TEOTWAWKI
#49: Banana Slug -Have you got the faintest idea what you are doing?
After the youngest of the Maggi was gone Chad looked at the Oldest Mage in bemusement.
“Have you got the faintest idea what you are doing?” he asked.
“Not a clue” Shelby said “Why?”
“That actually makes me feel better” Chad said “I’m totally out to sea.”
“I think I know someone who does know.” Shelby said
“Kaminko?” Chad raised an eyebrow.
“Yup,” Shelby agreed “The dragon lady herself. I’m going to give her a call. Hang around for a bit. We might need to go meet her somewhere. Prepare to be properly subservient.”
“Grovel even?” Chad asked
“Yup.” Shelby replied.
I most humbly request an audience.
My GAWD Shelby!
Don’t scare me tawking like that.
Damn near stroked me out.
what’cha got?
I think I have a solution to
the Clothing Shortage
Problem and other associated problems
that you might not be aware of.
I didn’t know we had any such problems.
It will be my pleasure to see you
immediately.
Where?
Ernies.
Where else?
I’m on the way
“Let’s go.” Shelby floated off the deck to about waist height, leveled off like superman, vibrated in place for a second like a cartoon character, then took off like a scalded cat.”
“Right behind you.” Chad shouted after him.
The door dilated for an instant. Two figures streaked through the momentary opening and flashed above the fields and houses to Ernie's. They didn’t break the sound barrier, quiet.
Shelby and Chad hovered to a stop at the front door like a humming bird at a flower. They landed and walked in.
“Reckon we beat her?” Chad asked.
“I don’t see how she could have got here before we did.” Shelby said “She had twice as far to go”.
“The Dragon Lady and her party are waiting for you in the private dining room” Ernie said as he greeted them at the door. “What would you like to drink?”
“Coffee.” They both replied. How did she DO that?
“Sorry we were delayed” Shelby said as he sat across the table from The Dragon Lady and her Hug Thugs.
“Traffic was a bear.” Chad agreed as he did the same.
“About those clothes?” the Dragon Lady asked. “You have my full attention.”
The HugThugs, sometimes called Orc’s, faces were impassive masks, yet their eyes twinkled.
“Well it’s like this” Shelby said “Each SSmoke ‘mite’ is only a few micron’s across. It can....techo-babble, techo-babble, Geek-speak, jabber jabber..”
The Dragon Lady tried HARD to not let her eyes glaze. She managed, barely.
“I think I understand “ She said “ SSmoke can be made to imitate any type of material.”
“Yup” Shelby said “From sheer silk gossamer to plate armor. Powered Ex-Skeletal Armor at that.”
“That’s rather fantastic” Kamiko repeated. “It can transition from one form to another somewhat quickly?”
“In a heartbeat” Shelby said “if the program is properly designed the SSmoke clothing can have any number of properties programmed into it. It can be water phobic, water philiac, bullet proof, sound proof.”
“A properly designed program and perhaps a little bit of special ingredients from the omniforge , can provide heating, lighting and/ or cooling. It can change colors, camouflage, become almost invisible. It has the capacity for bio-sonar or even radar. It can provide super senses or sensory deprivation. It’s obvious to anyone who gave it a minute’s thought that the capacities and potentials are enormous. It took a child to bring it to my attention.” he said ruefully.
“I’m profoundly sorry for that and ashamed.” He bowed. “Are those hot pretzels with mustard?”
“It was a wonderful idea to assign the development of clothing to the children” Kamiko nodded and passed the pretzels to Shelby “I’m impressed. That was a very wise decision. They will think of things that we never would have ourselves. They not only think outside the box they will also cover the inside of the box like paint and re-imagine old ideas, because to them, everything is new. When’s round one?”
“Round one?” Shelby said “I only intended for there to BE one round.’”
“Silly boy” Kamiko laid her hand upon his gently. “ One does not have only one fashion show. This may become an annual tradition. I can see it now. Weaponized ear rings fifty caliber and under division for example. You have so much to learn my dear boy. We’ll give them something very easy to do for round one though. Purely defensive. The weapons might have to wait. We’ll work them into this gently.”
“Sounds good to me.” Shelby said. Weaponized ear rings? Round one?
Clothier Test #1
Clothing:
Shoes, Pants, Shirt
Conditions:
Normal EveryDay wear, Play
Evaluation will be in Sam’s Lot.
Saturday.
We’ll have cookies.
“It’s a trap” Joshua said
“Huh? “ Sally replied? “How can cookies be a trap? That looks easy enough. I can do that I think”.
“Oh you certainly can. I’d be surprised and disappointed if anyone of you guys couldn’t. But there’s more too it than that. Trust me on this. Shelby is one devious old fart when he wants to be. He’s even worse when he’s in ‘Mentor Mode’. Our job is to figure out what he’s up to and to be prepared. For example. Notice it didn’t say anything about rain, or mud?”
“I hadn’t thought about that” Cody said “or any of a number of other conditions.”
“Like rockets!” said Carl.”Batman!” he was still humming that tune.
“But they want it to LOOK like sneakers, jeans and T-Shirt.” Sally said.
“Now you begin to understand, Gwashoppa!” Joshua replied.
Everyone looked at him. “What?”
The Next Episode Is
#50:Banana Slug -(a week later, after the first trial)…
The Previous Episode was
#48: Banana Slug -Clothing…
The First Episode was
# 1 : Prologue…
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Book One: SoulStone
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What you bin smoking boy!
I bet you say that to all the girls.
Definitely, Shelby will use the ingenuity of the children and their open mind to new challenges and ideas, to develop all the instrumentation and tools that are required for the strengthening and growth of the troops in addition to the protection of the island. As a good Shelby Manager, he begins to use and involve his other pieces, which can help him to organize his thoughts and strategy, which is still not clear to him: Dragon Lady, Joshua, Chad, HugThugs ... The team will be cohesive in search of your results. Good episode, which reflects a little what should be the performance of a good Manager.
To think soon people will have to start looking up the reference. Times change, but your story may, just may keep a few of the old references alive. I wonder if Hollywood is planning a remake of the series anytime soon. "Gwashoppa!", "Grasshopper" seems to be coming up a lot around the internet.
I liked the show what few times I saw it , back in the day. A few months ago I watched an episode on PoopToob...Mistake.
It was really stoopid. I just didn't know any better.
Gawd I HOPE they do NOT remake it. A remake is never as good as the original...
"The door dilated" like an artery? Your style of writing is enviable
dilated like the pupil in an eye.
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