December 2024---75 Word Writing Challenge.

[AnRoinnUltra]

The vigilant astronomy of Hallontio Spoon


Hallontio Spoon was a nervous sort of trainee astronomer.

‘You weren’t answering the phone, so I came as fast as I could’, he said

‘What time is it?’, asked his supervisor.

‘Three AM. I've already alerted the mayor. He has the brigade on standby.’

‘So when did you identify it?’

‘Fifty minutes ago.’

‘And it's definitely artificial?’

‘Definitely.’

‘So how long do we have?’

‘It's already transected Alpheratz, so just two point eight billion years.’

 

[Heijan Xavier]

New Void

“Our travelers have detected a new planet, suitable for resettlement, deep within what the local sentients call the ‘KBC void.’”

“Sentients can survive in such isolation?”

“Yes sir. But they’re primitive, violent creatures.”

“Send a drone swarm. Locate the greatest intellectual void, so we may assimilate with minimal resistance.”

“Already done, sir.”

“Excellent! What shall we name our new colony? New Gorlaak, New Vraask?”

“It already has a name, sir. They call it New Jersey.”