No bomb

[ladyofastolat]

I drove past the former site of the bomb today. Nothing remains but a trench marked with fluttery ribbon; a soldier up to his waist in earth, wielding a very small spade; and one small flag.

Pellinor told me a small flag was a vital piece of emergency equipment. I scoffed.

EDIT: The flag is yellow. This is, perhaps, Significant.

Comments

[sally_maria]

I shall look forward to the presence of the small flag in the action figure story. :-)

[ladyofastolat.livejournal.com]

Oh! Oh! What a lovely idea! I can see it now. All I need to do is buy a 12 inch American flag, and we can re-enact the Iwo Jima moment in a rockery. We need an enemy - rival action figures who are trying to claim the garden for their own. Hmm... Perhaps the return of the Lego? Or the LotR action figures make an appearance... Ooh, I can't wait to write this one. Episode 5 has TEETH, but this one can fill the episode 6 slot, or maybe 7.

(Whereupon all the other readers of this journal, who haven't a clue what I'm talking about, finally decide once and for all that I've gone mad.)

[sigisgrim.livejournal.com]

We worked out that you are mad ages ago, that's why we read your journal. ;-)

[sally_maria]

I finally decided that probably having friends who think being mad is a good thing, is a good thing - on the grounds that at least that way they won't get any nasty surprises. :-)

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

Ah, but are you going to re-enact the moment the marines planted the flag on Iwo Jima, or the moment they re-enacted this for the cameras? ;-)

[ladyofastolat.livejournal.com]

Given that the flag-raising will be done by a couple of plastic action figures with limited points of articulation, I don't think such fine distinctions are going to come into it. It is not, perhaps, the best medium with which to reenact an iconic moment. ;-)

[philmophlegm.livejournal.com]

Isn't it now considered the case that only the first of these events really happened?

[ladyofastolat.livejournal.com]

Actually, now that I think about it, the dramatic flag moment fits better in a much later chapter. (I know it's rather unbelievable, but I actually have a vague plot arc worked out for this silliness.) But when it finally comes, I'll credit you. Yay! Someone else to share the blame! ;-)

[sally_maria]

Yay! Credit in a fic. :-)

It was really pellinor's idea, perhaps we ought to blame him.