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Frank Nero's avatar

Big smiles ... the heart of the tease and her bold suitor! Very nice ... Of course there's a lot more to it than that, but the breeze blows where it will across the good lady's silks! Lovely

T.A. Leederman's avatar

An excellent use of my prompt! Well done!

BeckyJ47's avatar

Oh, I really like this!

Parrish Baker's avatar

Oh my god I love this ….

Cedar Sanderson's avatar

Good! Depending on next week's prompt there may be more.

CynthiaW's avatar

I think I'm too literal-minded. What does Betelgeuse have to do with the climate of Mars?

Anyway, it's a very evocative vignette.

Cedar Sanderson's avatar

Oh, if I developed it I’d elaborate and possibly change it up. Not the climate, although with today’s newsmongering I see how you would jump to that conclusion. No, rather something like an EMP which would possibly take out high-technology humans are reliant on in this world.

CynthiaW's avatar

Gotcha. I mean, I don't, entirely, but I get the drift and also I get that it's not the main point ;-).