While there are plenty of interesting things happening in my life at the moment, none of them are the sorts of things that I plan to be blogging about. I've also been very very busy, or at least very very lazy and haven't been doing any writing.
But apparently some people enjoy reading my writing (you guys are freaks! jk) so I thought I'd just post something short and a little bit old to keep you satisfied until I write something new.
This piece (it's called Chameleon Device) is probably about 2 years old now; I think I wrote it at school but really, who knows? My memory's not that good! The main background knowledge that you need is that "INH" stands for "Insert Name Here" i.e. INH is the name I'm using for the character in this story, who has no name yet.
The other thing that is important is that I think I may have been experimenting with the thesaurus when I wrote this, so please forgive me. (If that doesn't make much sense, just get on with reading it and I'm sure you'll understand. It full of exciting words like "dirigible".)
One last disclaimer: I actually kind of hate it. The first paragraph isn't bad, I guess, but the radio conversation is just ridiculous.
Just read it already, okay? :
The chameleon device on the pedal-chute was independent of that on the carrier ship, so INH flicked the switch to “on” the very second that her vehicle began to plummet from the open floor of the military dirigible. All military pedal-chutes were fitted with the chameleon device, a useful gadget that imitated the physiological phenomenon that made its reptilian namesake famous. When it was turned on, the vehicle was rendered virtually invisible, although it was detectable in other ways such as infrared cameras. INH pedalled a few times to unfurl the huge wings of her pedal-chute. They caught the wind and she began to coast gently to the earth below.
‘Pedal-chute 5, come in, over,’ crackled the radio.
She picked up the microphone, turned a few knobs and replied, ‘this is pedal-chute 5, launch successful, over.’
‘Pedal-chute 5, status report,’ it crackled again after a short pause.
‘Currently coasting on minimum pedals, ETA to ground ten minutes, over.’
‘All pedal-chutes, you have your instructions. Good luck. Over and out.’
‘Pedal-chute 5, come in, over,’ crackled the radio.
She picked up the microphone, turned a few knobs and replied, ‘this is pedal-chute 5, launch successful, over.’
‘Pedal-chute 5, status report,’ it crackled again after a short pause.
‘Currently coasting on minimum pedals, ETA to ground ten minutes, over.’
‘All pedal-chutes, you have your instructions. Good luck. Over and out.’
Hope you survived.
As always I appreciate any feedback - feel free just to comment with something completely random if you like, at least I'll know that you read the blog. (Obviously actual feedback is preferred.)
I promise I'll write something better for next time.
♥Nancy♫
