A little more crack?

[pensnest]

Sometimes a prompt just speaks to you, you know? Prompt #2, animal transformation, spoke to me.
It said


"Ribbit!"

"Ribbit!"

"Ribbit!"

"Ribbit."

Conversation, Chrisfrog thought, was limited when you were Leptodactylidae*. It lacked nuance.

"Ribbit!"

Justinfrog leaped high as he ribbitted. Across the pond, legions of girl frogs quivered with awe. They always did, Chrisfrog thought morosely. Even though JCfrog leaped even higher, and had prettier markings.

"Ribbit!"

Of course, plenty of females quivered for JCfrog, too.

"Ribbit!"

And Joeyfrog, though he ribbitted less prominently, had a salientian allure that ensured him plenty of girl frog adoration of his own.

"Ribbit!"

But Justinfrog always got the most.

"Ribbit!" Look at me see my big smily mouth sexysexysexyMe!

"Ribbit!" Hear me ribbit see my big shinysexy eyes see me jump!

"Ribbit!" MeMeMe bigstrong sexy boyfrogthighs get your tadpoles here!

Was this it? Was this the sum of anuran life? Was there nothing more?

"Ribbit," said Chrisfrog, half-heartedly.

It wasn’t a bad life, by the pond. Plenty of flies to eat, and nothing much to do besides the nightly chorus. Things could be worse. They could be eaten by storks, or Frenchmen. They could be lacquered and posed on a shiny staircase**.

But…

"Ribbit!"

"Ribbit!"

"Ribbit!"

All he asked was a little variety. Really.

"Croak," said Chrisfrog, in a spirit of irony.

"Brooooaark."

Whoa! Where did that come from? Chrisfrog rolled a bulbous eye round to survey the newcomer. A large watery green orb eyed him indifferently, and the stranger’s tongue shot out, captured a passing insect, and zapped back into his broad, smily mouth.

The newcomer’s eyelid slid into a sly wink, and his throat puffed large for another mighty bellow.

Chrisfrog’s little amphibian soul thrilled.

Now, that was nuanced.



* New World frogs
** like this

Comments

[buddleia.livejournal.com]

That was adorable. And funny as hell. AND IT DIDN'T MAKE ME CRY.

[pensnest]

I'm relieved... But beware - there's a "What have we forgotten?" prompt, and there are no lava lamps in the table!

[stellamira]

I love this challenge. Gives me a chance to use my shiny icon.

Dude, it's Trickyfrog! Kinda. And how come that Justin as a frog still gets all the girls.

Though I really wish you all would stop with the lacquered frogs sometime soon.

[pensnest]

Yay, Trickyfrog! (Hee!)

As for Justin, I dunno, really. I'm not quite clear why he gets all the girls as a not!frog, either, but it is so.

[turloughishere.livejournal.com]

*snicker* *snickers some more* Oooh, this was exactly what I needed right now! So totally silly and charming! *snickers even more* And the picture!!!! *snickers degenerate into undignified weezings* Thank you, Pen!

[pensnest]

It is indeed, very silly - glad it amused you. I'm very proud of the illustration, though I had originally hoped to acquire a set of rubber frogs and pose them... 'twas not to be.

[turloughishere.livejournal.com]

I had originally hoped to acquire a set of rubber frogs and pose them... 'twas not to be.

I don't know if I should feel disappointed or relieved :-)

[pensnest]

My home decor bears no trace of my popslash devotion, but I would willingly give pride of place in the sitting room to a Staircase, With Frogs. I mean, wouldn't you?

Love the colouring on that icon, btw.

[turloughishere.livejournal.com]

I probably would! After all, I've made a little shrine to all my Nsync swag in the bookcase in my workroom :-)

Thank you! I'm really happy with the colouring in that one. (I wonder if I saved the original it would be handy to have *goes off to poke through icon folders*

[nopseud]

Hee! I was wondering where Lancefrog was. Of course, he would be *the* ultimate in sexyfrogs. It's all in the voice. So much fun :-) And the illustration is wonderful. The expression on Lancefrog's face couldn't be any more perfect.


(Right now I'm feeling a little thrill of pride for having brought frog shellacking into the world of popslash. At least, I think it's pride.)

[pensnest]

Oh, be proud, definitely. Somehow, once the idea of pop!frogs is in one's mind, it has to come out *somehow*. Anyway, thanks!

[bellamyrose.livejournal.com]

Hee. This was great. I laughed out loud. Lance!Frog rocks!

[pensnest]

Excellent - I'm glad to have made you laugh.

[sidra]

*lol* That was great! I'm enjoying these silly stories so much.

[pensnest]

Thank you - I'm in a crack!writing phase at the moment, it seems.

[joeylynne.livejournal.com]

Awww...loved it...was waiting for Bass Croak from the moment it started. :) Awesome!

[pensnest]

Hee - Lancefrog would have a great croak, wouldn't he! Thanks.

[turps33.livejournal.com]

I was giggling like crazy anyway, then I hit this hey could be lacquered and posed on a shiny staircase**. and just, you killed me with the laughing! *g*

This was wonderful, and of course Lance would make the most fantastic brooooaark, so very cool!

[pensnest]

It is a sad deficiency in all of our houses that we lack miniature staircases covered in lacquered frogs, really. No?

Glad it made you giggle. :-)

[vaudevilles.livejournal.com]

This was well bonkers and well wonderful too.

Thank you for a much needed giggle at the end of a very very long day ;o)

[pensnest]

Thank you - I'm glad I could provide you with a giggle.

[beckyo.livejournal.com]

*giggles*

Sooooo cute!!!

[pensnest]

Glad you enjoyed it :-)

[musicboxgirl.livejournal.com]

Another story that made me laugh like a madwoman. Very adorable. Thanks for the amusing story!

[pensnest]

Some of us got together for a sparkly weekend, and nopseud introduced us to the idea of shellacked frogs (dressed up, and posed), and really, once the idea of pop!frogs was in my brain, what could I do?