Assorted Flash Fiction Writings #2
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Jumpstart
Writing prompt: What do you mean humans JUMPSTARTED a literal STAR?
H: Well it wasn’t really something we wanted to do on purpose. We sort of did it by accident.
A: By accident? How the Prathix do you jumpstart a star by accident?
H: Well we were investigating a nebula out beyond sector 38 and we noticed that there was a couple of rogue gas giants heading towards it. Well they were frozen gas giants but close enough.
A: Yeah. We have seen plenty of those types of things between stars. What of it?
H: Well a couple of idiots in the research fleet decided to have some fun by playing pool. So they used a couple ships and their gravity pressors and warp portals to ‘shoot’ the rogue planets into the nebula to try and hit other planets that were already inside and they did it just a little too well and things happened.
A: What do you mean things?
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