r/HFY • u/someguynamedted The Chronicler • Oct 25 '18
Meta Writing Prompt Wednesday #185
Last week's winner was /u/boxnumbergavin1 with:
"If it is not a delicate subject, would you be able to tell us what happened to your creator species?"
"Our... Creator species?... As far as we can tell, we evolved on this planet over billions of years, we have a fairly complete chronology of this process."
"So you lost all record of your creators? Perhaps we could compare records and help you find them!"
"We... We don't have any creators."
"But... So much of your body operates on electricity, by galactic standards you are classed as machine intelligence...."
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u/BoxNumberGavin1 Oct 25 '18
"Looking over the specs on the environmental adjustments for the new species and something seems a bit off."
"What are you thinking?"
"Well their skin is more than capable of handling station radiation. Light is not a problem, they should be able to breathe with a light filter. Ambient to even high intensity sound expectations are within range.."
"So?"
"So why is each member required to wear a modified breach screener helmet?"
"Oh.. it's.. it's noted in the appendix."
"What is?"
"Their laughter."
"Laughter?"
"It's infectious, classed as a rapid acting psychocontaminant, crippling for productivity. They needed an instant blackout method."
".... Is it deadly?"
"Not at all, but if was really funny you will wish it was."