaroids were in use during the Korean War, so you can figure they were around at least as far back as 1950. But I believe the picture in question was a basic black-and-white film type.

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Oooooh this is getting quite scary! Why did she have to clean the dress? What happened in between?

Those people are nuts. I hope Ken can get free soon.

Gee both Ken *AND* Joe tied up to bedposts?!

Originally posted by Redbird Gee both Ken *AND* Joe tied up to bedposts?!

Such sick, sick people! No wonder I fit in so well...

I'm just confused...? Who are these people and do they have anything to do with Ken? Wait... they didn't cut Ken's hair to make a wig for this woman?

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DT - Good point, I don't think that issue was ever addressed in the episode. EW - what has Magdalena done to Soledad? and where do the team fit into all this?

Originally posted by KT1972 EW - what has Magdalena done to Soledad? and where do the team fit into all this?

It's coming.

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KT, I think Dr. Nambu's been more than lenient. Jun has really let everyone down, and she doesn't even seem ashamed of what she's done. She need to face up to her mistakes and try to fix them, rather than being on the defensive.

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DT: Hehe, poor Mark trying to have a conversation and Jason smart-assing him all the way. It's a good question, though! EW: Oh dear, Ken is definitely in a bad place. If they offer him a white dress he's really in trouble. *grin* KT: Poor Jun. I can totally understand why the others are feeling a bit hostile over Kaden, he's taken her away from them and changed everything on top of the fact that she's lost her bracelet and he might be off with it somewhere doing who knew what! And as far as letting Ken become part of the team, he didn't say that! But he's certainly letting Ken in closer.

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So many questions, so little time, hehe. I figure Hakase's no dummy. Given that Joe dropped a verbal bomb on them last time, the reception might be a bit awkward.

I read these backwards. I think bad things will happen when they catch Kaden. This is going to be interesting, Ken going to the house. Now I'm starting to fear what's going to happen in the future, since Adam isn't canon.

Somewhere Adam keeps looking around, wondering why all the little hairs on the back of his neck insist on staying up and why he feels like there's a target planted on his back ...

Originally posted by ChrisW Somewhere Adam keeps looking around, wondering why all the little hairs on the back of his neck insist on staying up and why he feels like there's a target planted on his back ...

....besides the bullseye birthmark on his back...

LOL, wouldn't that be a great character trait in a story somewhere? Literally born with a bullseye on their back.

A book series called 'Bull's Eye' about a guy whose paranoid that everyone is out to get him.