The Coven's Fault

A calm had come to the village, once they had dealt with the coven.

All the recent troubles had been their doing, obviously. They had poisoned the crops and caused the children to be born wrong.

But after the village had had enough, they had formed a militia, which is different to a mob, and they'd stormed up the mountain to where the coven had taken residence, next to where the river came out of the valley in the rocks.

The coven was dealt with, and thus no longer could cast their evil magic.

Or dump stuff in the river.

Peace In His Time

The creator of the ultimate weapon wasn't part of any of the celebrations for the end of the war, at least in person. He got toasted in every city on every planet in the colonies, but beyond a name and a holophoto, he was absent.

It took me years to find out where he was kept under intense security, presumably to try and prevent what I intended to do, murder him for killing so many.

Months of planning went into my infiltration of the facility, until I stood face to face with him.

He thought he'd made a power source.

Drowning Personas

The personas knew of each other, just enough to not be confused every time they woke up in control of the body, in a new, unfamiliar location.

But this was different, all of them were awake, sort of, at the same time. After a brief moment of confusion, they all sensed the inability of the body to breathe.

Most felt they were the 'true' or dominant persona, but all of them knew they needed the body to survive. Working together, they managed to get out of the water.

Then fell apart almost instantly arguing about whose fault it had been.

The Five Ways To Capture A Unicorn

1. Have a virgin fair (any sex) place 12 drops of vampire blood in a circle inside a fae clearing on a full moon. Tie it up with Elven cloth rope.

2. Cast Stoniga's Unicorn Summoner Spell (ensure you have compensated for timezones, leap days, and festival extensions). Tie it up with Elven cloth rope.

3. Place a dozen carrots and several sweet blue potatoes in a snare trap using Elven cloth rope.

4. Stay still within the Fairy Forest with some Elven cloth rope handy.

5. Buy second hand Elven cloth rope and extract Unicorn essence from leftover hairs.

Exit, Stage Right

"Wait, please!"

She spun around, various items of clothing sticking out of the suitcase, large sunglasses hiding her red eyes.

"Why should I? I know you Brian, I know you better than you know yourself, and I can probably think of everything you are capable of saying to me now before you can spit it out!"

I thought things through quickly.

"So... You know what I would say that can convince you to stay?"

She sighed.

"Of course, you could have a moment of brilliance and convince me. But that requires you to know me. Truly."

I let her go.

Understanding How We Lived

The tool dug into the ground, disturbing the box beneath the earth just enough for the message to play.

"Greetings citizens of Stepberg of the future! This time capsule was buried on September 6th, 2022, with kind cooperation from Powlo Technology. It contains the most modern data retention technology available, upon which are thousands of messages from the town residents as well as historical recordings, which should give you so you need to understand how we lived!"

Of course, the roach ape had long since run away from the odd sounds, and was digging ants out of the ground elsewhere.

Circular Rims

She picked up the sunglasses off her first completed target, a dirty banker. She got chewed out by her trainer for it, but she insisted she had needed them as part of her escape. And from then on, she'd worn them on every job.

She never thought of them as lucky, if she had had to throw them away she would have.

But then on her last job, a rapper who made one too many bad bets, a stray bullet broke them, rather than her skull.

Revealing the hidden chip with billions of dollars secured in it.

Hence her retirement.