Can you hear something? (Picfic, 25 July)

[hypatia-66.livejournal.com]

“I thought I heard something,” said Napoleon, opening the door.

“You go first,” said Illya, holding the door for him.

“Chicken, Illya?”

“More likely a cat,” he replied, peeping into the room, where there was nothing to be seen.

“My holster’s in the office.”

“You can’t shoot the office cat, Napoleon.”

The room was empty. Illya looked at his partner. “Are you sure you heard something?”

“Yeah. A sort of whistling.”

“Can you still hear it?”

“Yeah. Maybe it was in the corridor.” He went out and came back. “It’s everywhere. Why can’t you hear it?”

“Possibly because I’m not suffering from tinnitus,” said Illya.

“Tinnitus?”

“You should wear ear protection on the firing range. You don’t, do you. That’s what causes the damage.”

“Do you?”

“Of course.”

Comments

[glennagirl.livejournal.com]

Nice response to the photo, and very believable.Thanks for venturing into the Impromptu Challenge.

[hypatia-66.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I enjoyed this one.

[gevr.livejournal.com]

good story ! It's a good thing ear protection is mandatory nowadays - I hope Napoleon still recovers :-D

[hypatia-66.livejournal.com]

Thank you, glad you liked it. Tinnitus is dreadful if it's chronic - my sister has it very badly. I expect you know that Robert Vaughn actually suffered tinnitus for a while when a gunshot went off beside his ear on set. That was why they started to use tranquiliser darts - so I read somewhere.

[gevr.livejournal.com]

I didn't know that. He was rather lucky then, because when the gun is fired close enough to your head the sound can even rupture your eardrum. Being an actor can obviously be dangerous :-)

[hypatia-66.livejournal.com]

Apparently it was in a part of the set that was closed in so that the sound was too contained when they fired a 'gun'. He happened to be standing there and caught the worst of it. It might have been worse it it had been a real gun.

[laurose8.livejournal.com]

Good idea and great dialogue. Thank you.

[hypatia-66.livejournal.com]

Thank you, glad you liked it.

[mrua7.livejournal.com]

Which PicFic Challenge was this for as I don't recall posting this photo for one. My PicFic Challenge has been on hiatus, but will be returning soon.

[hypatia-66.livejournal.com]

It's an impromptu one posted by Glenna on Tuesday.

[mrua7.livejournal.com]

Aha! Thank you! That explains why I didn't recognize it. I haven't been on line lately and was unaware she'd posted an impromptu challenge.

I enjoyed reading it!

[hypatia-66.livejournal.com]

Yes, it's OK, you aren't having a senior moment.

And thank you - I'm glad you liked it.

[maria-priest.livejournal.com]

Perfect story for the pic.

[hypatia-66.livejournal.com]

Thank you. It almost wrote itself, of course.