Alien invasion story prompt
Jul. 3rd, 2016 11:17 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
soc_puppetMore of what happens in my brain when I'm alone at work all day. Possible bonus for deciding to listen to classical music instead of my longtime playlist. (Stimulates my brain, but largely without the distraction of words I can understand and will sing along with.)
Brain: Okay, here's an idea:
Brain: Earth is invaded by giant space bugs. They look like a cross between cockroaches and spiders with a mosquito's proboscis, and are, on average, about the size of a minivan. Bullets bounce off their chitinous skin, and bombs only seem to tickle. Earth is getting closer and closer to resorting to the unthinkable nuclear option (which some suggest may not even work, because Giant Space Spider-Roaches).
Brain: It's up to a crack team of entomologists to save the day ...by correctly interpreting their various body language and chemical signals and point out that the space bugs are actually really friendly nomads and just interested in trading stuff, rather than locusts or whatever.
Me: XD I approve!
Me: Let's post this to Tumblr and see what people think!
Brain: Great! Be sure to include the main character profiles I've just provided you with so people can actually get everything exactly right.
Brain: Also, here's what the alien bugs are interested in trading and why it would be a fantastic deal that Earth should totally take them up on, and some really bad jokes about how the pro-gun movement is really smug until they find out that bullets don't work.
Brain: And we should definitely talk to an entomologist ourselves to see what sort of advice they have, and what sort of neutral or good bug behavior might be considered really freaky/scary by humans. I'm thinking mandible cleaning for a start, maybe some scent excretion that humans find really disgusting?
Me: ...You want us to write this ourselves, don't you.
Brain: ...Yeah, that might be a good idea.
Brain: Okay, here's an idea:
Brain: Earth is invaded by giant space bugs. They look like a cross between cockroaches and spiders with a mosquito's proboscis, and are, on average, about the size of a minivan. Bullets bounce off their chitinous skin, and bombs only seem to tickle. Earth is getting closer and closer to resorting to the unthinkable nuclear option (which some suggest may not even work, because Giant Space Spider-Roaches).
Brain: It's up to a crack team of entomologists to save the day ...by correctly interpreting their various body language and chemical signals and point out that the space bugs are actually really friendly nomads and just interested in trading stuff, rather than locusts or whatever.
Me: XD I approve!
Me: Let's post this to Tumblr and see what people think!
Brain: Great! Be sure to include the main character profiles I've just provided you with so people can actually get everything exactly right.
Brain: Also, here's what the alien bugs are interested in trading and why it would be a fantastic deal that Earth should totally take them up on, and some really bad jokes about how the pro-gun movement is really smug until they find out that bullets don't work.
Brain: And we should definitely talk to an entomologist ourselves to see what sort of advice they have, and what sort of neutral or good bug behavior might be considered really freaky/scary by humans. I'm thinking mandible cleaning for a start, maybe some scent excretion that humans find really disgusting?
Me: ...You want us to write this ourselves, don't you.
Brain: ...Yeah, that might be a good idea.
