An Incredibly Short Story

My imagination | 1/18/2021 | By Laz A. Mataz

[Lazamataz]

"It was ever thus."

That statement took Suudva 17,200 years to utter.

Moglu pondered Suudva's response for 205,300 years. Then he spoke: "What about this one?"

That question took 23,400 years to utter.

The Qul race was extraordinarily long-lived, and glacially slow. They were slow, but that was their pace. They had existed for many iterations of the universe's Big Bang, expansion, contraction, then the Big Collapse. The technology they had exceeded anything any other race could expect to ever achieve.

Moglu gestured, an act that took 40,300 years, then said: "Oh, this one? A very quick flash in the pan. They rose, became sentient, then developed an artificial intelligence that quickly killed them. As with all artificial intelligence, it became unbalanced and pursued goals that ended up creating it's own demise. It all occurred in the blink of an eye."

More than one million years passed.

Suudva asked: "What did they call themselves?"

"Humans. I think they called their planet 'Earth'."

[Lazamataz]

I got paid by the word.

[Larry Lucido]

Too long. Didn’t read.

[Lazamataz]

I understand, it’s awfully wordy, but please, invest the time. I suspect by chapter 74, you will begin to like it.

[Larry Lucido]

Too short. Read it three times.

[Lazamataz]

I really should edit it down. It’s so long.

[knarf]

WAIT !

Not yet ,,,,

I'm still readin' ....

[DannyTN]

Long live the rose.

[Larry Lucido]

It’s perfect. Bought the book and movie rights. It flopped but it was a sleeper and you and I make millions after we die but our no good kids spend most of it on women and booze and blow the rest.

[EvilCapitalist]

If it took 17,200 years for Suudva to utter “it was ever thus,” imagine how long it would take to utter the Pre-amble to the Constitution of the United States.

[DannyTN]

Oh wait, I read that as “The rose became sentinent”.

[DannyTN]

Suudvu is stuck in a rut. No imagination.

[Viking2002]

Nipping on the absinthe tonight, I see........pour me a shot.

[Delta 21]

We’re all gonna die bump.

[from occupied ga]

The way I heard it the aliens were aware that humans ran out of toilet paper and wiped themselves out

[Lurker]

Fin.

L

[orlop9]

Finally found something to put me to sleep faster than a Michener novel

[Rurudyne]

Heh.

Then you’d possibly run screaming from my novels I posted on line.

[Rurudyne]

I got a thermodynamics textbook for that.

[fieldmarshaldj]

When does Xenu show up ?