“Delays, delays.why is everything put on ice?”
At 3AM the President’s voice echoed through empty corridors. Face distorted; no longer orange; lighthouse puce.
Footsteps rushing behind.
‘Sir, I thought you were asleep.’
‘I need my phone, I need to tweet.’
‘Sir, your phone needed a security upgrade.’
The senior adviser knew that he was treading on thin ice.
After the news had broken he had confiscated the device in the interest of national security.
‘Wifi?’
‘Hacked.’
Frustrated the president roared.
‘Give me the codes!’
Relieved the adviser smiled. Sometimes a third world war can be the least harmful option.
Joining a little later than normally This prompt inspired me to use a few sayings regarding ice.
Friday Fictioneers is a blogging community where we write fiction in hundred words or so. Every week Rochelle selects an image and we all gather to write for this.
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February 9, 2017
Yikes
Indeed.
This is kind of scary – because it is too close to the truth. Well done.
(threading on thin ice – I think you mean “treading.”)
Ah.. yes.. of course… will be corrected.
Liked the story Bjorn. The world has become a scary place more like fiction everyday.
I agree…
Once upon a time it was fiction…
😦 yes… it was.
Oh oh… why is it that I can see this?
Oh oh, why is it I can see this?
I think we all can see it… alas
I laughed at the image of him being upset that he couldn’t tweet. So true.
🙂 Just hope he cannot punch in the codes as well.
I agree, Bjorn. He is truly a loose cannon.
you can’ make this stuff up anymore. Reality has outdone fiction
I hope it’s still fiction…
I have to agree with Neil… Reality has become stranger than fiction!
It is… really.
Frightening… but plausible
Alas it is
Ha ha ha. That ending is hilarious. 🙂
You know that I’m tired of reading poems knocking the President. But I do like this phrase: “lighthouse puce.”
That’s one of my favorite of Rochelle’s images. Really cool. I could see lots of stories coming out of this.
P.S. I guess he gets ice from everyone because they don’t trust him. But maybe he deserves a chance to prove that he loves his country. What do you think?
I only take him by his words, alas I trust that he will do what he says, and it has damaging consequences for the land I’m living in. But if it’s all lies maybe I would sleep better.
P.P.S. I can’t help but think your title is jam-packed with sexy imagery. :X
🙂
if he wants the code alll he has to do is call his friend in moscow. 🙂
Maybe that’s true.
oy ~
Yes …
No longer orange, lighthouse puce… Laugh out loud moment there!
A frightening visual
Dear Björn,
Many thoughts come to mind, but the line is busy. Nicely written.
Shalom,
Rochelle
It’s in my thoughts…
The future predicted. We heard it first here.
I hope it’s wrong,
Sounds like another day at work for me.
It can very well be,
Oh My God! That felt far too real for comfort!
I love this piece of writing, because it kept me on edge. It is comical, at moments, that a certain alluded to person can make me fret even in writing, and even though I do not live under his rule.
I love the latin equivalent to the proverb, your title.
My God, what can be worse than a third world war? Scary.
100-word fact?
Reality is often scarier than fiction, indeed.
Eeeps!! A prediction here?
I find myself getting tense around 2.00pm every day. That’s when I know the orange one has probably just arrived at the office. I liked your topical take on the prompt.
It might be more advisable to get him to compete at FF than tweeting or playing with codes. 😨
An eye opening write on a current subject that has everyone frightened. What will happen next? You wrote it well, Bjorn. Let’s hope it’s more fiction than reality.
Isadora 😎
Oh my….
Such an imagination. Love this take on the prompt, but what a prospect.