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[Short Story] Bus Stop, Earth

51.9k Graingy  1.2 years ago

I've recently been introduced to the premise of the 100 word story. Decided to give my go at it.


The terrible hiss pierced its way through steel and into the skulls nearby, ritual obligation fulfilled.

Under awning the traveler pondered, mirror schedule posted clear. In waiting for the magnanimous coachman dull unfamiliar comrades coalesced, only coughs and shuffles carrying the mood of others’ brains to ear.

“I’d never have thought transit so alike home,” the traveler muttered, eyes stalking trams.

“Where are you going? Or, where are you from?” a poetic soul adjacent teased.

“Drumheller, Moscow, Dubai, Melbourne,” wanderer’s words mused. “Elsewhere.”

A quizzical glance, unspoken prod, shot from left.

“You haven’t boarded. What are you?”

“Out of change.”

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    51.9k Graingy

    I'd appreciate it if you'd say what you thought it meant, as a way for me to work out if I'm speaking nonsense or not.

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    51.9k Graingy

    I buggered that context link lol.
    Fixed it.

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    51.9k Graingy

    @126 @TheMouse @EnglishGarden
    Any others who may wish to be tagged on stuff like this may apply here.

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    51.9k Graingy

    Technically related to this, though not critically so.

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    51.9k Graingy

    @hpgbproductions se[a?] world

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    Why more word when few do trick

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    51.9k Graingy

    @32 Isn't that more tumblr?
    Facebook feels more like calling me old. Twitter implies scum. Tumblr probably the latter? Idk.

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    33.7k 32

    @jamesPLANESii or maybe twitter. Man posts enough random yet coherently related things and has deep enough lore he might actually be successful

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    @jamesPLANESii Whippersnapper

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    51.9k Graingy

    @jamesPLANESii I... am not sure what that's supposed to mean.
    Should I be flattered or insulted?

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    My man
    I think you desperately need Facebook.

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    51.9k Graingy

    @Solent19 Such as?

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    8,274 Solent

    what? it sounds like shakespearean english but even less understandable

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    51.9k Graingy

    @Rb2h That was fast.

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    16.0k Rb2h

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