VISUAL PROMPT
Submitted by Katelyn Jane

Write a short story where humans are the mythical beings.
What Are They?
**_“Im Rex and thats Bex and we welcome you to our new show where we try to uncover the truth about the legendary creatures that we know as Humies.”
_**One of the Reptilian hosts opens the show waving his tiny arms welcoming in the studio audience.
**_“That’s right Rex,the Humies have always been a quesion of the past but now with new evidence, it seems that the Humies could be in our future too.”_**
The studio audience rumbles in awe as Bex explains an unbelievable possibility,Rex takes a quick peek at her notes and he cant believe it either,he laughs and straightens his notes out,shaking his head in disbelief.
**_“Now for the folks at home,I have always had a fascination with the Humies and this is the first im hearing of this news,holy doe doe i think we may have an extraordinary show for you all today.”
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Bex giggles as she is overjoyed by Rex’s reaction to the news.
**_“Indeed we do,so for those who don’t know what Humie’s supposedly were,let me tell you what we have so far,Humie’s arrived here a long time before us,they were tiny creatures with the biggest growing only to 2.72 meters.”
_**The studio audience murmur as they pay attention to every detail.**_
“They would make fires to stay warm since they had no fur and were definitely not cold blooded at least in the sense we consider ourselves.
They were great hunters and some could even teach themselves to swim.”
_**Rex watched on as Bex gave the rundown but felt the urge to interrupt.
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“Tell everyone about how they would communicate to each other.”
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Rex spoke out as this was his favourite part.
Bex looked at him and just smiled,usually she would be annoyed but she understood how excited he was.
**_“To communicate they had many forms,they would use hand signals and something called sign language for those who could not hear,if we consider them speaking to each other then they could speak in around seven thousand different spoken languages,all depending on where they grew up around the world…”
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_**She stopped as the ground started to shake,the audience went from calm to paniced within seconds,then it happened…the roof began to tear open revealing a grimaced face,a predator had seen its prey as a giant hand swooped down and ate one of the audience members who tried to flee,roars intensified as the monster began chomping on every reptillian it could get its hands on.
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“Oh my god Rex?! Weve been fucking lied to…it cant be.”
_**Bex called out as she took cover behind the desk,but Rex just sat there smiling.**_
“Aren’t they beautiful Bex?!”
_**Rex replied not paying attention to her voice as fear began to overtake her,She pulled Rex trying to drag him down but he wouldn’t budge,he just smiled more and more.
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“Rex get down here you asshole before it…”_**
In an instant the huge monster grabbed Rex and lifted him to its gaping mouth.
**_“REX NOOO!”_**
Bex screamed as she stood amongst the living nightmare,she closed her eyes awaiting her own fate,without her lover,what was truly the point to life?
_The Reptilians were annihilated on that day and the Humies roamed once again,doing what they did best…bringing pain and conflict to the world._