Lights flicker into life. We remain strapped into high-backed chairs. The Professor has vanished. The spherical console in front of us rotates, lights flashing amber and green. A countdown commences: ten, nine, eight… A screen flips up showing the surface of the barren planet outside.
An engine powers up beneath us. The countdown continues: five, four… Behind us a siren wails and a flashing red light reflects on the console. The engine judders: two, one… We are thrown back in our seats. Lift off. The siren ceases. All lights turn green.
The screen shows the planet’s surface receding rapidly. I can just make out the shape of the Professor’s Space Machine on the ground below where we left it.
I turn to Harris on my right. “Who’s flying this thing?”
On my left, Stevens points at the screen where the picture has changed. It is not a life-form I recognise. Humanoid certainly but…
“I am the Zyborgatron,” it says. We look at each other. It continues. “This craft is powered by your minds and guided by your imaginations. Welcome to the Fantasy Tribute Space Opera.”
The signature tune to my favourite TV series from the mid-20th century starts to play…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHhePr0TKfc
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Great immersive story, Chris! 🙂
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I’m hoping to have some fun with this as a light-hearted, tongue-in-cheek series. A bit of a break from editing ‘Nick in Time’.
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Best of luck with your main story too! Looking forward to seeing where it’s progressing 🙂
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Oh yay! I like this one! Had to go back and read the first chapter again, but now I’m hooked! Looking forward to the next installment!
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I remember you enjoyed the first one. I think we can have some fun with this 🙂
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It got my heart twerking in unsteady rythmes 😮😯
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Just wait until you read the next one (better sit down) 😉
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[…] Previously… […]
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I want a machine like thatp. A bit worried about side effects, though. In my experience, if it’s too much fun… 😀
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The side-effects are pretty huge! You have to be very careful what you wish for 😉
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[…] Onwards to episode 2 […]
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