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Title: Shadow Box
Author:  czarina_kitty
Characters:  Jack, the Doctor
Challenge:  tw100 # 184 – shadow  play
Rating:  PG

Notes: post COE                                                                             

 

“I don’t get it, Doc.  How were they able to hold the entire world hostage?”

“Surely you, Jack, of all people, understand the value of projecting a strong image.”

“But if we’d known…”

“Did you ever see them up close?  In the open?”

“No…”

“Just inside the tank, right?”

“Yeah.”

“And they spoke through the children or with a synthesizer?”

“Yes.”

“Classic deception—smoke and mirrors, really.  Like making shadow puppets.  Aim the light source correctly, stand back from the screen and voila:  big, scary alien.”

“But they’re not even a foot tall.  We could have just stepped on them.”

 

Date: 2011-02-03 02:48 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] scifiangel.livejournal.com
Oh, this is sad and funny at the same time. Well done.

Date: 2011-02-04 05:23 am (UTC)

Date: 2011-02-03 02:53 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] aviv-b.livejournal.com
wonderful twist! That's really a horrible reality considering what happened.

Date: 2011-02-04 05:24 am (UTC)

Date: 2011-02-03 04:42 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] jolinarjackson.livejournal.com
How horrible to consider what happened. And they could have just STEPPED on them. Mean twist, but I like it.

Date: 2011-02-04 05:25 am (UTC)

Date: 2011-02-03 07:24 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] karaokegal.livejournal.com
Brilliant. You managed to write a poignant vignette and capture the Jack/Ten rhythm perfectly.

Date: 2011-02-04 05:26 am (UTC)

Date: 2011-02-03 10:24 pm (UTC)
From: [personal profile] jo02

Oh, that's - that's - very sad indeed !

Date: 2011-02-04 05:27 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] czarina-kitty.livejournal.com
Yeah. I just still can't take the 456 as a serious threat.

Date: 2011-02-04 11:39 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] bk_forever
So sad, makes it seem that everything they went through, all the sacrifice, was for nothing.

Date: 2011-02-06 06:12 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] rustydog.livejournal.com
Oh, great use of the prompt, and the idea really hits you in the gut. Wow.

Date: 2011-03-15 09:26 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] hab318princess.livejournal.com
wow... that is scary

Date: 2011-03-16 08:32 am (UTC)

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