Further to yesterday's post...

[sessifet]

I'm not sure what the Ancient and Venerable Plink is. Just that he's Ancient and Venerable.

He lives in a second-hand bookstore where he and others of his kind work to keep the population of silverfish down. They're not by nature hunters and they won't take a life not given willingly. Silverfish abhor waste and think dead bodies lying about makes the place look untidy. To avoid this happening, silverfish that feel their time has come will seek out Plink or his brethren and arrange to be eaten.

*blinks*

Okay then. This isn't so much a plot bunny as a plot mutant lagomorph of doom. On drugs.

I'll just file this one under 'Fuck', 'The', and 'What'.

Comments

[cat63.livejournal.com]

This sounds like it needs to be illustrated by ursulav :-)

[sessifet25.livejournal.com]

I swear I have ideas that make sense! You know, ones that don't look or sound like my subconscious has just partaken of some interesting mushrooms and is running around with its pants on its head.

[cat63.livejournal.com]

That was supposed to be a compliment :-)

Making sense is overrated anyway :-)

[the-hatstand.livejournal.com]

OK, so:

a) The Ancient and Venerable Plink "lives in a second-hand bookstore". But he's not the owner? The owner is ignorant of his existence?
b) How does he deal with silverfish whose time hasn't come?

Enquiring minds wish they didn't want to know.

[martinoh.livejournal.com]

See Sess - there are people we worry about more than you...

[sessifet25.livejournal.com]

Argh...

Please to not be encouraging my brain to pick it up and run with it. I cannot afford to have Plink living in my head. :)

[the-hatstand.livejournal.com]

Your head? I thought he lived in a bookshop...

[cwol.livejournal.com]

which would imply that you also have silverfish living in your head (or they come to your head to die - not sure which is worse)

[ahruman.livejournal.com]

Also, if there’s a second-hand bookshop in her head, is there also a ppint?

[supermouse.livejournal.com]

Is religion involved in this scenario?

[silly-swordsman.livejournal.com]

Only for the silverfish, I'd've thought. For Plink and his ilk, it's more of a job (see "keep the population [...] down"), albeit one that is ethically pleasing. Maybe Plink is especially (or only?) venerable to the silverfish?

[supermouse.livejournal.com]

I don't know. Who gave him the title? And why? Enquiring readers need to know.

[ciciaye.livejournal.com]

I've had plots like leap into my head. Well, not quite like that...