lumiworx, 1 month ago

@VisualInspiration ... Sorry, but I have no idea what it's called. Next time you see Higsby, ask him. He found it at the edge of one of the mud pots in the south basin, so I suppose it's his choice as a new species of whatever the hell these are.

All I can tell you is that he brought it in at 15 mm long at 8 am, and in 6 hours, it was 10 cm. Hasn't really moved a muscle beyond breathing - or even blinked. Kinda looks hypnotized.

Umm. Erin. Now it's staring, and those prickly things popped up.

knodel, 1 month ago

@VisualInspiration
Species: Quesadilla norstrillaria vomitans.
Origin: New Oklahoma, Villarops 3.
Appearance: 5 - 10 cm long, pink, four-legged, pink, acanthous BLARK
Habitat: Damp basements, wine cellars.
Intelligent: Non-descript.
Edible: No.
Food: BLARK.
Special features: Hypnotic abilities, mainly forcing BLARK affected individuals to regularly BLARK the expression BLARK instead of BLARK BLARK with increasing BLARK BLARK BLARK

ixtlidekami, 1 month ago

@VisualInspiration
—It's a flea.

—No, it is NOT a flea. Fleas don't have only four limbs. I don't know what this thin is, but it is NOT a flea. Where the hell did you found this?

—On the head of one child in the school I work.

—It was the only one?

—Yeah. I think so. There's no other report of sudden rashes.

—What did you used with that kid?

—Chlorine and ammonia. I was the only thing that worked.

—How's the kid.

—Fine. He'll go back home in one week.

—Good, good…
#WritingPrompt

jeffc, 1 month ago

@VisualInspiration
The creature would have been perfectly at home in a Permian desert.

"It's an insect-eating generalist. It can be the basis of a new ecosystem if it has to."

Garvey looked out at the silent, blasted landscape. "It might have to. What else have you got?"

"We're working on plants: fast-growing, deep-rooted perennials with high tolerance for heavy metals and radiation."

Damn the War. "How long?"

"One, two million years, tops and the ecosystem will be humming."
#MicroFiction