when the exposition fairy comes to call

[lizardbeth]

You know what's hard about a future!fic/AU-type thingy? Especially when it's short?

EXPOSITION.

"Well, as you know ..."

Yeah. Cuz that doesn't suck AT ALL.

I'm tempted to just write it out, since clearly some badficwriter part of my brain WANTS me to, and then cut it down to something slightly more subtle afterward.

But, on the other hand, it's an actual short story, not a fetal epic. Which is a nice change.

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"As you know, Colonel Carter, may I call you Colonel? Ah ha ha ha! I asked as if your opinion mattered. Back to the matter of hand. There is a death ray slowly coming climbing in to place above your planet. It will be achieve optimum orbit in approximately twenty-four of your hours and nothing can stop it! Nothing! Ah hahahahaha ahhh!" Bad guy falls in to pit of lava he had shipped to the moon. Fizzles out in to brightly colored flames due to the many metals that made up his armor.

Daniel comes strolling out from behind a wall panel, checking his watch. He stops by Sam's side. Untying her bonds, Daniel rolls his eyes. "Tell me why we let these guys kidnap us again?"

"This particular bad guy, or bad guys in general?" At his look, she grins. "Right. If we don't have constant 'danger', there will be no military surplus budget. No surplus budget, no imported coffees."

"Right! How could I forget that? My memory must be as long as my dick, which is very long." He wiggles his eyebrows at her.

"I'll tell you as I told Jack." Carter puts a hand over his face. "Janet and I aren't interested in a threesome."

Pouting, Daniel looked down at his feet. "I could always watch."

"Sorry, Teal'c still owns the rights to that."

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THE END!

How's that for exposition shorts?