Hints by GoddessTina on DeviantArt (original) (raw)

I had this chat with a mortal last week about hints.
It always baffles me when you don't get hints.
And... it reminded me of this one story.

It was kind of an experiment at first.
I came and planted this stick in earth, just to see its reaction.
Then, I mentally gave humanity 1000 years and lived on the planet, amongst them all.
At the time... I was seriously thinking they'd get the hint and quickly
find a way to leave their homeworld. After all, all the technology was already here
and 1000 years seemed like a reasonnable time to flee.

I was wrong. Very wrong.

They worshipped the stick.
Built entire cults.
Repainted all earth representations with the stick in it.
Started to use it as a base for entire populations.
They felt... reassurance in it. In the stick.
I guess the meaning was too simple and too obvious.

The very few that got it started building ships,
despised by the rest of their kind.

When I came upon them and gave the answer to this silly riddle,
I couldn't help thinking about the delirious thoughts coursing
through their little minds.

"You lived like lollipops. Die like lollipops".

It couldn't have been more clear, could I?

So... hints.
Pay attention to hints:
They're never given for free,
yet they're all I'll be giving you.