Drabble: Road Closed
Sep. 19th, 2014 03:04 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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Title: Road Closed
Author: ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif){kind=small}
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Characters: Ianto, Owen
Rating: G
Spoilers: Nada.
Summary: Some of Cardiff’s motorists have run into a spot of bother.
Disclaimer: I don’t own Torchwood, or the characters.
A/N: For the prompt ‘Variations on a Theme of Road Rage’, one of the prompts I didn’t get around to using for tw100’s challenge 288 last year. I’ve dug them out again to supplement the prompts I got from my f-list, just because there are still loads I wanted to use.
The alien was nine feet tall, covered in shaggy brown fur. Ianto thought it resembled the descriptions of the legendary Bigfoot, except that its face was like a bulldog’s.
It was also in a foul mood.
Appearing out of nowhere in the middle of a major road during rush hour, the creature had immediately brought traffic to a standstill. People had fled in panic, leaving their vehicles behind to be systematically pulverised by huge, hairy fists.
“That takes Road Rage to a whole new level,” commented Owen.
Ianto had to agree. There were going to be some interesting insurance claims.
The End
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Date: 2014-09-19 02:32 pm (UTC)great drabble
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Date: 2014-09-19 04:18 pm (UTC)Thank you!
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Date: 2014-09-20 02:01 pm (UTC)Maybe all the Bigfoot and Yeti sightings are really alien creatures! That's why they are so elusive--either they pop back into the Rifts from which they came, or the local equivalent of Torchwood sweeps in and does the clean up. :-p
Edited because I typed "Bigfood"--can you tell I had a bit of a lie in today and haven't had breakfast yet? :-p
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Date: 2014-09-20 02:11 pm (UTC)It's always possible that they're aliens. They just pop through to earth for some peace and quiet, then head home when people start trying to catch them!
I really have no idea at this point, though I might try to figure it out eventually. I think they'd have to shoot it with tranquilizer darts to catch it, then hopefully shove it back through the Rift or something.
Thank you!
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Date: 2014-09-20 03:35 pm (UTC)Oh crap, I so need to write that! *smacks bunnies down*
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Date: 2014-09-20 08:38 pm (UTC)I bet you're right. They have to get the signature of at least one Torchwood agent in order to claim.
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Date: 2014-09-20 08:00 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2014-09-20 08:56 pm (UTC)Thank you!
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Date: 2014-09-21 04:27 pm (UTC)(btw, re insurance: Admiral and its relatives are based in Cardiff. Much as I hate them, they're probably the people to talk to about Acts of Torchwood)
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Date: 2014-09-21 05:19 pm (UTC)Thank you!
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Date: 2014-09-21 08:49 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2014-09-21 05:49 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2014-09-21 07:56 pm (UTC)Thank you!
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Date: 2014-09-22 06:13 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2014-09-22 08:42 pm (UTC)Thank you!
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Date: 2014-10-05 07:53 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2014-10-06 09:43 am (UTC)Thank you!