FF – Children of Light
Here is my story for Friday Fictioneers, hosted by Rochelle. This week’s photo was contributed by J. Hardy Carroll.
Copyright J. Hardy Carroll
They called them “Children of Light”.
They came from a far distant planet. And they glowed. All the time.
They were welcomed by the Humans. Light sources. Energy sources. Even circus performers.
Within a year they were everywhere. Homes, shops, businesses. Militaries. Governments.
Perfectly positioned…
Fortunately for the Humans, the Children of Light were friendly and quite happy to be used as light bulbs.
But beware, Humans! I have learnt from this. For I am disguising my invasion army as useful widgets. And we’re a right nasty bunch of belligerent bastards. Your planet shall be ours!
See you soon.
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I think the invasion army’s already here. We do seem to be ruled by a bunch of belligerent bastards.
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They pretend they’re useful too…
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Oh no! This could be a fate worse than death for widgetry wizards. Wait. Useful Widgets, Useful Idjit. Have I hit upon something ironic, I wonder?
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I’m in a whole lot of trouble.
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I never trusted those widgets!
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Me neither but they’re so… useful!
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I always wondered what widgets were used for!
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Interplanetary invasion. Now you know!
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in life nothing’s free. there’s always a price to pay. 🙂
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Though invasion and enslavement is a pretty high price 🙂
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Down with the widgets!
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Can’t I just keep that one really useful one…?
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A light bulb army! Classic stuff
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I always thought my smart bulb was looking at me funny…
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So that’s what my swiss army knife really is
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Just wait until all the accessories deploy at once and start hacking away.
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A very cunning plan. Fun story!
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Every widget a killer – half my house contents will be out to get me!
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Oh no! The light bulbs are revolting against us!!!!!
(Flips switch)
Solved that problem…
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Ha, I just thought of something even better! I don’t know if the device called “The Clapper” ever made it to the UK or not, but now I’m imagining an old lady in bed silencing a light bulb invasion with a couple of claps and going back to sleep…
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I’ve heard of them. Tech for old people 🙂 In my case it would be “Alexa, switch off bedroom lights invasion force”.
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I wonder if those invading alien bullies fully realize the belligerent bastards who are natives of this planet they’re up against. Perhaps they haven’t watched much TV since they’ve arrived. Also, unless they’re immune to Covid19 they may regret ever trying to take over here. It wouldn’t be worth the trouble. Well done, Ali. —- Suzanne
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Not a great time to invade! It’s all about the timing 🙂
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Very true. 🙂 — Suzanne
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From what I’ve seen recently, these belligerent invaders may have bitten off more than they could chew. 😦
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Ha yes, you could be right 🙂 I wouldn’t want to mess with us and our viruses.
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Dear Alien invader…. can you say Corona Virus? And if that don’t scare you, we have an army of three-year-olds ready to take you on. Be afraid…be very afraid.
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That’ll do the trick 🙂
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Next time a bulb fails I’ll think of this and hide behind the sofa!
Here’s mine!
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That either means he’s dead… or about to strike!
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I’m sorry to spoil your plans, but I’m afraid it’s already done. The widgets are called phones… And the people behind have got us right where they want us.
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Oh man, they’re here already?
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So it seems….
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Oh, and they sound so human-like to me. I wonder what we can do about it. Well done.
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Kill all the widgets! Just in case.
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What a fun take on the prompt. Our house glows with tiny widget-lights all night long. Thanks for explaining why.
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Sounds like they’ve already arrived at your house 🙂
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Couldn’t be worse. Bring in those belligerent bastards!
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Yeah, invade us, alien scum!
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Dear Ali,
I consider myself forewarned. I wonder what they’ll do with this world. I wish them all the best. 😉
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Dear Rochelle,
They’ll probably accidentally clean it up a bit 🙂
Ali
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Are there nicknames computers? Just a matter of time…
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They shall be our masters 😦
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‘Belligerent bastards’ – lovely! The wicked widgets will be our downfall perhaps.
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They certainly get everywhere…
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I liked “belligerent bastards”! But widgets? Does your invasion force know how they work in WordPress? Or even what they are supposed to do? Won’t the new block editor block the invasion”
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Maybe, or maybe the block editor is their advance party…
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Rings true. Invasions can be good until they’re not…
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They often go bad real fast…
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The narrator must be one of the good ones, as he/she/it is warning us! Not that the warning will help us…
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These megalomaniacs are always spilling their plans ahead of time…
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Oh dear. I think they’re here already! Evil widgets everywhere. 😬
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The advance scouts have been here for some time, watching, waiting, changing the TV channel… 🙂
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LOL. I never did trust those useful widgets. Fun story!
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You should be safe, then!
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Useful widgets. I was cruising the aisles of our local Source of Lots of Stuff, and I could not find what I was looking for. Widgets are useful only if you can get your hands on them 🙂
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Maybe the invasion force will embark on an aggressive widget advertising campaign, alongside free widget giveaways… 🙂
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Widgets can be troublesome, fortunately for humanity, we generally bin them after a few days. The aliens had better look else where,🙂
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What a shame if the entire invasion force accidentally ended up in the rubbish tip!
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But they do come with with a glowing recommendation. Fun story.
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Ha ha, they do, and that will open a few doors for their infiltration!
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