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donutsweeper ([personal profile] donutsweeper) wrote2007-11-25 10:02 pm
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Lifetime Guarantee

Title: Lifetime Guarantee
Pairing/Warning/Rating: none, rated G
Word Count: 100
Summary: Jack gets a new wrist computer.


The strap on his wrist computer finally gave out somewhere around its seventh century.  Since some of the mechanisms still worked he had a case constructed so he could carry it around in his pocket.  Two thousand years later, when every circuit had fried, he relegated it to a spot on the mantelpiece.

Eventually, in the 51st Century again, he bought himself a new one.  Even though it was the same make and model as his first, he found it terribly uncomfortable to wear. He had no idea why; it was the same and he was the same, wasn’t he?



Author's Note: There is an accompanying meta piece about the writing of this drabble here. 

[identity profile] rustydog.livejournal.com 2007-11-26 06:08 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, very nice. I like "thinky" pieces. And this is a great example of the way a drabble can be well set up and pack an emotional punch in the last line.

[identity profile] donutsweeper.livejournal.com 2007-11-26 06:09 am (UTC)(link)
*g* thanks so much!