Discussion Thread -- September 2018 75-word Writing Challenge

[Shyrka]

Thanks @Parson, much appreciated! Also highlighted that I forgot to add the title. Doh!! I take it it's too late to add this...?

If it's any consolation, I didn't realise you'd missed it until I saw your post. I think Pop! works just fine.

 

[RJM Corbet]

Straight Shot, @RJM Corbet – A familiar face takes a break from shooting the bad guys to shoot the breeze instead.

Thank you

 

[Abernovo]

Dirty, @Abernovo – A cunning spy gradually works their way up the hierarchy. It’s not a cuckoo in the nest but a chameleon.

Thank you, @Shyrka. Or, perhaps I should say: the birds fly quietly over the water.

 

[Victoria Silverwolf]

D3athw4lker: OTYR UMSHUFVMOYH OUFP TUR U ROKSAJ YDMUHO NTYHT YR DUCP PIPA DSKP MSNPKXQF EV OTP XUHO OTUO YOR PIPAOR UKP RPPA XKSD UA YAOYDUOP IYPNMSYAO.

Pedro Del Mar: KDYV YXKFXVF LVSWDPQPHYWEQ WDEJEWKFJ VKBNS VUYQQMBQQS WPXTFSV KDF FKFJXEQ WPXMQYWK CFKAFFX NBKS EXN WPXVWYFXWF.

 

[scarpelius]

Still waiting for the one brave enough to post his/her entry for this month encoded.

L.E. and give use the key when the vote has ended

 

[Cathbad]

Still waiting for the one brave enough to post his/her entry for this month encoded.

I'd do it in Shen (Elven)!

 

[Parson]

@Pedro Del Mar .... Reality Bites .... Pedro tells a grim tale of a plan gone terribly wrong.

 

[Peter V]

Shot and Stabbed, @M. Robert Gibson – A story of two aptly-named spies sent to kill one another. Whoever gives out the codenames at their agency really needs a thesaurus.

Dirty, @Abernovo – A cunning spy gradually works their way up the hierarchy. It’s not a cuckoo in the nest but a chameleon.

Straight Shot, @RJM Corbet – A familiar face takes a break from shooting the bad guys to shoot the breeze instead.

Of Cyborgs and Samurai, @Parson –Ironically, having destroyed those that yearned for the past, the subject of this near-future tale of old-meets-new ends up yearning for it themselves.

Sleeper, @Peter V – A dark twist on a classic hero from pop culture. He always was something of a lady killer...

Pop! @D3athw4lker – The hero risks everything in this gritty re-imagining of a quintet of amateur sleuths. Some people will do anything to be famous!

Reality Bites, @Pedro Del Mar – A would-be executioner contemplates how they have missed their aims even as they take aim themselves.

Thanks Shyrka

 

[Pedro Del Mar]

Pedro Del Mar: KDYV YXKFXVF LVSWDPQPHYWEQ WDEJEWKFJ VKBNS VUYQQMBQQS WPXTFSV KDF FKFJXEQ WPXMQYWK CFKAFFX NBKS EXN WPXVWYFXWF.

Thank you Victoria but I’m very short of time at the minute and had to seriously rush my entry this month.
Would anyone be kind enough to PM me what this translates to please?

 

[Shyrka]

Thank you Victoria but I’m very short of time at the minute and had to seriously rush my entry this month.
Would anyone be kind enough to PM me what this translates to please?

"This intense psychological character study skillfully conveys the eternal conflict between duty and conscience."

And you owe me a biscuit.

 

[nixie]

"This intense psychological character study skillfully conveys the eternal conflict between duty and conscience."

And you owe me a biscuit.

You do realise you will have to dispose of everyone who reads this?
Except me, I closed my eyes so I couldn't read it

 

[Pedro Del Mar]

Thank you Shyrka! Whole packet of chocolate hobnobs winging your way

And another thank you to you, Parson and Victoria for the awesome reviews!

 

[D3athw4lker]

Thanks @Shyrka and @Victoria Silverwolf!!

(and thanks again @Shyrka, "Pop!" will have to suffice for now!)

P.S. @Victoria Silverwolf, I'm pretty sure you may be a legit spy...!

 

[johnnyjet]

I finally got around to decoding Victoria's review of my "dryly amusing story." Thanks, @Victoria Silverwolf, for the nice review and fun diversion!

 

[Victoria Silverwolf]

Shyrka: VRJL BSXLRA XGW LIGLNXS VXSI PB SNLV XGW MJPSIGOI DTPMIL VRXV VRITI JL GP VTXD YPTI IBBIOVJMI VRXG X RPGIA VTXD.

 

[Parson]

@Shyrka .... Spy Shots .... The Shy One tells a tale of a photographer who got a bang out of his work; just not the one he was hoping for.

@mosaix .... Tomorrow Always Comes.... Mosaix twists a classic spy tale to give it an ending that is ultimately true for everyone.

 

[Victoria Silverwolf]

mosaix: XBOH ROXXDEHGDDX HXVEZ VW XBD OYDNOXCROJOXZ VW CKOYK THDH C WOQXOVYCJ QBCECQXDE XV HZURVJOID BTUCYOXZ OY KDYDECJ.

 

[mosaix]

Thanks, Victoria. You never fail to come up with the goods.

Frequency distribution in English (although not all the time) would normally give ETAISON as the most frequently occurring letters. In my review they were TIEASON. Fairly close I suppose for a small piece if text.

 

[Shyrka]

Thank you (or perhaps 'RKYUQ MCX') @Parson & @Victoria Silverwolf for the fine reviews!

 

[Stable]

I'm in! First attempt went for comedy (Aus vs NZ referencing the Emu Wars) but fell a bit flat. Second attempt posted now.