Archives: September 2022

This is a response to the following writing prompt. Please read its title & (only the) anchor post before reading the following story . .

Howdy all!

Just dropping in to let you guys in on some of the stuff going on here.

Phideaux, Spider-Ted and Doctor Snapclaw (not his unpronounceable real name, but what Phideaux called him) were in a shuttle heading for a regional conference. Since joining the Galacticum science directorate and being assigned to UX-442 (out on the far edge of Galacticum space), this would be Phideaux's first time going to a conference. He was to give a talk about utilizing natural fibers found on UX-442.

Phideaux was raised in the country by a family who'd long lived in the country. For him, hunting & fishing and foraging for edible plants was just how things worked.