Cassandra
Cassandra was the name given to a captured cuttlefish like creature who had spent her free days deep in the sunless sea of a pearl like place of ice and ocean where the Witches Broom Nebula graced the sky . Cassandra herself could cast a kind of spell. She could make moving pictures with colour pulsations , in higher definition than any earth cephalopod, and thus recount events. The researcher who removed a tentacle was imprisoned for the murder of another, played out on her flesh. The killer walked free. Cassandra could lie and the killer had never hurt her.
- Category: Science Fiction
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Neville Hunt about 1 year ago
Will need a few goes to get my head around this! The sunless sea conjured up thoughts of the final destination of Alph the sacred river.
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Neville Hunt about 1 year ago
Should have said how much I like your writing in this magical drabble. It’s rich in imagery through associations, metaphors and similes. It sure brings a simile to my face😁. Now I need to gen-up on the (delicious... dare I say it🤔) cuttlefish.
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Neville Hunt about 1 year ago
Wow, Jamie, the Witch’s Broom Nebula looks amazing. Now I need to find a Cassandra lookalike.... ‘search... cuttlefish...’
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Neville Hunt about 1 year ago
And as for the cuttlefish... so beautiful. I won’t choose it from the menu again although I guess that it might still be OK budgies to trim their beaks on the bony bits as by then the fish will have gone to the great nebula in the sky. You’ve given me a new interest, Jamie! Thanks for that👍
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VerityAlways about 1 year ago
Picturesque, Jamie!
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Jamie Clapperton about 1 year ago
Thanks a lot Neville. Love me Nicely named Nebula!
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Jamie Clapperton about 1 year ago
Thanks much Verity ;-) The Witches Broom Nebula is picturesque too if you give it a google. ;-)
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Christopher about 1 year ago
Nice one, Jamie.
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Jamie Clapperton about 1 year ago
Thanks Cristopher ;-)
