The Strange Ship
Dec. 13th, 2021 10:45 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
solarpsychedelicWe swam to the sunken ship. Fish darted around storage rooms and cabins. Crabs took over the captain’s office, arguing and waving their pincers.
Our course took us through staterooms and kitchens. Silverware turned into hardware; pots turned into sewing machines. A device printed out ticker tape in an unknown alphabet.
Convinced we’d found the treasure, we picked up the device. But when we swam to the surface, the device melted in the hot sun. Its remnants blew away in the wind.
The ship rose up from the water, grew wings, and flew into the purpling sky.
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Drabble practice based on a writing prompt searching for treasure.
Our course took us through staterooms and kitchens. Silverware turned into hardware; pots turned into sewing machines. A device printed out ticker tape in an unknown alphabet.
Convinced we’d found the treasure, we picked up the device. But when we swam to the surface, the device melted in the hot sun. Its remnants blew away in the wind.
The ship rose up from the water, grew wings, and flew into the purpling sky.
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Drabble practice based on a writing prompt searching for treasure.
