Suddenly, we were in a different world.
A beauteous castle stood erect in the distance, and a lovely melody erupted from inside the building.
All the citizens in this magical world seemed to be peaceful.
No quarrelling, no havoc, no aggression. Only peace.
Just as I started to consider staying there, it flashed upon me that nobody was happy.
How did I ever think the music was lovely? It was haunting.
The ominous melody intensified.
The castle lost its glamour, and there was no longer peace.
The magic Regime had done a good job hiding its true nature...

#TootFic #ShortStories #MicroFiction

"And over here, we have The Affinities," the tour guide points towards a glass enclosure. Inside, a pair of blue gemstones lie on a satin pillow.

"They were found on the opposite ends of the galaxy, yet they are exact copies on an atomic level," he explains.

"Oh! I remember losing this stone!" Robert exclaims to Mona. "But I don't understand how the duplicate came to be."

"Simple!" Mona answers. "We'll steal them both, travel back in time, and leave one to be found."

#TootFic #writever 9-08

"There's no chance of escape now, Darwinia Smith!" the mad doctor bellows over the intercom. "My henchmen have you cornered."

"Not so fast," the heroine retorts. "I have your personnel files - they show how you hand-picked every single one of them."

"Exactly! I chose the strongest and the fastest."

"But you ignored natural selection!" She smiles and pulls out a machine gun. "Only battlefield promotions guarantee a strong resistance to bullets."

#TootFic #writever 9-07

"Do you expect me to run at the sight of your ugly face?" the young nobleman-turned-pirate taunts his opponent.

The red-headed riverboat captain, her eyes in a squint and her mouth in a snarl, shrugs her shoulders and keeps pointing her dagger towards the him.

With quick legwork and a feint, the man slips through her defense. He smiles as he swings his blade towards her head.

Only when it recoils with a loud clang does he remember how stoneskin spells work.

#TootFic #MastoPrompt #grimace

#microfiction #tootfic
“So, you made the ship crash against the rocks? ” The eel asked.
Linda hovered at te level of the corals, inspecting the tiny habitants. “So, what if I did?” She said, “They were where they were not supposed to be.”
“But does it not provoke a war? The prince was on it.”
“Well, no, he wasn’t. I made sure of that.”
The eel stiffened. “Wait, what?”
The mermaid turned around with an unsettling grimace.

"Here stands The Chronolith - watch your step!"

The tour guide ushers a group of 4th-graders onto a viewing platform. He then gives the stink-eye to Robert & Mona, who are tagging along for a free guided tour.

"We cannot go closer," he explains to the kids. "Because if anything were to move The Chronolith, the movement would travel back in time and change history as we know it."

"Strange," Mona whispers to Robert. "When I saw it as a kid, it was laying on its side."

#TootFic #writever 9-05

The bell of her shop door jingled. She stopped just short of the fragments of last night's work. Heat rushed to her face as her transparent wings buzzed. Alfred stood in the corner, his furry cheeks stuffed with the evidence. This would be the last time that squirrel would be allowed off his leash.

#TootFic #MicroFictionMonday #MicroFiction @tootfictions

Two flying saucers hide behind a derelict space station, the occupants discussing their findings.

- I've noted tool usage, communication and a rudimentary society. I'm almost ready to confirm my hypothesis: these "humans" are intelligent life.
- Almost? What else is there to study?
- Well… life procreates. I want to do a more practical examination of that.
- Now you're just horny. It's not their intelligence that's hypothetical, it's your methods: they're hypo-ethical.

#TootFic #writever 9-04

"Good morning, my love," Robert wakes up Mona with a smile. "I made breakfast!"

"You do this every time there's bad news," Mona is quick to accuse. "What's wrong this time?"

"The ship broke down again," Robert explains. "We're stuck in a galactic gigavortex, and it'll take hours for help to arrive."

"Are we in danger?" Mona asks, cutting into her pancake.

"At its core, it can rip apart planets in seconds. But here on the rim… I guess we can use it to do our laundry."

#TootFic #writever 9-03

The prince stared longingly at the princess as she stood above the pond. He then turned and swam deep into the mud. The thought of her seeing him as a frog was unbearable.
He didn't know, but she saw him, in fact she was looking for him. She had met the witch the week before and heard the tale. Heard of the remedy.
When he swam into the mud, she jumped after. She caught him in the muddy water, held him tight and kissed him.
A story she always loved to tell their tadpoles.
#MicroFiction #tootfic

- I was going through the mail and found this unaddressed envelope with the plans of the duchess' mansion inside.
- How do you know that it's her mansion?
- There was a guard duty roster and detailed patrol routes included - I recognized some names.
- So, are you going?
- What? I have no need to sneak into her domain!
- Oh, you don't know! After she returned from her last expedition, this is how she does party invites.

#TootFic #MastoPrompt #infiltrate

The pixie concentrates and a pile of pebbles starts to levitate. They spin and dance around each other, creating a crude astronomical simulation.

"This is boring," her friend whines. "If you want to do human things, let's just play with their toys." She tosses a dollhouse teapot into the rocks - it joins the orbital paths.

-

"Sojourn 1 to command, we are approaching the anomaly at L3"

"Roger that, Russel, what do you see?"

"I- I think we need a xenophilosopher."

#TootFic #writever 9-02

"I'm Robert," the man in the spacesuit says to the policeman. "And this is Mona." He points to a still pressurized window of the crashed ship where a woman with short black hair waves to them.

"I just don't understand what hit you," the officer wonders. "There's nothing orbiting this high."

"A dinosaur castle - they were overtaking quite fast and clipped us."

"A what?"

"Oh, I'm sorry," Robert smiles. "We're not traveling through space. We're traveling through time."

#TootFic #writever 9-01

The guests filled the main hall and I greeted every single one. Nobles, merchants, war heroes - all entered orderly as dictated by decorum.

Alas, my own manners failed - I had forgotten my guests' names. Yet, they didn't mind or didn't show it.

Finally at the end was an uninvited woman. She wasn't a stranger - probably a court mage's apprentice.

She looked me in the eye - something the others avoided and asked with a smile: "So, my lord, how is your funeral?"

#TootFic #MastoPrompt #banquet

Whispered words
Long to be shouted, set free
to flying on winds of certainty
But lonely moon’s their only confidant.

Words are wind, some say
and winter’s chill draw too close already.

#Tootfic #Amwriting

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Too Late to Change

Her translucent reflection rippled with the water. A dark blue choker hid the grisly braid imprinted so deeply even her soul wouldn't forget. The memories never changed from that night; for a while her feelings didn't either. But on this night, with a heavy sigh, her resolve faded.
'Maybe there was another way.'

#MicroFiction #MicrofictionMonday #tootFic

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I love the reverse psychology here :blobcat_love:
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choseoning everybody seems the right strategy

#microfiction #smallstories #tootfic

What are the latest reports from Plains, GA?

I’m sure Jimmy has learnt the spell Imprisonment. And we have sealed the pact to bestow him the gift of the Book of Vile Darkness.

It goes without saying he has crafted a phylactery. Fool, what do you think he was doing at Habitat for Humanity all this time?

And Rosalyn has brewed a Potion of Transformation.

Once the Ascension Ritual is complete, Jimmy can begin to feed his phylactery.

#dnd #uspol #lich #LichenSubscribe #carter #tootfic

"I killed a thief - turns out he was a noble’s son," the heavyset prisoner explains without you asking.

He then looks at you with an intense stare - expecting you to tell your story.

You try to wait him out, but he doesn’t relent. You finally give in and say: “I painted a portrait of the queen.”

"That's a crime?" he asks, his surprise genuine.

"If you paint perfectly,” you explain. “If it’s so like life that fairies use it to put a curse on her - then yes."

#TootFic #MastoPrompt #portrait