knodel, 1 month ago

@VisualInspiration
Okay, here we go...Ladies and Gentlemen, thank you for the friendly invitation and the opportunity to introduce myself. I'm Bramba. I've jumped the firefalls of Ulathuur, brawled with Knarghian Snow-Goons, messed with a bunch of triple-headed rattlesnakes on Alis-Thar, tussled myself out of the Hairy Dungeons of Rhainda. In Mercanan City, I won every drinking contest until I was asked to leave. They asked politely, so I did. This ship I will leave in a shuttle in about half an hour, just before my friends come and blast it to hell. Do you really think your silly lasertoys will stop me? Come on, let the dance begin.

eperales, 1 month ago

Daiyōkai pitied his squad: A bunch of awful shooters that dared to name themselves Stormtroopers. The worst flowed to the Outer Rim.

"Just like me" he thought. A mind trick on a Colonel had sent him here.

"All right, sand monkeys! We've been tasked to look for a couple of droids! Perimeter and checkpoints NOW! I'll look for them at the Cantina"

The place was packed, but an old man had just maimed a lowlife with a lightsaber and a stool was free. Maybe it was his lucky day, "Blue milk please!"

jeffc, 1 month ago

@VisualInspiration

"A formal? Everyone in identical monochrome, complaining about how you can't get good help anymore? Can't I just donate the ticket money instead?"

"Vertencé, you're a fashion leader. If you show up, they'll show up."

"Fine. But I decide what I'm wearing."

Speculation ran hot. Would Vertencé change the traditional pattern? Would they reverse it--white on black?

#MicroFiction
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jeffc, 1 month ago

@VisualInspiration

With attendees in formal masks, Vertencé couldn't see the jaws hit the floor when they swept into the room. They didn't need to. Provocatively maskless, in color-coordinated, embroidered robes--the only splash of color in a monochrome sea--every eye was on them, and the fashion world reverberated for years.

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