"Well, since it's a cursed gem, we can dull the curse for the duration of the transit if either of us swallows it. It's small enough that at least I can get it down my throat."
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FFM 2026 4: There is no peace here
The remains of the base zee had called home looked like a wound in the forest now. Argora did not weep; zee only mourned zeds home.
FFM 2026 2: A hot insult to injury
Beyari stared at the rubble leaning against her visor. Judging from the dents pressing against her scalp, she was probably overdue an upgrade to a sturdier helmet. Once she had concluded that she had not been injured in the explosion (or the subsequent partial collapse of the building), she started to push herself up. "Well," she paused until the sound of rubble falling off her no longer echoed in the room, "that did not go according to plan."
FFM 2025 31: The Ill-Judged Choice
...Then again, if he consented, would it really be so bad, especially when she would still be there to give him more hugs (and other platonic touches) if he wanted more later? "May I hug you?"
FFM 2025 26: The Hydra’s Call
One day in May 2015, The Fool is killing a little time on DeviantArt, listening to Linkin Park's Until It's Gone on repeat. Somehow, their browsing leads to a journal that advertises literature events on the platform, including one called the "Flash Fiction Month" — an event that lasts all of July and involves writing a 55-1000-word story each day of the month.
FFM 2025 24: To Escape A Plane
Challenge: Write a story of the thriller/spy genre and include some kind of escape or escape attempt. Roll a 6-sided die to determine your setting, a character you must include, a plot twist and, optionally, something to spice things up. My rolls were plane as a setting, a detective as a character to include, Someone … Continue reading FFM 2025 24: To Escape A Plane
FFM 2025 22: A Bland Essay
Ever since the invention of functioning time travel, the course of history and future has started to blur... I yawned. Thanks to time travel, this essay, too, might go out of existence at any given moment. Yay. The fact that this moment could cease to exist made it difficult to care enough to put any effort into all this, no matter how much the scientists clamored about the multiverse theory and how it meant that our lives would never just pop out of existence, no matter who did what in the past.
FFM 2025 15: Under a Rock
"'Turn over every stone,' they said. 'You'll find the ancient generator for sure,' they said. What a load of-" QWERTY paused to identify the object underneath the stone ae had just picked up. "Oh."
FFM 2025 8: The Sacrificial Queen
"That senseless war wouldn't have ended otherwise," Queen Marita sighed. "There's no sense in perpetuating the violence when there's a diplomatic way to end it."
FFM 2024 30: Solar Panel Upgrade
"We should upgrade our solar panels," I announced as I came back inside.
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