Prompt 223: "I swear..."
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theatrical_muse today.
I swear I didn't put those time-traveling invisible aliens all over your engine room, Picard. No, I mean it. Pinky swear. I mean, seriously, why do you always blame me for these kind of things? It's like you see me and immediately think, "Oh, Q must be the explanation for all these mysterious things that are happening!" and never bother to explore it any further. Really, Jean-Luc, I expected better from you.
Let's be realistic, now; have I ever bothered to create a scenario and dump you into it, instead of just watching with amusement as the universe itself presents you with a puzzle? Okay, yes, Robin Hood, but that doesn't count; it was obvious that it was me, and I admitted it. Yes, yes, I did send Riker and your bridge crew to that planet with the animal things, but I admitted to that one too. And okay, fine, I sent you back in time to your past, and yes, I did expose you to the Borg, but you *knew* I was doing those things. I never created some situation and then left you to puzzle it out on your own for hours or days before showing up, now did I?
Okay, yes, you got me, that's exactly what I did with that temporal anomaly test. But, well, I didn't invent that jellyfish at Farpoint, now did I?
I'm not making this argument well, am I?
Right, then. Jean-Luc, you'll just have to trust me this time. I did *not* in any way entice, allow, induce or otherwise facilitate those time-traveling invisible aliens to invade your ship, and no, I didn't create them either. I'm just here to watch you defeat them. And eat popcorn. Want some? It's got extra butter.
theatrical_muse today.I swear I didn't put those time-traveling invisible aliens all over your engine room, Picard. No, I mean it. Pinky swear. I mean, seriously, why do you always blame me for these kind of things? It's like you see me and immediately think, "Oh, Q must be the explanation for all these mysterious things that are happening!" and never bother to explore it any further. Really, Jean-Luc, I expected better from you.
Let's be realistic, now; have I ever bothered to create a scenario and dump you into it, instead of just watching with amusement as the universe itself presents you with a puzzle? Okay, yes, Robin Hood, but that doesn't count; it was obvious that it was me, and I admitted it. Yes, yes, I did send Riker and your bridge crew to that planet with the animal things, but I admitted to that one too. And okay, fine, I sent you back in time to your past, and yes, I did expose you to the Borg, but you *knew* I was doing those things. I never created some situation and then left you to puzzle it out on your own for hours or days before showing up, now did I?
Okay, yes, you got me, that's exactly what I did with that temporal anomaly test. But, well, I didn't invent that jellyfish at Farpoint, now did I?
I'm not making this argument well, am I?
Right, then. Jean-Luc, you'll just have to trust me this time. I did *not* in any way entice, allow, induce or otherwise facilitate those time-traveling invisible aliens to invade your ship, and no, I didn't create them either. I'm just here to watch you defeat them. And eat popcorn. Want some? It's got extra butter.