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For [livejournal.com profile] mmegaera: “This plant is going to strangle me.”

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He plucked at the plant gingerly, leaving bits of nanosteel glove stuck as he pulled back. Which should not be possible. “Okay, just stay calm.”

“You stay calm,” his partner said. The plant had her bound into a tight ball, her helmet forced back as three vines wove around her throat. “I'm gonna panic.”

“Look, it can't penetrate your suit.”

“But it can... crush it.” she wheezed.

He pulled a nanocrystal from his pocket, chucking it. Quicksilver flowed over the vines, freezing the creature in place. “There, it's sealed permanently.”

“So am I.”

“Oh, dear.”

Date: 2013-11-29 05:27 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] mmegaera.livejournal.com
I was sort of afraid to read this one -- I have a really bad vine phobia [g].

Date: 2013-11-29 06:34 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] jeriendhal.livejournal.com
Fortunately the word restrictions kept me from making it worse. ;p

Date: 2013-11-29 11:55 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] siderea
There are word restrictions?

Date: 2013-11-30 12:21 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] jeriendhal.livejournal.com
The idea behind a drabble is that it's a story or at least a coherent scene that's exactly 100 words long. Occasionally I cheat and make it a twofer but I try to avoid that.

Date: 2013-11-30 03:51 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] mmegaera.livejournal.com
I am so glad.

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