Original drabble: "Blue Screen of Revolution"

[bktheirregular]

6 May, year 108 PFC (prior to First Contact) (A.D. 2397, Gregorian calendar)

The paradox the Chairman of the Environmental Commission faces is that he has absolute power, which must be used to create conditions in which that power will be taken from him.

He and the Commission know that people will forget the sacrifices the Cleansing demanded, and next time, the planet may not be as lucky; but the Commission can make sure it doesn't happen again. They simply must make sure the crisis never ends.

Orders are given in secret.

An artificial intelligence sees its contradictory orders and thinks: "Hey, wait a minute."

And the Federal Republic of Earth is born.

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Phew. 100 words exactly.

So whaddaya think?

Comments

[honorh.livejournal.com]

Very fascinating! It's evocative, certainly--you start to imagine what the "Cleansing" was, for instance, and get a chill. I like it.

[bktheirregular]

The more I think about it, the more I'm convinced that a drabble is better suited to fanfic - because there's less explaining that needs to be done. As it is, I only managed to keep it down to 100 by excluding the date header (which may be cheating or not). It reduced me to very simple brushstrokes, which left out an awful lot.

[takaal.livejournal.com]

Whee! That's a nice set-up.

(Have you seen 100_words? You got your first entry right there...)

[md1016.livejournal.com]

Love it. You're Goooood!

:) MD