HAPPY SAMHAIN! Yes, it's the time when the cattle are brought back down from the summer pastures and livestock are slaughtered for the winter. It's time to bring in the crops and prepare for cold weather. It's the time when special bonfires are built as the Aos Sí (fairy-folk) and the souls of the dead cross over and visit our world. So, in honor of this ancient Celtic festival, this week's prompt is: Harvest Now, let's see what responses you all scare up!

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH!" Princess' scream tore through the early-morning calm of Camp Parker. Mark slammed his tea mug down on the table and transformed as he ran toward the sound. Jason was on his heels as Mark flung the door open and the two of them raced around to the rear of the G-Force accommodation building. "Oh, God, I think I'm going to be sick!" Princess wailed. She threw herself into Mark's arms and he stood, bemused and still full of adrenaline, uncertain as to what he should do next. He settled for awkwardly patting his team-mate on the shoulder. "Uh..." he ventured carefully. "Princess, are you okay?" "They're hideous!" Princess said into Mark's chest. "Whaff's chineouff?" Jason asked. Mark turned his head to the right to see Jason, in full battle gear with a mouthful of toothpaste. "Whaff?" Jason demanded. "I waff bwuffhing mah feeff!" He walked over to a planter and spat. "Princess screamed," he pointed out. "I reacted." Mark took a deep breath and waited for his heart to slow down from its frantic fight-or-flight state. "Keyop," he said, "I don't suppose you can explain..." Keyop, who was standing in the garden with the top half of what appeared to be some kind of polymer box in his hands, bore the look of the perennially put-upon. "I was just about to harvest worm castings for the veggie patch when Princess came out and asked me what I was doing. I needed to feed the worms, so I took the lid off to put the vegetable scraps in. I didn't ask her to look." Later that day, the words, 'KEYOP'S WORM FARM - KEEP OUT - PRINCESS, THIS MEANS YOU' were painted on the side of the composting unit.

...And then the worms mutated into the monsters featured in the Tremors movies! Sorry, I just couldn't resist. Having Jason come running without spitting out the toothpaste was a nice touch!

LOL

Originally posted by ElectricWhite ...And then the worms mutated into the monsters featured in the Tremors movies! Sorry, I just couldn't resist. Having Jason come running without spitting out the toothpaste was a nice touch!

I had to go and look up the Tremors franchise. Didn't they do that one with The Space Serpent?* I originally pictured Jason ready for battle, the fearsome Condor, the Dark Bird of Death, foaming at the mouth and brandishing a toothbrush, but then I thought, no, that's a bit over the top, so I ditched the toothbrush and just kept the toothpaste suds. Having said that, Jason would probably be pretty deadly with a toothbrush. * Serpents do not have segmented bodies with lots and lots of little legs.

You'd think by now Princess would have stopped trying to "take an interest" in Keyop's animals. (especially anything that could be described as a "creepy crawlie" So glad to see the previously discussed worm farm make an appearance. (and that Jill obviously vetoed a work farm on the roof of her building)

Originally posted by Madilayn You'd think by now Princess would have stopped trying to "take an interest" in Keyop's animals. (especially anything that could be described as a "creepy crawlie"

Princess probably thought that Keyop was just composting and didn't realise there were invertebrates involved. Remember that things like gardening and life sciences are not only closed books to this girl, they're books that have had the pages glued together and been tied up with duct tape.

that have had the pages glued together and been tied up with duct tape.

And if she has her way will remain so!