David Flin
Six days.
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- A Home Full of Love and Laughter
Will you, won't you? That's the question @Sergeant Frosty asks in Today's Challenge.
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On Trial. Day 10.
- Thread starter David Flin
- Start date
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- North Alabama
Having seen Little Girl Lost from The Twilight Zone, I know better than to mess with any portal!
That said, being of the “science not magic” school of thought (to quote Jon Pertwee’s Doctor in The Daemons), I’ve never been a big fan of “portal fiction.” Probably because I question some of the basic premise including, in this case, just how one knows there’s exactly ten minutes before it closes. Is there a clock counting down (which implies civilization and at least a certain level of technology)?
That said, being of the “science not magic” school of thought (to quote Jon Pertwee’s Doctor in The Daemons), I’ve never been a big fan of “portal fiction.” Probably because I question some of the basic premise including, in this case, just how one knows there’s exactly ten minutes before it closes. Is there a clock counting down (which implies civilization and at least a certain level of technology)?
FriendlyGhost
Haunting history in a good way
My wife to me: "Have you seen the children?"
Both look at the portal...
Simultaneously: "Oh no."
Could we get them back inside 10 minutes (assuming we know how long we've got)? My son's a fast runner, unfortunately. I suspect we'll end up through there having taking nothing of any use with us.
Both look at the portal...
Simultaneously: "Oh no."
Could we get them back inside 10 minutes (assuming we know how long we've got)? My son's a fast runner, unfortunately. I suspect we'll end up through there having taking nothing of any use with us.
FriendlyGhost
Haunting history in a good way
"The cat's come back. Oh, hang on, that's not our cat. Shall we keep this one instead?"
For me, it depends upon when in my life this happened.
In my twenties, before getting my family - that's one thing (but I fear I'd have bottled out). Now? Unless it's a scenario as per @FriendlyGhost (trying to retrieve an errant kid, probably The Lad), I couldn't go and risk leaving my loved ones.
But if I could definitely come home - well, then it'd be worth exploring. If I knew there were a solid ten minutes, rather than grab things from this side, I'd grab a coat and a notebook and dart through for a few minutes (only).
Getting a weapon would be a good idea - but we don't have them in the house. Unless you count a kitchen knife, or a cricket bat, and wandering around another world tooled up to open the batting at Lords doesn't really strike me as a plan. If it's clearly habitable - actually, if my brother-in-law is visiting, we could send his drone through. Get an idea of what's around the portal.
After all, if it opens once, who's to say it won't open again?
In my twenties, before getting my family - that's one thing (but I fear I'd have bottled out). Now? Unless it's a scenario as per @FriendlyGhost (trying to retrieve an errant kid, probably The Lad), I couldn't go and risk leaving my loved ones.
But if I could definitely come home - well, then it'd be worth exploring. If I knew there were a solid ten minutes, rather than grab things from this side, I'd grab a coat and a notebook and dart through for a few minutes (only).
Getting a weapon would be a good idea - but we don't have them in the house. Unless you count a kitchen knife, or a cricket bat, and wandering around another world tooled up to open the batting at Lords doesn't really strike me as a plan. If it's clearly habitable - actually, if my brother-in-law is visiting, we could send his drone through. Get an idea of what's around the portal.
After all, if it opens once, who's to say it won't open again?
The bat might be useful if the land is occupied by giant crickets