What's A Little Symbolism Among Friends? by Khriskin

[khriskin]

TITLE: What's A Little Symbolism Among Friends? (Or: Why John Is Banned From All Future Alien Ceremonies)
FANDOM: Stargate Atlantis
LENGTH/RATING: 100 words, PG
PAIRING/WARNINGS: None
SUMMARY: Written for sga_flashfic Masks and Masquerade challenge.

"What do you mean it doesn't come off?"

"Apart from the obvious?" John fought off memories of the mask's edges seeping into his face. Seeping. He shuddered, refocusing on the white rocks dotting the road. Thirty-six.

"It has to come off, why would they--"

Thirty-eight. "Lifetime appointment, Rodney." Thirty-nine.

"Then why did you put it on?"

Forty. "It was ceremonial; a symbolic acceptance of guardianship of the planet." He could feel mask oozing information into his brain, detailing the current state of, well, everything on P24-T12. Forty-one.

"You've got a lousy grasp on the concept of 'symbolic' then."

Forty-two.


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Technorati tags: writing | fan fiction | fantasy | stargate atlantis | the unforgotten country | fanfic

Comments

[adafrog.livejournal.com]

Wow, crazy. Loved it.

[khriskin]

*grin* I'm glad you liked it! ^_^ *torments her John ficitive with what amounts to the Weather Channel playing 24/7 in his head* Hehehe ^_^

[adafrog.livejournal.com]

lol Evil, evil person.

[lady-lirenel.livejournal.com]

So, John knows the answer to everything in the universe. Does he know the question?

...ignore me, too much Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy.

Interesting story. Poor John.

[khriskin]

Hehehe. Figured someone would catch that eventually... ^_~ *unashamed geeky grin* Now I just have to figure out how to reference The Flight of the Navigator and my weekend is complete! *grin*

Glad you liked it! ^_^

[blue-underwing.livejournal.com]

:snerk:
This is evil and that's the way I likes it.

[khriskin]

Hehehe *bows and evil bow* I'm glad you liked it! ^_~

[seratonation.livejournal.com]

creepy.

nice idea tho. i will be evil and ask for more more please? coz there is so much potential.

[khriskin]

I'm glad you liked it! ^_^ It's finals weekened for me, so I'll see if I can't sneak some more writing time in... *jots notes*

[seratonation.livejournal.com]

:O good luck for finals, and dont worry about the more, coz man I've been there and finals, tho good for my muse, not so good for the posting.

[ceitie.livejournal.com]

Agh, the image of the mask seeping into his face is truly creepy. And Rodney, of course, being helpful as always.

[kuonji14.livejournal.com]

erk! o_O Creepy!

[saphanibaal.livejournal.com]

I want to say something, but I cannot think of anything to say other than that I'm glad I read this.

[sor-bet.livejournal.com]

"What do you mean it doesn't come off?"

Okay, can I just say, best first line of a fic ever. :-D So may things could follow this, and you can't read that and not want to know what came before and what comes next.

[khriskin]

*grin* Glad you liked it! ^_^ And feel free to make off with the line if your Muses feel inclined; I'm all about the sharing of plotbunnies! *grin*

(Sadly I have a whole collection of posts under my writing filter that are nothing but random lines that never went anywhere... ^_^;; <-(sheepish look) ((baa!)))