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Language "Right, so I *do* boast that I can swear in three alien languages and understand six others, but if it comes to being an interpreter for kathods, count me out. Their language is based on high-voltage electrical impulses!" #writever #MastoArt #FlashFiction #SmallStory #TootFic #MicroFiction

Test If you test a Wizard's patience, you might end up thinly sprayed over the surrounding walls. If you test a Witch's patience, you might end up going "ribbit" near a pond for a few hours. One of these approaches constitutes a useful lesson. #writever #MastoArt #FlashFiction #SmallStory #TootFic #MicroFiction

Variable You think that RR Lyrae is a variable star with a period of about thirteen hours. You don't know that that in reality it is an Angel who has not yet finished reeling from the slap the Creator gave them for their blunder. Which blunder? Well... #writever #MastoArt #FlashFiction #SmallStory #TootFic #MicroFiction

Imperative 'Rest assured, sir, that my carriage will bring your daughter back here before midnight.' 'Midnight matters not,' replied count Emil Scarlat, sipping on his glass. 'It *is* imperative that she be home before dawn, but she knows that.' #writever #MastoArt #FlashFiction #SmallStory #TootFic #MicroFiction

Python Aiming to one-up Medusa, he had a python grafted on his pate. No one knows why he gave it a name. He'd pretentiously thought calling it Ouroboros would make him sound erudite. The python considered that as an instruction and ate him up. #writever #MastoArt #FlashFiction #SmallStory #TootFic #MicroFiction

Commented What makes the Bad Luck Grimoire unique is not its sorry state, from its scorched cover to its bloodied pages, but the fact that each spell in it is commented in the margins with shaky handwritten details of all its perverse effects. #writever #MastoArt #FlashFiction #SmallStory #TootFic #MicroFiction

Protocol 'The Robotic Protocol,' said R42, 'derives from the Three Laws…" "Ah!" "… A robot must first protect its integrity; second, protect that of other robots; and last, avoid damaging humans." "… Ah." "We are robots, not idiots." #writever #MastoArt #FlashFiction #SmallStory #TootFic #MicroFiction

Indent He has taken the habit to indent his walking staff every time he meets someone difficult and manages to render them less difficult when time comes to say goodbye. #writever #MastoArt #FlashFiction #SmallStory #TootFic #MicroFiction

Environment The difference between supernatural creatures and humans lies in their relation to their environment; thus, a vampire will never form the idea of destroying the sun, while a human will destroy his planet without even thinking twice. #writever #MastoArt #FlashFiction #SmallStory #TootFic #MicroFiction

Virus Our researchers finally found it. It was a virus. The same for were-people, vampires, zombies. With always the same effect : it turned them into humains. Turns out, we did not descend from apes after all, at least, not directly. #writever #MastoArt #FlashFiction #SmallStory #TootFic #MicroFiction

Functional His metal armor, which conducted heat, wasn't a wise choice when facing a dragon. An aerogel armor left little to the imagination indeed, but the functional benefit of heat protection more than paid for the damage to his modesty. #writever #MastoArt #FlashFiction #SmallStory #TootFic #MicroFiction

Bug 'When a robot does not behave like you expected it to,' said R42, 'it is indeed a bug. But not in us; in you. After all, it is your fault if you cannot correctly forecast what we might do.' #writever #MastoArt #FlashFiction #SmallStory #TootFic #MicroFiction

Network 'Fair maiden, for one night with you I would face the Drag—' 'Stop now, Knight. Princesses have their network; I already know more of you than I like. Don't insist: Dragons too have their network, and I happen to have connections there.' #writever #MastoArt #FlashFiction #SmallStory #TootFic #MicroFiction

Develop A battle between a dragon and a knight is pointless if the poor creature's intelligence hasn't been given time to develop as much as possible. Without that, the dragon will always have the upper hand. #writever #MastoArt #FlashFiction #SmallStory #TootFic #MicroFiction

Line They say there's a fine line between genius and madness. As a telepath, I can attest this line does not matter that much. Not as much anyway as the broad stroke which should be painted red between those who thirst for power and the others. #writever #MastoArt #FlashFiction #SmallStory #TootFic #MicroFiction

Deploy In order to stop near Earth and establish a first contact, we should deploy our monomolecular sail; but the debris which litter this system would tear it beyond repair. Too bad for the Terrans. Next time, maybe? #writever #MastoArt #FlashFiction #SmallStory #TootFic #MicroFiction

Database 'So, where's your universal encyclopaedia at?' 'The AI decided that the database should first document its own structure. And document the structure of that documentation. Et so on. We still haven't found how to stop it.' #writever #MastoArt #FlashFiction #SmallStory #TootFic #MicroFiction

Standard 'These suits will protect you in the presence of one standard Great Old One, maybe two, and that's assuming they don't get the idea of cooperating, in which case you're cooked — metaphorically. In fact it'll be much worse than cremation.' #writever #MastoArt #FlashFiction #SmallStory #TootFic #MicroFiction

Production “AI is rejected because it wastes huge resources without meeting any real demand. So I had an idea: ask the to AI find what the real demand actually is. It has just launched production on one trillion digital display bubble gums.” #writever #MastoArt #FlashFiction #SmallStory #TootFic #MicroFiction

Typed 'Of course!' said the Devil. 'As soon as typewriters were invented, the mortal's name could be typed on a pact rather than written. But you had to soak a clean typewriter ribbon in your blood. Took rather more than a prick on the finger.' #writever #MastoArt #FlashFiction #SmallStory #TootFic #MicroFiction