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This was the result of a fifteen-minute word challenge. The challenge word is stated at the end of the ficlet.


Mutual Understanding (Loonatics Unleashed)

By Haruka (haruka@ymail.com)

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Rev Runner glanced toward his teammate Slam as he described a recent event that occurred during a Loonatics mission to Danger Duck. Typically, Duck was exercising his dry and not-always-funny wit at Slam’s expense. It wasn’t that Duck didn’t like Slam or consider him a valuable member of the team, it was simply that the way Slam spoke, with half of his words garbled and unintelligible, he made for easy teasing by others.

Rev couldn’t always understand everything that Slam said, either, and who knows? Maybe the Tasmanian Devil wasn’t really saying anything at all – it might have been something particular to his own kind. Maybe preceding his real words with a mishmash of incoherent babbling was commonplace in their part of the world.

He could understand that if it was the case. It wasn’t like HE was always understood, either, and he always spoke very clearly and concisely. The problem was, he did so at a speed that normal people couldn’t always keep up with.

Duck left the room and Rev zipped over to stand beside Slam. “Hey Slam buddy do you mind if I ask you something?”

The large Loonatic looked at him, puzzled. “Blrglartyworgklf okay.”

“Have you always gotten a lot of grief for the way you talk I mean doesn’t it frustrate you when other people can’t always understand what you say or is it just a matter of not really saying anything important that can’t be understood?”

Slam’s curious expression took on an added look of confusion. “Gryglahryrioblu can’t understand me?”

“Well not exactly I mean half of it at least the part where you asked if I could understand you.”

Slam shrugged. “Kliblrglfrytglot no worries.”

Rev gave a frustrated sigh. “That doesn’t exactly answer my question –“ He stopped himself. “On the other hand maybe it does.”

Slam patted his back, causing him to stumble. “Troblryblrghiwup I understand you.”

“That’s good so if nothing else we can understand each other although I still don’t know if everything you say is actually something you want people to follow.”

He received a knowing wink in reply. “Prulglarpthemengrk maybe, maybe not.”

Rev grinned. Maybe it wasn’t so important if everyone understood everything that came out of Slam’s mouth or even his own. Where good comrades were concerned, the gist and the feeling behind it was what really mattered.

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Word prompt - Garble

(2007)

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