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@SeekingPlumb

A collaborative, horror, scifi story; told 10 seconds at a time. πŸš€

article image placeholderIn a far away galaxy....
Okay, I can't help myself. The ten second historical romance didn't quite take off, and I have to admit, it's not entirely up my alley. So I felt a little like a fish out of water. But I was thinking maybe we could mix it up again in a somewhat familiar yet somewhat different way. I'm thinking scifi with a touch of horror. What do you think if you're joining us for the first time? This is one of those collaborative stories

I enjoyed our previous scifi story so much, I'm proposing another! Join me??

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@SeekingPlumb
The vampire Captain thumbed a bit of blood off his lower lip while he contemplated exactly how to proceed with the enemy's ship. Decloaking off the bow
@liora
Liora H
@lioraΒ Β·Β 0:10
He knew their weaknesses. Having gathered intel in preparation for this exact moment, his right hand man called to him. Incoming message, sir, he said
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@GeorgieDee
Georgie Dee
@GeorgieDeeΒ Β·Β 0:12
The blue hologram message sparked up onto the main screen on the deck. And there he was in front of him. Zorax the wrong bloodline
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@DBPardes
Deborah Pardes
@DBPardesΒ Β·Β 0:08

A little blood

I see you've got a little dinner left on your lips. Said, Zorax, I guess we're all hungry for a little blood these days
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@SeekingPlumb
The difference, Zorax, is that my dinner didn't cost millions of lives. As if on cue, two snuffle puff ships decloak on either side
@DBPardes
Deborah Pardes
@DBPardesΒ Β·Β 0:10
But don't mind my snuffle pup ships, said the captain. Come on board. Let's talk about this amicably
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@liora
Liora H
@lioraΒ Β·Β 0:11
So Zorax beamed onto the ship, and as soon as he took a step, the crew went silent, terrified of what he may do. He was known for being unpredictable
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@SeekingPlumb

The Wogs. 😱

And true to that he didn't come alone. He brought four members of his guard. Other stood 8ft tall and were members of the WOLG race. They were half salivating, Wolf and half goat
@arish
Arish Ali
@arishΒ Β·Β 0:19

"Your move" as per Rule 42

As is well known, rule 42 of the Galactic Federation's Guide to Interspc's Etiquette requires that the captain offer Zorax a chance to play a game of Shatranj. The Anchan came of Jeff. Your move, said the captain
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@GeorgieDee
Georgie Dee
@GeorgieDeeΒ Β·Β 0:10

Slobbering Wogs

Zorax smirked as he eyed off the chest set. The wogs started slobbering and shuffling. They loved chatter at
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@SeekingPlumb
A lot can be learned about your opponent through the game of chess. It also facilitates cooler heads once conclusion of the game has been reached
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@DBPardes
Deborah Pardes
@DBPardesΒ Β·Β 0:09
One of the wags flipped open his little smartphone and started watching the Queen's gambit for a little inspiration
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@GeorgieDee
Georgie Dee
@GeorgieDeeΒ Β·Β 0:13

Big Eyes

He was fascinated by the lead actress. Naturally, Wogs had tiny, beady, close set eyes. And he really thought that she had the biggest eyes he'd ever seen
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@arish
Arish Ali
@arishΒ Β·Β 0:24

3720 to 1

Back at the chessboard, Zorax was losing the game. He competed the remaining 5 billion combinations and realized his odds of winning with 3720 to one half. He belowed and he flung the chessboard aside. Other time for playing is over. Now we fight
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@DBPardes
Deborah Pardes
@DBPardesΒ Β·Β 0:13

Two for one!!

But the wog to the right of him had a huge crush on the woman from the Queen's Gambit and pulled his arm and said, let's not just fight for the captain. Let's go find that woman and capture her
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@SeekingPlumb
Patience wog one we will find her. Zorox turns to the captain and says them wrestling or rubber band snapping
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@GeorgieDee
Georgie Dee
@GeorgieDeeΒ Β·Β 0:11

Leisure Deck Secret

Rubber bands. Always rubber bands, said the Captain. Little did Zorak and the Wags know that while this was happening, Anna Taylor Joy was enjoying herself on the leisure deck
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@DBPardes
Deborah Pardes
@DBPardesΒ Β·Β 0:13

Games afoot??

Now Anya and the Captain had been doing some of their own rubber bands slapping before perhaps her big, beautiful eyes would peer down and see some more games afoot
@Swell
Swell Team
@SwellΒ Β·Β 0:15

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@SeekingPlumb
And Ensen stepped forward with a wooden box and lifted the lid to reveal the official rubber bands. Other Captain turned to Zorax and said, choose your weapon
@GeorgieDee
Georgie Dee
@GeorgieDeeΒ Β·Β 0:12
Suddenly there was an enormous crashing sound. Anna had fallen through the floor of the glass leisure deck, into the bridge
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@SeekingPlumb
After a second or few a stunned silence, the enamored wog turns to Zorax and says, Boss, it's her. Anna gets to her feet and says, surprise
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@DBPardes
Deborah Pardes
@DBPardesΒ Β·Β 0:10

Go right ahead she said

Don't mind me, she said. Just go ahead and have your little fight. You and the captain have some things to work out, I assume. But the captain's a pretty strong guy
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@arish
Arish Ali
@arishΒ Β·Β 0:19

The lights dimmed...

The lights dimmed and the music came on
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@SeekingPlumb
As the music set the stage, they prepared their rubber bands and began to bounce on their toes, forward and backward, prepared to lunge or jump back
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