Welcome to Weekend Writing Warriors! This week I’m back to the adventures of Eli, otherwise known as From Mars, With Love, my space opera in progress. Maybe with help of NaNoWriMo it will stop being in-progress and start being in submission. One can only hope.
When we last left Eli he’d been rescued by the mysterious man in black and the space marines. Mystery man made an off-hand comment about how careless Eli must have been to be captured by a slave ship. Eli takes offense.
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“Careless? What the fuck do you know about it, habi-brat? Have you ever seen one of those sweepers? They’re bigger than a city–” Eli broke off as thoughts more important than his pride crowded to the forefront. “Hey, the sweeper might still be in the vicinity. They abducted a hell of a lot more people than are in this cruiser. It’s deep space capable so I bet it hasn’t reached launch speed yet. You can still save them!”
“Tell it to the marines,” the man in black said, “I’m only along for the ride.”
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Rahul Kohli of iZombie, is not taking his gun-weilding responsibilities seriously.
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Alexis Duran 
what’s a habi-brat? curious minds what to know 🙂 The man in black def has my attention.
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A habit-brat is slang for someone who was raised in a protected habitat. In contrast, Eli is often called a groundling, some who grew up “on the ground” on Earth.
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Fascinating story and funny. You know how to add a touch of humor.
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I like mystery man. I want to read more about him:D
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Loving this story so I hope you do keep going with it. Eli is a great character and the man in black is highly intriguing…..excellent excerpt!
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So what, the man in black is just along for the ride? Or perhaps he’s some kind of secret-agent-dude. Verrrry interesting!
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So he’s not there as part of the rescue, huh? That explains some of the man in black’s attitude for sure. Love the details about how they scoop up slaves–sounds terrifying!
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The man in black reminds me of a certain US politician who said he didn’t consider any soldier who got captured a hero.
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Just along for the ride, eh? Somehow I doubt he’ll be staying out of things for long. Nice exchange here–love the world-building details about tech and local slang. Good luck with NaNo!
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Wow! What an attitude. lol. Only along for the ride…
I love your world-building tidbits, Alexis. “habi-brat”. Nice 🙂
I’m cheering you from the sidelines of nano. Write, write, write! Go Alexis go!
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