CIRCLE WITH A DOT

@MicroSFF

@ananas *applause*

@aaribaud @Nehalenia @MicroSFF @oli In “I robot” there’s already a story about a robot lying to people (even to Susan Calvin) in order not to hurt their feelings.

@MicroSFF Justice for the Queen!!!(thank you)

@MicroSFF One of them was not caught and delivered his CAVE IDVS MARTIAS, disguised as a haruspex. Did not safe Caesar though.

@MicroSFF Very clever!

@beeoproblem @MicroSFF Where's Tom Bombadil? Sleeping in the willow along with the rest of them. i mean, living through the rise of Sauron was one thing, but have you seen the crap going on in the world today? shudder

After another night with too little sleep, June and the crew of the Tori were assembled at the breakfast table (which was also the dinner, meeting, and board game table). Spending some of the meals together seemed important to them, which seemed alien to June, who had spent most of the meals in her life alone while reading through feeds, and she had turned out fine."'Project Gatekeeper' is a stupid name." Marga was nursing a bowl of soggy cereal with a pensive face."It's my gate; I found it and I'll keep it." June shrugged, then corrected herself. "OUR gate." She bit into her toast with jam, the fifth that morning, one for each available flavor. Apparently Rip was quite fond of making preserves. "What's your idea then?"Rip had returned with an armful of coffee mugs and passed them around. "How about 'Project Gateaux'?" They accepted the communal groans with a bow."Always with the food puns!" Bjorn eyed the jars of jam. "I mean. Not that I'm complaining. You're just so... jam-packed with them." A short and awkward silence fell over the table.Captain Konrad yawned into his hand and took a hearty sip of coffee. "I say we keep it; it's stuck in my head now anyways. Apropos: Emergency movie night tonight."Marga groaned. "Noooo! Not another one of those boring, non-interactive, 2D snoozefests."June looked confused. "Emergency? Movie?""Oh you'll see." Bjorn grinned. This time he got his groans. "What are we watching?""It's an all-time classic." The captain smiled. "Ghostbusters."10/X#writing #microfiction #smallstories #tootfic #scifi

@Garonenur Thank you for reading!I'm aware of the issue with discoverability, I didn't think this would get as long as it did I'm trying a threaded version next, and I'm also aware that I'm stretching the micro in #microfiction by a lot, although I do write one scene at a time and I try to make it a vignette which can be interesting on its own.I am also not sure that mastodon is the correct fediverse interface for what I want to do and have looked into federated blogging tools, but not found the time to try them yet.I would like to post the whole document somewhere.

@MicroSFF ohmy

Píp the spirit cat was curled up in a little cave on a little island somewhere deep in the barren seas. From her cave, she could look out over the endless sea and watch the sun rise, which would wake her up every morning with the first rays of light.On this day, she awoke early, opening her eyes to the impossible beauty of a cloudless night. Millions of stars were twinkling in the night sky, ever so slowly making their way across the firmament and telling their stories for the mother moon. Píp stretched and took it all in, while the last echoes of her dream were fading, until all that remained were the words of Ból, the tree spirit:We are coming. The words were filled with happiness.So Píp sat there, admiring the beauty she would have to leave behind, and wondered what would be for dinner.#writing #microfiction #smallstories #tootfic #fantasy

@MicroSFF ( they really, really give you gifts. they sleep in front of your house to protect you. I can verify that by first hand experience. Also they want you to come hunting with them and they are really annoyed if you do not hunt with them. )

@MicroSFF It's all in the dosage. A little reminiscing a day keeps me well on my way.

@MicroSFF Was the man on the stairs still there?