Plot Medics 

I've been given a very specific Friday Flash challenge, and I put a few hours in on it when I realised it wasn't working at all. I've concluded that it's because it just isn't silly enough. I hope to produce a suitable tale of tea and wrestling in a couple of weeks' time. In the meantime, here's one I prepared (quite a lot) earlier.

Swimming in the Electric Ocean
(100 words including title)

Yellow and orange scribbles on black, the city’s reflection scattered on the waves. Below luminescent colours answer as the creatures rise. Their language is written on their skin, pulsing in spots and patches. My own skin itches with the changes we have made, the new growth under the surface. I see the eyes of the clever hunters like saucers of ink. Deft arms weave the dark water. My thoughts fire new connections, electric pulses that are seen on my surface. Glowing like the city, I slip into the black water to learn to say hello.

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