Andy Bought A Gun: Science Fiction
Apr. 7th, 2008 10:47 amAndy bought a gun that Saturday afternoon, because he wanted to reach out and touch someone. He'd seen her lounging in the alley on 4th and Smirch, but he'd never dared approach her. He didn't have enough cash to make her pimp go away, and besides, he didn't want their relationship to be like that. He knew they would have a relationship, though, had known it the first time he'd seen the strands of cotton-candy pink hair peeking out beneath the platinum blonde wig she wore. He'd noticed that when she spoke to other people, her accent was strange. They probably thought it was Serbian or one of the other Baltic states, but he'd been overseas and he knew better. He'd noticed the strange way her pupils flexed and dilated when she saw her johns or her pimp coming, and he knew that normal--
Inspiration: "Andy Bought A Gun" by Niblick Henbane
Story Potential: High?
Notes: I have trouble believing that my brain came up with this, but I find it entertaining. So the guy, with some previous foreign service or government role (discredited? maybe not.), sees this hooker, and eventually figures out that she's a stranded alien. Wild hijinks ensue. Though I think this would work best if played dead seriously. Sex! Violence! Aliens!
Inspiration: "Andy Bought A Gun" by Niblick Henbane
Story Potential: High?
Notes: I have trouble believing that my brain came up with this, but I find it entertaining. So the guy, with some previous foreign service or government role (discredited? maybe not.), sees this hooker, and eventually figures out that she's a stranded alien. Wild hijinks ensue. Though I think this would work best if played dead seriously. Sex! Violence! Aliens!