The Dreamscape bit me
Nov. 8th, 2014 10:58 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
charisstomaTitle: '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.
If it was affecting Charis’ own monitor screen which was 5 time zone hours away, what was it doing in other parts of the world closer to Wales? Would this spread to other more distant countries regardless of them not using the written English language? It occurred to Charis that English was one of the world’s major business languages.
Fingers poised to shoot off an email to Meep, who lived dead center to the supposed kerfuffle, Charis realized that Meep wouldn’t be able to read it and a curse in Anglo-Saxon almost slipped from Charis’ mouth. Why hadn’t they exchanged telephone numbers? The monitor screen offered one last link in Lord of the Ring like squiggles. All the rest of the links, like the words, disappeared once tapped on, Charis had found, after taking her to the site. It was like using a spell that would have to be renewed or rewritten, recast (Charis mentally shrugged), one use only. Only the Elven link remained though Charis hadn’t opened it, because really what good would it do.
The Library was filled with children’s loud cries, exclamations of despair, and outrage as their work disappeared from their computer screens, leaving flat white blank space enclosed in the black frame of the monitors. The world was ending as they knew it; as humanity knew it Charis mentally added.
“You can stay and try to rewrite your work longhand on paper, we’ve still got that, or go back to your classrooms while your teachers try to figure how they want you to deal with this. I’m sure it’s just temporary,” Charis tried smiling reassuringly as if she believed it and watched as the students packed up their things and left.
On her own monitor there remained just that one link. She shrugged and moved the mouse over it and gave it a click. What could it hurt?
The screen filled with an otherworldly forest scene background where pale long haired people with pointed ear tips could be seen moving around. The people were very scantily clad in flowing draperies and the view was …. Charis’ moaned. Oh the school district would have a fit at what was elfin porn but … who could resist? An imposing figure stepped into view, a government official type person for all his Fae appearance.
“You have clicked on a link that is forbidden to the human world. Understand we are trying to right your internets in as expeditiously a manner as possible. If you are viewing this message, we will be visiting you.” Then he said something that Charis had only seen in a comment that Meep had sent her once in a message. Charis think it meant something like ‘Long live the Welsh’ followed by " YMA O HYD" *.
The monitor went blank and Charis passionately wished again that she had Meep’s phone number.
*We are still here. http://www.forumwales.com/fwforum/viewtopic.php?f=30&t=5850
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.
If it was affecting Charis’ own monitor screen which was 5 time zone hours away, what was it doing in other parts of the world closer to Wales? Would this spread to other more distant countries regardless of them not using the written English language? It occurred to Charis that English was one of the world’s major business languages.
Fingers poised to shoot off an email to Meep, who lived dead center to the supposed kerfuffle, Charis realized that Meep wouldn’t be able to read it and a curse in Anglo-Saxon almost slipped from Charis’ mouth. Why hadn’t they exchanged telephone numbers? The monitor screen offered one last link in Lord of the Ring like squiggles. All the rest of the links, like the words, disappeared once tapped on, Charis had found, after taking her to the site. It was like using a spell that would have to be renewed or rewritten, recast (Charis mentally shrugged), one use only. Only the Elven link remained though Charis hadn’t opened it, because really what good would it do.
The Library was filled with children’s loud cries, exclamations of despair, and outrage as their work disappeared from their computer screens, leaving flat white blank space enclosed in the black frame of the monitors. The world was ending as they knew it; as humanity knew it Charis mentally added.
“You can stay and try to rewrite your work longhand on paper, we’ve still got that, or go back to your classrooms while your teachers try to figure how they want you to deal with this. I’m sure it’s just temporary,” Charis tried smiling reassuringly as if she believed it and watched as the students packed up their things and left.
On her own monitor there remained just that one link. She shrugged and moved the mouse over it and gave it a click. What could it hurt?
The screen filled with an otherworldly forest scene background where pale long haired people with pointed ear tips could be seen moving around. The people were very scantily clad in flowing draperies and the view was …. Charis’ moaned. Oh the school district would have a fit at what was elfin porn but … who could resist? An imposing figure stepped into view, a government official type person for all his Fae appearance.
“You have clicked on a link that is forbidden to the human world. Understand we are trying to right your internets in as expeditiously a manner as possible. If you are viewing this message, we will be visiting you.” Then he said something that Charis had only seen in a comment that Meep had sent her once in a message. Charis think it meant something like ‘Long live the Welsh’ followed by " YMA O HYD" *.
The monitor went blank and Charis passionately wished again that she had Meep’s phone number.
*We are still here. http://www.forumwales.com/fwforum/viewtopic.php?f=30&t=5850
