Ok, so it’s time for round #8 of our community challenge. Having won last week’s challenge, it’s my turn to open the new one.
Formatting is shamelessly stolen from @[email protected], thank you for your hard work :)
Theme
This week’s theme is “Distant lands”. I adore stories about exploration, travels and faraway lands (real and imaginative) and would love to see what sparks your imagination.
Rules
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Follow the community’s rules above all else
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One comment and image per user
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Embed image directly in the post (no external link)
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Workflow/Prompt sharing encouraged (we’re all here for fun)
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At the end of the week each post will be scored according to the following grid
Prize Points Most upvoted +3 points Second most upvoted +1 point Theme is clear +1 point OP’s favorite (me, this week) +1 point Most original +1 point Last entry (to compensate for less time to vote) +1 point new Prompt and workflow included +1 point -
Posts that are ex aequo will both get the points
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Winner gets to pick next theme! Good luck everyone and have fun!
Here’s a mini cave ecosystem that I imagined for a sci-fi story. Not quite everything turned out but I like the style of this one:
Bing Prompt: A dark underground cavern in igneous rock. There are bats hanging from the ceiling, with bat guano on the ground. A small cloud of moths rises from the ground. Small, low bushes send roots through the floor of the cave, and grow luminescent berries that light the cave with a pale glow. A woman doctor with messy brown hair sits on the floor with her head in her hands. photorealistic style
Thank you for your entry! The cave looks interesting and I can imagine it would make a great setting for your story. I like the little lights in the tree, even if they didn’t turn out to be berries. What is the story going to be about?
The settings are a series of planets which were each seeded by ancient aliens with prehistoric humans and a handful of Earth species that complemented the environment, like little terrariums. For this underground rogue planet, the species included bats and moths for pollination and fertilization, and yams for the volcanic soil.
Here, a visiting doctor from a sunny planet is driven to hide in the caves, a pariah because of her lack of night vision and sun-adapted features. Clouds of bats and moths in a dim moist cave lit by fairy tail glowing berries seemed like an interesting place to bring alive with AI!