Another Drabble & a search for Cunning Linguists

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Here's a BtVS / Smallville Drabble that popped into my mind this morning. Warren mislaid one of his toys...

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100-Word BtVS / Smallville Crossover Drabble. No spoilers. All characters are the property of their respective creators, and are used without any intention of infringing copyright in the original works. This story may not be distributed on a profit-making basis.

Scavenger Hunt
by Marcus L. Rowland

"It's here somewhere," said Willow. "Andrew said it was a prototype, came out looking too young."

"Young?" asked Kennedy.

"Jail bait. Warren didn't want to get busted."

"Creep... So he abandoned it in Deadsville Kansas, programmed to think it's real."

"Jonathan put a spell on it. People would think she'd always been there, wouldn't notice the plastic personality. But it could be dangerous, Warren's robots were really strong."

"So what's the plan?"

"We'll scope out the local kids. That coffee place looks a good place to start."

"What was the name again?"

"The Talon."

"No, the robot."

"Sorry.. it's Lana."

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Anyone out there a fluent Klingon writer / translator? Steve Jackson Games are looking for you...

http://www.sjgames.com/ill/archives.html?m=June&y=2004&d=1

Weird...

Comments

[doctor-toc.livejournal.com]

LOL! That explains so much. Cheers.

[ci5rod.livejournal.com]

Suddenly, huge amounts of Smallville make sense...

[trinfaneb.livejournal.com]

Haven't watched any "Smallville" yet, but I like the drabble.

A year or so ago I saw an item about some kind of mental health facility in the US that was looking to hire someone fluent in Klingon. I got a mental image of some poor soul who did all or most of their communicating in Klingon.