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June 16, 2012

Six Sentence Sunday 6/17/12

I have more revisions to do than time to write, so I hope you enjoy this bit from what will likely become chapter one. 

“Hommilé, please play yoga instruction video A3,” she asked. 
Nothing happened. “Sorry, I forgot that you’re malfunctioning,” she said to the deaf machine. “Haley, tell Hommilé…” the video began to play.“Thanks Haley.” 
“A mechanic should be coming while you are away on your trip,” The orb said as it planted itself on a nearby shelf. 
 “You are a wonderful machine Hal,” Ziki said as she bent her body into downward-facing dog.

Thanks for reading!  I welcome any comments and I invite you to read a few of my other posts and comment on those as well.  Even more so, I encourage you to read other great six sentences at Six Sentence Sunday


11 comments:

  1. Intriguing six! I'd like an orb that anticipates my every need!

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  2. I want one! Great set up for a futuristic world.

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  3. I like this. I get a kick out of your use of Hal which of course hearkens to A Space Odyssey. :)

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  4. I love that in the future, our advanced machines will still breakdown, but we'll have other ones to schedule the repairman's visit. Fun six!

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  5. I bet it would be fun to have an orb!

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  6. Interesting characters! I guess a good career to have in the future is robot mechanic.

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  7. Intriguing six. Arouses lots of curiosity!

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  9. I like the mix of the spiritual with the technology.

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  10. She's more patient than me. I have a beat the broken machine mentality. Great six!

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