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The Dreamscape bit me
Nov. 8th, 2014 10:58 amTitle: 'Y ddraig goch a ddyry gychwyn' = ‘The red dragon will lead the way’
Author: charisstoma
Word count: 697
There was this dream and I really hope it isn’t an omen… then again if there really are Fae who… um nevermind. Got this off the ‘Net so I apologize if I’ve googled the translations wrong. *snickers* Meep will hit me.
Charis was trolling the web as per usual when things got dull at work and chanced upon a story about a written conflict with the Queen, symbol of British sovereignty, over use of the Welsh language. Scanning the article, it said that the Welshman being stubborn, had somehow stated that they’d might as well not use the written word at all since their freedom was so hobbled. The article went on about how this was affecting schools and business and well, every aspect of life as written words were now banned.
Grinning for this had to be one of those internet spoofs, Charis clicked onto a link showing the map of Wales and its informational caption printed off to the side. Slowly the words disappeared from the picture leaving blank space in their place.
Astonishing, can’t be real, what were the people over there going to do if all words in print were doing this, Charis thought. The British government didn’t own the internet; they couldn’t affect the whole world with this virus or whatever it was that was eating words off screens. Horror seeped in, this wasn’t happening to signs and billboards surely. Not to everyday things like pages of pricing instructions and grocery items. Mayhem would break out. Meep would be in the middle of that chaos. ( Read more... )
Author: charisstoma
Word count: 697
There was this dream and I really hope it isn’t an omen… then again if there really are Fae who… um nevermind. Got this off the ‘Net so I apologize if I’ve googled the translations wrong. *snickers* Meep will hit me.
Charis was trolling the web as per usual when things got dull at work and chanced upon a story about a written conflict with the Queen, symbol of British sovereignty, over use of the Welsh language. Scanning the article, it said that the Welshman being stubborn, had somehow stated that they’d might as well not use the written word at all since their freedom was so hobbled. The article went on about how this was affecting schools and business and well, every aspect of life as written words were now banned.
Grinning for this had to be one of those internet spoofs, Charis clicked onto a link showing the map of Wales and its informational caption printed off to the side. Slowly the words disappeared from the picture leaving blank space in their place.
Astonishing, can’t be real, what were the people over there going to do if all words in print were doing this, Charis thought. The British government didn’t own the internet; they couldn’t affect the whole world with this virus or whatever it was that was eating words off screens. Horror seeped in, this wasn’t happening to signs and billboards surely. Not to everyday things like pages of pricing instructions and grocery items. Mayhem would break out. Meep would be in the middle of that chaos. ( Read more... )
