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"Yes. Just a few details, really — to enhance the effect."
"How much will all this cost?" asked Jaygor.
The Maid batted her eyes. "Hardly anything!" she said.
The Demon Lord got out his billfold and began to extract some bills, but the Maid reached over and pulled out his credit card. (3/4) #wss366

The Demon Lord clenched his fist. "Soon the Hero will be on his knees, nothing more than a quivering mass of #gelatinous slime!"
"Pardon me, Demon Lord," the Maid said. "I think your plan will have a better chance of success if I can make a few purchases."
"Oh?" he said, interested. (2/4) #wss366

The Demon Lord chuckled, rubbing his hands together. The Maid touched up her lipstick using the mirror in a compact.
"Did something good happen?" asked Jaygor.
"Everything is going according to plan!" (1/4) #wss366

Guess who has a bullseye rash and a new prescription for doxycycline? THIS GUY!

"Dark is the #night, that steals in on velvet wings," said the poet.
"Ugh," said the critic. "That's awfully cliched."
"To create is divine," said the poet. "To criticize is to be a total douchebag."
"Hey! I'm feeling pretty criticized!"
"Fly thee, then, upon wings of greatest haste, to the lowest circle of infernal damnation where you will be justly rewarded for your perfidy."
"Still pretty cliched…" #wss366

"I come back to you now, at the #turning of the tide," said the wizard in his shining white robes.
"It's 'at the turn of the tide'," said the dwarf. "At least get the quote right!"
The wizard glared scornfully.
"This is why no-one like dwarves," said the elf. #wss366

#WritersCoffeeClub What do you listen to while you write? (music, silence, a crowded café?)

I like to listen to music: jpop, kpop, lofi, and — just lately — blues.

Objects in photo may be closer than they appear. #DogsOfMastodon

#SilentSunday

Solstice greetings to everyone who lives on a planet where today is the solstice.

I just read an interesting book about clandestine efforts to support the underground press in Poland during the 1980s: https://stevendbrewer.com/review-the-cia-book-club/

Sometimes algae is just algae.

"Would you pass me the salt cubes?"
"The what?"
"The cubes of salt."
"Do you mean the 'salt shaker'?"
"I guess you could call it that."
"That's a dumb name. It would like asking for the sugar granules."
"Okay. But you shouldn't eat sugar granules because they're bad for your health."
"Oh! As if salt cubes aren't?"
"Just pass them already."
"I'm afraid we're all out of salt cubes. We might have some cajun seasoning, though. That might have some salt in it."
"Pass." #wss366

"Frum! Frum! Frum!" they all chanted.
They still jumped at the knock at the door.
"Yes?" the Chief said.
"Did you order fifty pizzas?" the delivery driver said.
"Yes?" he said.
"Who gets the bill?"
"That would be John Frum!" the Chief said.
"Frum! Frum! Frum!" (2/2) #wss366

The islanders worked diligently to carve the telephone, the dial, and wind up the cord.
"Now call! Call John Frum! And the deliverance of our cargo will assured."
The Chief picked up the handset, dialed, and spoke into the handpiece.
"Now we just need to wait for 30 minutes!" he said. (1/2) #wss366

That's kind of a mean thing to say about other people.

Came to see The Henderson's Blues Band at the Northampton Brewery. The weather was iffy, but they put on a great show, as always. #WesternMass

"Yes," the Hero replied. "He showed me his new monster."
"Oh! You were collecting intelligence! How scary was the monster?"
The Hero caught sight of his reflection in a mirror and wiped a bit of lipstick off his cheek.
"Terrifying!" he answered, in a low voice. (4/4) #wss366

"Hmm. No chance of a misunderstanding? He didn't say, for example, 'I'm having breakfast with the semen gourd'?"
"No. I also saw him go into the Demon Lord's castle."
The Captain sighed.
Just then the Hero entered.
"Did you really have breakfast with the Demon Lord?" the Captain asked. (3/4) #wss366

The Captain rubbed his hand all over his face as he tried to digest this.
"Who told you this?" he asked finally.
"The Hero told me."
"The Hero told you? Himself?"
"Yes."
"What did he say, exactly."
"To the best of my recollection, he said, 'I'm having breakfast with the Demon Lord.'" (2/4) #wss366