Challenge 004: Drabble+: Blame

[strangetomato]

Here's my entry for this week's challenge from the simstorytellers community. It was another drabble+ this time, and the prompt word was blame. This might end up as the opening to the next update, or it might remain separate. I haven't decided yet. I had another opener in mind, but this might work too. Either way, it gives a little more of Johnny's experience with the abduction than I had intended to get into right away. All will be revealed eventually, but it won't be out in the open for a while. What that mostly means is that Johnny may tell someone about it, but as readers, you won't be privy to all of the details. 




Challenge 004: Drabble+: Blame

Prompt: Blame
Word Count: 150-200
Pic count: 1-2
Expiration: 4/29/08





He had been reading a lot of Oscar Wilde lately. Not just the novel, but the plays too. Johnny didn't do things halfway.

One quote had really stuck in his mind. It was one of those things that gets quoted again and again, and not always in context.




"We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars."

Now he was applying it out of context too, but he thought that his context might be better than the original. They were in the gutter. Very much so. They were looking at the possibility of ruin. Could he blame his parents for what they wanted for him? Could he blame the Curious family for looking to the stars for answers?

Could he accept the offer that had been presented to him?

Johnny picked himself up off the ground. The sun had just risen.

He wanted a lot of things from life. He had ambitions, and he strived to achieve them. The chance to do something significant appealed to him. Something heroic and noble. Something right.

But that wasn't the only thing he wanted. It wasn't even what he wanted most of all.




Johnny Smith walked home.








 

Comments

[pixelcurious.livejournal.com]

Oh, that throws an interesting spanner in... I had assumed that he's knocked up, as in a typical abduction, but now I'm not so sure any more. That could still be the case, but.

"He has to be convinced."

"They will talk to him, and make him understand."

And Stella isn't aligned with the rogue PTs, who knock up sims without regard to the official guidelines. So now I'm thinking this was a conversion attempt. The alien belief system could be interpreted as cultish, from some points of view, which makes this look like a brainwash attempt.

Not that I pretend to know where you are going with this. I am just thinking out loud, or in type, rather. ^_^

[smjoshsims.livejournal.com]

Poor Jonny. I am also wondering if Johnny is going to return with an alien bundle of joy. I am very worried...

[simgarooop.livejournal.com]

Wait a minute...

When was Johnny abducted?!

Man! I go away for a couple days and now he's been abducted! Oh well.. I guess I should check my friend's list before typing more non-sense, right?

I have no idea what's going on, but I loved the drabble. Especially the first picture with the shadow.

[madame-ugly.livejournal.com]

While I'm very curious about the "maybe baby" thing, I'm more curious to see if Johnny arrives home to find his compadres all snuggled up in bed together.

That would just be a kick in the teeth.

BUT, on topic, this is a nice tight drabble. And would make a lovely opener (though I'd love to see the inside of the ship again, just to see what you'd do with the PT's)

[cindyanne1.livejournal.com]

Yes very nice drabble :)

I had those replacement PT's once but when my old Dell kicked the bucket I lost them. I've since been through a new Dell and now the Alienware and I have NO IDEA from whence they came, lol! Are they from MTS2?

Johnny getting abducted was a nice twist. I can't wait to see what happens next!

[lovelysims.livejournal.com]

I really liked this. It was an interesting take on the drabble and it's great to get in Johnny's head.

[realandgritty.livejournal.com]

I adored the quote. I also liked the tone of it, somber and mellow. Good read.

[80sfiend.livejournal.com]

Good drabble. :) I like this. And I love that Johnny's on his way home....O.O