WRITING OBSTACLE
Write a monologue from the perspective of a pilot who disappeared in the Bermuda Triangle for two years.
Resurface
"Oh my God, guys! Breaking news out of the Popular Topic Zone: there was a statement released by the US Air Force about a sudden update regarding a missing pilot who flew into the Bermuda Triangle. Allegedly, pilot Scott Taegann flew out of his air base along the Georgia coastline on a routine mission roughly two and a half years ago and lost all contact after twenty-seven minutes. In between the phasing static, Taegann's last words were, 'Winds are getting rough. Transitioning to...' before cutting out completely with no further reply. When the air base checked his LKP, it was as if though his plane had never taken off; there was nothing on their radar."
"I do remember that story. Didn't their searches turn up nothing?"
"Three searches were assigned to locate any wreckage or sign of the pilot; each one of them yielded nothing. The first search was launched three hours after the pilot's disappearance, the second two days following, and the third two weeks following. Each one of them failed to bring back any information as to the whereabouts of Taegann. The search was abandoned and Scott Taegann was presumed dead. He was 36 years old."
"Which article are you reading?"
"An Echo's Resurface."
"Oh, ok. Found it."
"Continue, Elisa."
"Following Taegann's disappearance, his case was officially closed and joined the numerous unsolved mysteries of the enigmatic Bermuda Triangle. The location has been theoretically responsible for over three hundred unexplained ariel phenomena alone. Many skeptics, 'such as us,' postulated theories that Taegann's plane had been attacked by aliens, slipped through a nearly microscopic wormhole into another dimension, or was somehow brought down by undiscovered aquatic wildlife residing within the area."
"Oh, you know the megalodon's just leaping out of the water to ingest itself some plane parts and fuel. Yum yum."
"Almost to that tune, 'When presented with that particular theory, marine biologist Landon Hamilton failed to stifle his laughter.'"
"Ok, but how about this? Two waves crashing together sent a megalodon soaring and, while it flailed around in the air, Taegann's plane collided with it and the impact of both it and the shark dispersed the pieces further around the ocean than anyone was expecting."
"I think that theory was actually confirmed. They called it 'Sharknado.'"
"Continue, Elisa."
"The official report leaked to the public as being open when a mysterious transmission came through the radio at Taegann's base. The manner of transmission as well as its true origin are still considered to be under heavy investigation. The transmission is reported to be a three minute long, unbroken monologue. When asked to repeat or answer questions, there was no response. Despite the investigation being classified top secret, thirty seconds of this transmission managed to be released to the public.
Quote: 'Mankind's greatest fear is not what we do not know, nor is it what we hope to fully understand. It is the inevitability of what we believe we know revealing itself to be other than what we expect. Perhaps the day may come when we shall remember these sufferings with joy. But today is not that day. Today we see the fall of a divided world and the fruitless efforts to repair.'
No further information was released to the public."
There was dead air on the podcast for approximately two minutes.