tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2947555836132631506.post6168364819517398075..comments2023-04-07T13:32:15.954+01:00Comments on The Twisted Quill: PigmentationSteve Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18414279461366098783noreply@blogger.comBlogger34125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2947555836132631506.post-16728728788757267012012-07-16T21:27:04.047+01:002012-07-16T21:27:04.047+01:00Hi Icy, yeah, a bit more chameleon than leopard th...Hi Icy, yeah, a bit more chameleon than leopard though. :-)Steve Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18414279461366098783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2947555836132631506.post-18280973379667808392012-07-16T12:15:33.433+01:002012-07-16T12:15:33.433+01:00Part leopard part chameleon? Niiiice.Part leopard part chameleon? Niiiice.Icy Sedgwickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11501193571425442406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2947555836132631506.post-32805730582449025542012-07-16T11:36:08.671+01:002012-07-16T11:36:08.671+01:00Hi Katherine, and thank you.
Nature usually does ...Hi Katherine, and thank you.<br /><br />Nature usually does find a way, doesn't it?<br /><br />As for his ex, maybe he invited her round for dinner? Bwuhahahahahaha!Steve Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18414279461366098783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2947555836132631506.post-3586818247278470502012-07-16T11:34:38.764+01:002012-07-16T11:34:38.764+01:00Thanks Sonia. :-)Thanks Sonia. :-)Steve Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18414279461366098783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2947555836132631506.post-13984126005092535782012-07-16T11:29:03.949+01:002012-07-16T11:29:03.949+01:00Thanks Danni, it's nice when the twist works. ...Thanks Danni, it's nice when the twist works. :-)Steve Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18414279461366098783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2947555836132631506.post-32215369450681075852012-07-16T00:38:12.157+01:002012-07-16T00:38:12.157+01:00Nature finds a way... I wonder how long the ex-gir...Nature finds a way... I wonder how long the ex-girlfriend lasted in the new wilderness. I liked how things built up in the first section, and the little shift in tone for the epilogue.Katherine Hajerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08270232675026751342noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2947555836132631506.post-81779845710868402102012-07-16T00:34:32.057+01:002012-07-16T00:34:32.057+01:00Nice. Didn't see it coming!!Nice. Didn't see it coming!!Sonia Lalhttp://storytreasury.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2947555836132631506.post-82701737891075195592012-07-15T23:17:15.660+01:002012-07-15T23:17:15.660+01:00Nice! I certainly didn't see that one coming. ...Nice! I certainly didn't see that one coming. Great job, Steve!Danielle La Pagliahttp://www.daniellelapaglia.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2947555836132631506.post-258709419935359462012-07-15T19:27:16.375+01:002012-07-15T19:27:16.375+01:00Thanks Larry, sorry but no humour in this one, I w...Thanks Larry, sorry but no humour in this one, I wrote this one with the "Apocalyptic Quill", I'll have to get the "Funny Quill" strutting its stuff again, won't I? (Chortle!!)Steve Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18414279461366098783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2947555836132631506.post-85349700204998261892012-07-15T19:23:00.089+01:002012-07-15T19:23:00.089+01:00Thanks Marc, as I replied to John Xero, I didn'...Thanks Marc, as I replied to John Xero, I didn't go deep enough into it to decide who or what was the cause, so I'll just leave it to the reader to decide. (Spoilsport aren't I?) Heheh!!Steve Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18414279461366098783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2947555836132631506.post-1130716177325168042012-07-15T19:20:53.188+01:002012-07-15T19:20:53.188+01:00Thanks Cindy, apocalyptic scenarios are very much ...Thanks Cindy, apocalyptic scenarios are very much to my liking too. :-)Steve Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18414279461366098783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2947555836132631506.post-51821786900343601312012-07-15T14:54:42.682+01:002012-07-15T14:54:42.682+01:00This was great, Steve. Given the comics-themed fla...This was great, Steve. Given the comics-themed flashes over the last week or so, I was expecting him to become a superhero, or maybe his "new kind" would have become a league of superheroes. But this works!Larry Kollarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08317037795075278427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2947555836132631506.post-83558566384808510192012-07-15T10:24:53.283+01:002012-07-15T10:24:53.283+01:00I got there just before the reveal. I wonder if th...I got there just before the reveal. I wonder if the military hospital he ended up in is related to a military medical experiment he had unwittingly participated in?<br /><br />Great concept.Sulci Collectivehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03293833259808943096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2947555836132631506.post-68751287784545799822012-07-14T23:33:20.630+01:002012-07-14T23:33:20.630+01:00Great concept Steve, very imaginitive. Very much e...Great concept Steve, very imaginitive. Very much enjoyed the story.<br /><br />I liked the horror element and the idea of a selected group of people by some unknown power becoming these predator chameleons in a apocalyptic world.Cindy Vaskovahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06747628778627025130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2947555836132631506.post-56611991659109464742012-07-14T16:20:03.547+01:002012-07-14T16:20:03.547+01:00Hi Justin, you definitely don't want to be a &...Hi Justin, you definitely don't want to be a "Pinkie" cos Pinkies get eaten.<br /><br />I don't think these hunters would be scaly though, still smooth-skinned but blotchy.Steve Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18414279461366098783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2947555836132631506.post-64620279165527518972012-07-14T16:17:35.467+01:002012-07-14T16:17:35.467+01:00Thanks John.
I'm going to leave it to the rea...Thanks John.<br /><br />I'm going to leave it to the reader to decide where they think the root cause is, evolution? Conspiracy? Alien intervention? I didn't really go any deeper into the storyline other than what you read here.<br /><br />I'm chewing over the idea of writing a part2 for next week, if I can decide on a worthwhile direction to take it in. :-)Steve Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18414279461366098783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2947555836132631506.post-23284012600923376432012-07-14T15:17:54.802+01:002012-07-14T15:17:54.802+01:00Ok, I do not want to be a 'pinkie'. In my ...Ok, I do not want to be a 'pinkie'. In my mind he's all scaley like a kind of reptile man which is sure to give me nightmares.Justin davieshttp://flyingscribbler.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2947555836132631506.post-34943839162577257022012-07-14T13:36:34.315+01:002012-07-14T13:36:34.315+01:00Thought that might be where the blotches were goin...Thought that might be where the blotches were going, but then I read a lot of superhero comics... Really liked this, and the 'postscript' was a great, sinister twist to the tale.<br /><br />Having read a few other comments, I wonder if it wasn't some kind of spontaneous evolution, nature trying to find a survival trait before the whole species fell, and if that's the case, whether there aren't other mutant strains out there, other breeds, other predators...John Xerohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17492709629314280633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2947555836132631506.post-4537677418849215482012-07-14T11:09:21.846+01:002012-07-14T11:09:21.846+01:00Hi Carolyn, and welcome to The Twisted Quill.
Tha...Hi Carolyn, and welcome to The Twisted Quill.<br /><br />Thank you for the lovely comment. I thoroughly enjoyed your own story, as you can see from this one, I am quite fond of apocalyptic scenarios. :-)Steve Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18414279461366098783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2947555836132631506.post-309877267737304412012-07-14T11:06:12.989+01:002012-07-14T11:06:12.989+01:00Hi Craig, yeah, just look at the mischief "Ho...Hi Craig, yeah, just look at the mischief "Hollow Man" got up to, not a true parallel I know, but similar. :-)Steve Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18414279461366098783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2947555836132631506.post-13693215670848003502012-07-14T11:01:57.592+01:002012-07-14T11:01:57.592+01:00Thanks Helen. I don't think it was a mistake, ...Thanks Helen. I don't think it was a mistake, the age range and gender parity would suggest a purposefully targeted few peopleSteve Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18414279461366098783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2947555836132631506.post-91215929984667214752012-07-14T10:59:44.764+01:002012-07-14T10:59:44.764+01:00Thanks Chuck, yeah, he was one of those blessed wi...Thanks Chuck, yeah, he was one of those blessed with the means of survival, and certainly far luckier than the "Pinkies".Steve Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18414279461366098783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2947555836132631506.post-76405629592451838542012-07-14T10:54:14.670+01:002012-07-14T10:54:14.670+01:00Thanks Aidan, I do like a little play on words whe...Thanks Aidan, I do like a little play on words whenever possible.<br /><br />My own interpretation was that the doctors had no idea what the skin condition was, they too will have perished when civilization turned on itself.Steve Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18414279461366098783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2947555836132631506.post-10631675184520136992012-07-14T10:50:54.181+01:002012-07-14T10:50:54.181+01:00Thanks Natalie, I'm not sure myself, but somet...Thanks Natalie, I'm not sure myself, but something or someONE has a gameplan in play to ensure the survival of the species.Steve Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18414279461366098783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2947555836132631506.post-3678930936380963502012-07-14T10:48:36.498+01:002012-07-14T10:48:36.498+01:00Hiya Lou. Yup, there's nothing like a good ol...Hiya Lou. Yup, there's nothing like a good old fashioned apocalypse for bringing people together, even if it's with a view to eating each other. Bwuhahahahahaha!Steve Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18414279461366098783noreply@blogger.com