The cylinder hissed as Darth Kirk unscrewed its lid. When Kirk lifted the lid off, a gust of wind from the canister brushed back his hair. Kirk reached into the canister and came up with a handful of paper. Documents and photographs, which would be catalogued later at the archive. Other items included a tiny mannequin, labeled “Mattel”, a stone with the words “pet rock” hand-painted, another stone covered in white leather with red stitching (someone named Rawlings must have loved his pet so much that he provided it with clothes). And something none of them had seen before. It was a disk, 3 cm across, yellow and made of polymer. There was a small hole in its hub, and three bent arms projected from the hub and spiraled around it. “What is it?” Worf asked. “Scan it,” Kirk said, handing her the disc. “See if you can find a reference.” Worf did as she was told and ran the image of the disc through her computer. “I think I have it,” she said moments later. “It’s something called... a swastika?” 2008-04-23T19:01:01Z http://ficlets.com/feed/story/26774 <p>Incredibly funny looking at our remnants through the eyes of future future sci-fi-style archeologists. I love the observations. Brilliant.</p> http://ficlets.com/stories/26774?basename=58237 2008-04-23T19:01:01Z thebetweenspace http://ficlets.com/authors/thebetweenspace <p>Oooh, I think I get it now. Thanks for sequeling! Oh ya, I agree with THX : good interpretations.</p> http://ficlets.com/stories/26774?basename=54433 2008-04-04T23:43:04Z flute faerie http://ficlets.com/authors/user_6061 <p>Always fun to imagine how common-place items can and may be misconstrued. I like the confusion and the mistake on the interpretation of what it could be was great.<br />LoA</p> http://ficlets.com/stories/26774?basename=54323 2008-04-04T15:08:06Z THX 0477 http://ficlets.com/authors/thx_0477 <p>Great pay-off! I almost forgot what a 45 adapter looked like, but your description brought it back.</p> http://ficlets.com/stories/26774?basename=54317 2008-04-04T14:33:12Z Crown Me Tarzan, King of Mars http://ficlets.com/authors/user_605 <p>I loved the names, Darth Kirk &#8211; wonderful</p> http://ficlets.com/stories/26774?basename=54315 2008-04-04T14:05:43Z Ridcully Calvert http://ficlets.com/authors/user_joon <p>Great 2 part series (so far)! Love the mix-up at the end, very rewarding and an interesting jumping off point for further sequels.</p> <p>Maybe the future doesn&#8217;t have such great technology after all?</p> http://ficlets.com/stories/26774?basename=54302 2008-04-04T12:14:19Z atllta http://ficlets.com/authors/atllta <p>Here is the inspiration for this Ficlet (I couldn&#8217;t find one on the Flickr images :-()<br />.<br />http://www.mondotees.com/ProductImages/bangonicons/45adapyell.jpg</p> http://ficlets.com/stories/26774?basename=54295 2008-04-04T11:27:23Z BARomero http://ficlets.com/authors/baromero