Musings on a boy. A boy that could swim faster than a shark:
Here's how I see it:
It is the year 2217. Earth is one large, unified country, after countless bloody wars. Science, once gone wild and used for destructive ends, is now bent towards advancements in health and genetics. One geneticist, living in what used to be Sri-Lanka, but what is now called "Robo-sector Q" has figured out a way to genetically manipulate an embryo and imbue it with amphibious traits. This embryo, soon after birth, is introduced into a quasi-oceanic setting, spending 4 hours a day in the water, the rest of its waking hours on land. The embryo is male, as the scientist always wanted a son. She decides to name the embryo "Reggie thee SnowBeaver's Vintage Pop Kat SEB 64/78", or, RSVP-KS64/78. RSVP loved to swim and swim, as those 4 hours a day made the water seem like home. RSVP soon exhibited great swimming stamina, speed and strength. One day, the genecist decided it was time to measure RSVP's swimming speed, and so she went to the Indian Ocean on holiday, with her young freak of a son. RSVP ran to the ocean and waded right in, and was soon swimming with friendly, laughing dolphins. Soon, though, the Dolphins swam away, seemingly in alarm. Uh-oh! A shark was approaching. But, this was no ordinary shark. This was one of the late 21st century's weaponized sharks. Normal sharks with laser tenhnology added to their skulls and eyes, these rogue sharks could apply 1,000 tons of pressure with their jaws, or, shoot you. It all really depended on their mood. This shark decided to chase after RSVP. RSVP took off, swimming for all he was worth. Soon, he had left the shark in his wake. That shark was totally owned!!! RSVP turned around to mock the shark and let the shark know that it was his bitch, and, that's when disaster struck. For, unbeknownst to RSVP, a boat loaded with a group called Pissed Republicans Itching to Catch Kids Swimming, a powerful and dangerous lobby group, caught RSVP and abducted them, to use a poster child for their anti-genetics campaign. The PRICKS took RSVP to their Island headquarters, where they kept him and never did end up releasing him. His Mom would send him messages in bottles, smoke signals, texts to his aqua phone, etc, but RSVP never did reply. Ever. And, that is the story of RSVP-KS64/78.
I just read this and it just did not really make me laugh, but, it's staying.