I went round to Fantastic 4 HQ, Robin What awesome new tech they have! I saw something of great dimensions & unfathomable purpose I said that we prob' need one for Batcave Mr Fantastic looked at me oddly 'It's a bath!' The Thing likes to immerse, I guess, Bats #Satsplat Dimensions #vss365 Immerse

'Not Bald, Bold!' Embarrassment lingers 'I said, this Star Force Sergeant is Bald' 'You just said it again!,' the recruits weren't laughing, the sergeant had a reputation & he'd suddenly de-invisibled right in front of them 'It's my accent! From Loser Ville!' #SciFiFri Bold #vss365 Linger

You two were at school together, Holmes!? From play-school, Watson Bastard destroyed my papier mache doll He was jealous! We've been enemies ever since If I could go back in time... You'd forgive him, Holmes? ...no, I'd give him the beating he deserved #Satsplat Time travel #vss365 Forgive

Spaceship spotting at Spaceport Unalloyed pleasure! Dan's been coming here since he was 5 He'd never understood Dad missing Galactic cruiser dock, to speak to that mermaid alien One day, a merman is there 'Except being half fish, we could be brothers,' he jokes #SciFiFri Galactic #vss365 unalloyed

Wots so funny, Bats? Probs at Marvel, Robin The Fantastic 4 are striking! These guys are used to battling Space Aliens & in their latest outing... sniggering ... apparently... more sniggering ...they're preparing to meet the challenge of Dewdrop The Gr8 #Satsplat Space Aliens #vss365 Dewdrop

I mined on all of them for the company, Mars first, then rocks in space - horrible job, dangerous too Crap pay! You get around in a Lambo Dove!? They prospected a space rock & struck big Then I waved the ownership contract at them Years ago they cost peanuts #SciFiFri Job/Task #vss365 Dove

Holmes! You're as white as a sheet! Sherlock points mutely, finger shaking Under the sofa, Holmes? A spider? Mouse? Dr.Watson retrieves a letter It's just a name - 'Morag' We don't know a Morag? But we might, Watson, we might Then Sherlock faints #Satsplat Phobia #vss365 Name

A cub played with a bird, creeping up on it It flew away, her paw gently patted it on its way On her back dreaming at the sky Jumping branches too far apart Her mother's questioning look 'Lions can dream to fly!' 'Lions have evolved,' her mother replied #SciFiFri Fly / Float #vss365 Lion

We creep up cat-like, Robin, then... You mean Bat-like, Bats Well, ok. 'xept Bats don't creep & I'm a Robin Well, ok, athletic & stealthy, then Ow!!! Shush! Rob, athletic, stealthy & *quiet* But I hit my humerus! & I'm going home! It's not our day! #Satsplat Humour #vss365 Cat

It was Socrates, a jobbing engineer working on the first highway between the planets that thought of it The route is haphazard & they put guidance buoys, Cat's Eyes, along the way Saved huge navigation costs The company made a fortune Socrates died broke #SciFiFri #vss365

Pack your bags & passport, Watson What's going on, Holmes? An investiture of villains, in deepest Hungary - a secret cabal How come *you* got an invite!? I'm going as Prof Moriarty It's his invite - he's not going He hates them for not electing him leader #Satsplat Villains #vss365 Investiture

Twenty years cramped in the stressed environment of the starship Now here, on this paradise planet, on a beach, relaxing, ready to leap into the sea with homemade surfboards We didn't know yet about the aggressive bacteria, hunting swarms generating the seafoam #SciFiFri Leap #vss365 Seafoam

Wot's up, Bats? I had a nightmare, Robin Trapped by Riddler, I had to sing the answers to stupid riddles, or be unmasked to his huge social media following Only Alfred, as The Buzzard, came to help And? We had to sing a duet! Where was I? Exactly, Robin! #Satsplat Trapped #vss365 Sing

It was an experiment to enable the blind to see It worked brilliantly, except they reported seeing things that weren't there - strange creatures They had conversations with them Then, funding was suddenly cut Records disappeared But I know who really runs things #SciFiFri Experiment #vss365 Blind

Driving me mad! What is, Holmes? That *thing*! Telephonium, whatnot, Watson I'd have them banned! It keeps ringing I shout 'hello' at it Never a reply! Then, same again There must be some mischievous elf creature living in it You & modern tech, Holmes! #Satsplat Fairytail Creature #vss365 Ring

An invisible dome exentuates the meagre sun this far out into something approximating that seen from Earth The sunrise, beautiful over the neat lawn - memorial to his Lift Class, labouring ancestors He's Pen Class, his composted ancestors still lift the grass #SciFiFri Rise Lift #vss365 Pen

Wots up with Bats, Alfred? Frustrated, Robin Mr Fantastic gave him some old Fantastic 4 tech - they're doing a clear out It's that outer space type thing in Batcave It does? Somewhat illusive Mr.F explained but... we've put a Bat decal on it So, solid start #Satsplat OuterSpace #vss365 Illusive

Philosophy class 2591: Everything revolves around something Planets, a star Electrons, a nucleus A life, a person, or ideal Any other examples? Nothing - their eyes now glazed So bright & open but after 2 mins, now closed Human attention span had degraded again #SciFiFri Open/Close #vss365 Revolve

Not sure about the title of my novel, Holmes 'Reunion of Evil'? Novel! Watson? Your best cases, Holmes Not recognizable, of course & you'll be The Spanish Detective, a brilliant female sleuth, in Madrid Sherlock breaks his pipe And the royalties are divided? #Satsplat Reunion #vss365 Divide

All-new #Overcast. #Rapid intergalactic #public transportation service. Zoom instantly from here to the #next place. You only have to leave your body behind. Terms and conditions apply. Vacated bodies are non-returnable. Complaints must be made in person. #scififri #vss365 #2wordprompt #sff

Kent scowled at another day overcast by wafting, greasy clouds - his neighbour's belching generator just visible He scrubbed the solar panels of black droplets - no power today Next would be different - his giant reflective dish ready & aimed at the fuel tank #SciFiFri Next #vss365 Overcast

In Gotham City - 2 six year olds: Bats give me nightmares! I'm afraid Batman is going to swing in through my bedroom window & abduct me Yh, scary but clowns are horrific! & Mom & Dad put up clown wallpaper It's like Joker is there Jus thx for warm Teddy bear #Satsplat Horror #vss365 Warm

The Mass throbbed "We dunno, an alien germ blown into that dark corner, grown big... but it could be a mutant fungus" "A disease? Well, I guess containment & analysis is the priority" The Mass juddered violently, as this was said "Yh, that's another thing" #SciFiFri GermDisease #vss365 Corner

So how did your date go, Holmes? Food was good, Watson, but I detected that the veg had grown from a field next to the sewage works She was impressed when I noted her jewelry has been purchased from a famous fence in the East End, though & after? She had to rush off #Satsplat Food #vss365 Jewelry

"...Grease, grime, sweat, honest toil & a magnanimous spirit built the Mars of which we are so proud of today..." It always made me snigger when our principle made that "inspiring" speech, right under the painting of typical settlers brawling in a bar fight #SciFiFri Grease #vss365 Magnanimous

Robin sniffs New fragrance, Bats? No, Robin It's Alfred's He's met someone! His own age, as well Similar interests And he's obsessed Great, it'll take his mind off "other things" No! She's joined him as his female crime fighting sidekick - Aunt Buzzard Wot. #Satsplat L&Romance #vss365 Obsessed

WWE 2526 Grasp is my fav but everyone likes Velocity 1 - half synth & like a ball of elastic explosively unfurling He's a hissing mass of mean & raw human grunt power I reckon if Grasp can soak up her slapping & grab her Man! It's staged! They're even married #SciFiFri Grasp #vss365 Velocity

While you were solving that murdah of beastly ghastliness, Holmes, I've been walking along the canal Visiting Mystic Meg's barge again, Watson? Yh, Holmes, she says in the 1980's they will time travel in DeLorians Bollocks, Watson Ik but You just like her? #Satsplat 1980's #vss365 Beastly

The whole area of space mist-ified in hours,we knew it wasn't water droplets Sam went out in a super flex design spacesuit to repair the hull, otherwise we were stuck there He succeeded but stone drops got into him - he became a man shaped stone before our eyes #SciFiFri DesignShape #vss365 Mystify

Someone sent me this Valentine card, Holmes No idea who but it's full of kisses, I'm touched The arrow through the heart, Dr.Watson Blood red roses, with thorns clearly visible The poetry seems off too You in fact, have a dangerous enemy, Watson Jealous c**t! #Satsplat Poetry #vss365 Kiss

A military bod spoke- surprising, as a civilian university had discovered it "...a big lacuna in space... light years away... space is twisted, so it's hidden... NOT a natural phenomenon... shift in paradigm needed" Ah, Aliens - he wants a defence budget rise #SciFiFri Shift / Twist #vss365 lacuna

Ok Joker, we can't take the tension You've had us captured & bound for hours So, what imaginative, grisly, drawn out torturous death awaits us? Well.. Batman, yh, blood... Pain, obviously... Torture... Robin sniggers: I think he's got some kind of block, Bats #Satsplat Tension #vss365 Blood

Wispy lambent clouds caress the window & my wounds can heal in the warm sun rays, a 40m km flight from Earth & my torturer I lift the knife to work on my stubble, then see my mouth twist into that sadistic, familiar grin They've hacked me with a mind virus! #SciFiFri Flight #vss365 Wound, Lambent

Wots up with Alfred, Bats? Soothing his elbow with ointment, Robin He, in crime fighting guise The Buzzard (Batman rolls his eyes), struck his humerus on the counter, after stumbling on a bank job in progress The good news is, he'll be out of action for months #Satsplat Humour #vss365 Soothe

A thrum of nanowires looking like a solid block - their density & complexity was something only the nano bots could reconnect The nano bots weren't working & only the Synth could fix them But the Synth & its dense weave of nanowires was the original problem #SciFiFri Connect #vss365 Thrum

The answer isn't in outer space, Holmes Relaxing in my slippers with my telescope focuses my mind & I've realised something, Watson It couldn't have been ProfPlumb in the kitchen, with the lead pipe! Finest forensic brain & he can't get over losing at Cluedo #Satsplat Outer Space #vss365 Slip

Son kicks some rusted crap, angrily Dad: wassup son? Son holds up tattered paper "Froze, cold, drizzle, I know the words but..." Dad stared over the parched baked earth "You don't know what they really mean No-one on Earth does now It's poetry We can dream" #SciFiFri #vss365

"family is a very dappled thing..." Wot, Bats? Alfred has been "secretly" writing poetry but leaving it all over the place, Robin "dappled," Bats? I don't get it either but he obviously loves us, that's what counts Or complicated & seeking validation, Bats #Satsplat Family #vss365 Dappled

"No-one realises the intensity that close to the sun Just a crack between the gold, window screens He was just unfortunate to be standing there at that precise moment' "He was blinded?" "No. Seared! Head to foot Down the middle No blood Like by a Lazer beam" #SciFiFri Middle #vss365 Sear

I'm worried, Bats Why, Robin? Ask Batcomputer I do, all the time, now it's cutting edge Especially as it's learning American & I don't need to translate from Mandarin with Google That's the prob' We'd be lost without it The signs are unmissable Well ask.. Oh #Satsplat Lost #vss365 Unmissable

Finally! Delivered, for collection XX23's lights blinked with excitement The rush - breaking taboos! The depot, staffed by animals was anonymous He/She was bound & ready in a container & Robots didn't hurt humans, snigger XX23 didn't know a CopDroid was waiting #SciFiFri Bound/ary #vss365 Delivered

A Crimbo prezzie from the butcher's daughter, Holmes It's obviously love How can you be so clueless? She always saves the best cuts of meat for you as well What is it? Cluedo, DrWarson! Balderdash! & it still wasn't ProfPlumb, in the kitchen, with the lead pipe #Satsplat Love #vss365 Balderdash

Zoobit turned its back on the vast expanse of rubble that had been home So it could file the sight as a mere abstraction - same as the war scenarios The final one predicted a win Now, Renew & Rebuild were words A burning thirst & horribly poisoned water wasn't #SciFiFri RenewRebuild #vss365 Abstract

What is that ringing? Dr.Watson rolls his eyes The phone, it'll be useful when you get used to it Holmes mumbles grumpily Travelling in the air, Telephoniums What next? Time machines catching crimes before they're committed Damn H G Wells & his imagination! #Satsplat SciFi Tech #vss365 Air

The ship burned as it hit the atmosphere of the gas giant The Captain watched as the flames flared briefly, then the ship, his ship, was gone Would the few remaining crew members survive on their little escape pod & did he deserve to be one of them, he thought #SciFiFri Flame Burn #vss365 Survive

Holmes, 221B Baker Street, the address you give, doesn't exist It's a wonder you receive mail You're so unsociable! Holmes winks I'm grateful my neighbours always pop in with the misdelivered mail & my enemies can't find me, Watson Apart from the fiddle music #Satsplat Music #vss365 Grateful

'oh, Major Laser, we are so grateful to you' Every year the ceremony where a huge sum of money was paid to the Major for protecting the Earth from alien invasion The Major knew they laughed at him behind his back and the people knew that he knew...cont #ScifiFri Laser #vss365 Grateful

Apogee, Bats Wot, Robin? College project, Bats Crime fighting Wot might be The Bat's apogee? Def when an angry Goblin, DocOct, King Pin & Mysterio all turned up at once at Spidey's place & I got the call for *urgent* help Paranormal Superpowers Bah! overrated #Satsplat Paranormal #vss365 Apogee

Small rocks with gold all flying around the Belt region, dime a dozen, hey? Yeap, I brought my fishing net all the way from Earth Rolles his eyes Funny guy You're the successor to so many Get a bit of gold, dance... then the huge bills come in &... the taxes #SciFiFri Dozen #vss365 Successor

You've been drinking tea all day, Dr.Watson How thirsty are you? Still no clues about the ghastly ripper murders, Holmes I'm hoping the tea leaves might help & after your 15th cup? Um, it very vaguely looks like the butcher! I always said his eyes were too close together #Satsplat #vss365 Augury