asenathwaite: a rat (giant isopod)
Asenath Waite ([personal profile] asenathwaite) wrote in [community profile] fiction_drabbles2010-07-25 04:25 pm

Oops

Title: Oops
Challenge/Prompt: #60: accident
Original Fiction or Fanfiction: Original
Characters/Pairings: N/A
Rating: G
Warnings: N/A
Disclaimer: N/A
Summary: They landed in the wrong place.
Author's Notes: x-posted to my journal.


This planet was home to beautiful forests, breathtaking mountain vistas, and gorgeous lakes. There were even a few (very exclusive) resorts.

Unfortunately, they hadn't landed in any of those places.

Ren turned around slowly and squinted into the distance. Flat land, dotted with grey-green clumps of what might be fungus, stretched to the horizon in every direction. Nothing rose higher than half a meter; nothing interrupted the endless monotony. Far away a faint shimmer hovered above the ground. She hoped it was water and told herself it was probably a mirage.

"Well, here we are," she said. "Might as well..."