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  Can you please...?
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  I understand that some people are new to this and don't know how it all works. It goes a little something like this:

  You write a post I read the post I use the post as fuel for a flash fiction.

  Not much to fret about, right?

  Except...

  I really prefer it when the prompt is in the content of the prompt thread, and not the title.

  So can you all please make sure the prompt is not the title? It makes all things way easier for me.

  Likewise, it's preferable to have one post per prompt. Do not reply to a post with another prompt, please.

  Also... you don't need to tell me to have fun with a prompt. I always have fun. Telling me is just superfluous.

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  What
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  Walks in
  tbch idfk
  leaves

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  Drunk
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  I don’t really drink alcoholic beverages, mostly because I don't know what kind of drunk I am. I’m not will to find out based off my parents, let’s just say alcohol was the reason how I was born.

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  ... Why?
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  (Not related to the other "Why" but got me thinking)

  A young child begins the "Why Game" with another species. The parent offers them an out but they politely decline. Curiosity is an enviable trait and they will continue to answer for as long as the child asks...

  … A small crowd of interested and amused people has begun to form, with some stepping in to field questions from their own specialties. A few humans encourage their children to join in as the first child starts to get fussy (it is past their nap time by now).

  The original Answerer insists on remaining even as others offer to take their place and some of the humans begin to quietly place bets. Win, lose, or draw they have earned the humans respect and, unknowingly, a reputation for being a great babysitter.

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  Why?
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  (Sorry I miss clicked)

  "I don't mean to be rude but... How/why did Havenworlders (in particular level 4 and 5 ones) develop cognizance? With no prey to hunt, predators to avoid, or environment to tame what made increased intelligence advantageous?"

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  To much of a good thing
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  Humans aren't the only ones that don't do well when given everything. Even post scarcity every creature needs to be entertained, but what is needed to entertain becomes increasingly more elusive.

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5m7X-1V9nOs

  https://www.alleydog.com/glossary/definition.php?term=Law%20Of%20Diminishing%20Returns

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  Expect Me.
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  Logging for Records (date here) Video log shows a helmeted figure with an already darkened faceplate.

  Shadow, Hunter, Last Scream, I've had a lot of nicknames over the course of my career. Most of them pretty accurate, I will admit. I am a stone cold killer and I have never failed to take down my target. But I'm not like the Pax Huamnis guys, not by a long shot. My mind is as clear as a bell. I don't take pleasure in this job, I do it because it's necessary.

  My current target is a space station ran by a DeRegger group. Proof had been shown they are having havenworlders kidnapped to use them like animals for experimentation. This rotten core has to go. You want to destroy an entire place, you send in the sledge hammers, the Pax Humanis. You want a precise strike, you send in people like me. Clear-minded, swift, merciless, deadly. Now it is time to cut out the rot, and leave the fruit intact. In I go.....

  Log ends, to be updated during mission with mission brief after completion.

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  MUSH!
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  A human explains to their havenworlder crewmates about how they used to compete into the internationally famous dog-sled race known as the Iditarod. And how much fun that was!

  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iditarod_Trail_Sled_Dog_Race

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  Creators
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  Spelling correction "Sought", not sort

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  Fear of the harmless.
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  (Based on experience with Harm-OCD)

  The new human on board came highly recommended. They left every area they worked in cleaner and safer than it was when they started, seemed to always find and fix issues before they ever had a chance to become a problem, were quick to talk down anyone that started to become angry or frightened, and even seemed to never have issues with Silly-Seasons. The only issue was that they refused to work with Havenworlders…

  Anytime they were around Havenworlders they would become quiet and place their hands behind their back. While never directly rude they would take any excuse they could to leave and often would never directly look at any Havenworlder near them. This gave them a unpleasant reputation despite being highly regarded for their skills.

  This continues until a Havenworlder tries to bond with the "quiet human" by silently sitting next to them while they are reading. The human upon noticing the Havenworlder jumps away hard enough to knock the Havenworlder over. The Havenworlder is unharmed but the human is now obviously panicking whispering "I'm sorry." to themselves repeatedly.

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  consequences
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  you were hired by the local baron to hunt a beast in the forest of veils. you armed yourself with the proper tools and weapons, gather information from the locals about the beast, that when you came across new information from a witch that guard the forest. when you learn the witch location you bolted there. the witch wasn't hostile, friendly even. the witch didn't tell you much, most of it you already know. although there are things that not even the local could tell you. The beast was sealed there by the baron himself, slowly gone mad with thoughts of revenge. Soon it became the cursed veils that cover the forest, and only now the baron sent you to remove the beast. Armed with this knowledge, thinking that the baron might had done something worse what will you do? slay the beast, and let the baron roam free? Or abandon the quest, knowing the baron will send his men after your neck? The witch give you another option: free the beast, but neither you or the witch know what it will do.

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  Not what it seems
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  A rumor is heard of a palace where monsters were holding hundreds of kobolds as slaves. A large castle filled with treasure, all the kobolds that were seen going in and out wearing a silver, blue, and gold woven neckbands. Almost all the doors to the various servant areas were sized for the kololds as well. Along the road outside the castle, the graves of failed raiders where, instead of gravestones, their skulls still sat upon the spikes where the heads once had been.

  Yet, it was not what it seemed. For the adventurer that found their way inside, these beings did NOT want to leave the palace. There were beautiful gardens, and lovely fountains. For all they were required to wear the neck bands, they were clean, looked well-fed, and those that had injuries, those injuries were neatly bandaged and tended to. But the surprise was in the throne room. Two humans, two kobolds, sitting side by side talking as they sat on small thrones.

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  Options
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  You’re not wrong but I don’t want you to be right

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  Meaning
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  As the Galactic, not a deathworlder, but not a delicate havenworlder either, looked down at the infant human, they had to wonder...

  "How does something so small and delicate grow into something so dangerous?"

  The infant, seemingly in answer, smiled, then reached up and gently hugged the sentient holding it. Before releasing a truly noxious fart.

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  Chaos chaos
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  Human Dave was an interesting individual. His pack bonding ability is astounding even among his fellow humans. The downside being where ever Dave goes chaos ensue. Even humans with high restraints have hard time controlling themselves. There are few human around Dave that are able to, in human terms “keep a tight leash on him”. I was able to ask one of them about more information about Dave. Saying that him and two other take shifts restraining Dave but whenever the day of Satur comes around it take the forces of all three to hold Dave down, and worry since the breaking of March is coming soon

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  The Rule to the Exceptions
  just add prompt death humans are space orcs amalgam universe • • PaladinShane

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  https://steemit.com/fiction/@internutter/challenge-02005-e181-one-line-to-cross

  https://steemit.com/fiction/@internutter/challenge-02156-e327-they-ll-be-back

  https://steemit.com/fiction/@internutter/challenge-02524-f334-an-appeal

  The "Last Lie" is a recurring trend and well-known trait in the Amalgam universe. Yet, I haven't yet read a story where the "Last Lie" has come true. It seems that our human protagonists always manage to cheat death.

  That being said, I think it would be interesting to see a (or a group of) Havenworlder(s) discovering what the Last Lie is the hard way. As well as the subsequent fallout of their human's final actions.

  Because sometimes, you're playing on hardcore, and well,
  There are no continues.

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  Cherry Blossom
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  Considering the cultural difference between western people and eastern people, how would aliens react to someone from Asia?
  Asian people tend to be less touchy-feely, more reserved and quiet than someone from America for example.
  How would aliens react when the shy-looking, timid Japanese girl, who joined their ship as a chef, turns out to be a master of martial arts and make dinner from the would-be pirates because they belittled her? Or how loud she gets when she's properly drunk...

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  Elephants.
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  Elephants can paint. It is adorable. They also enjoy music. Also: good at snuggles.

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  SODAAAAA
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  Here is the Link to an Article on the Case: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/can-mountain-dew-really-dissolve/

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  And now back too: "Havim the Havenworldler in Australia"
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  3:43 is it.