Realm of the InterNutter

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Challenge #00570 - A195: Casual Toxicity

“Absolutely not! There is no way in-”

*human calmly peels and eats a banana*

“Er, whatever you say, sir.”

The Membletak did not adapt well to their new, human captains. They did not adapt well to the insanity of their commanding officers.

And they did not adapt well to illogical commands.

But Captain Millbury was prepared.

“Sir. The odds against surviving such a manoeuvre intact are astronomical to begin with, you can’t possibly expect the

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3:35 PM

I now have a supply of Melatonin. Yay. If that fails, I’m signing on to a sleep study.

I am now 208 words away from reaching my word quota on The Amity Incident.

And I shall be purging my beta-readers list of everyone who didn’t bother getting back to me about any of the Hevun’s Child trilogy.

…it’s hard to plant Chekov’s Guns when you don’t know where the

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Challenge #00568 - A193: Buddy-buddy

An alien and a human with a Han and Chewbacca-esque relationship

(I don’t think Hwell counts, that looks more like babysitting)

[AN: Well, yes, but Hwell does spend large volumes of time making gurgling noises…]

Ruscis still couldn’t believe this was happening, but a duty was a duty and this… being… hadn’t left her side since the convoluted happenings that involved saving its life.

“You remember what I said,” Ruscis repeated. “

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T'reka taking shape, care of fabulous artist, Erica Syverson. These are ROUGH SKETCHES folks. Her rough sketches are enough to make me want...

T'reka taking shape, care of fabulous artist, Erica Syverson.

These are ROUGH SKETCHES folks. Her rough sketches are enough to make me want to pack in my pencil and quit doodling forever.

And if you’re bothered by the sketchy lines making T'reka look old in the second pic, you can pretend it’s Elderly!T'reka recounting exciting tales of her youth to enraptured grand-keets while a human tries not to laugh in the background.

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I woke up at 1:30 AM

It’s already going to be an interesting day.

I’m firkin tired.
My wrist hurts.
I’m still behind by 1500 words on my novel.
I have a doctor’s appointment at 1 PM to see about an in-home sleep study.

…but at least I’m not freezing my niblets off at my main compy.

In anticipation of this BS, I put my lappy in the bedroom and I am now writing in bed. Convenient

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Challenge #00567 - A192: Unsuitable Food

“The secret formula, it must be kept out of the wrong hands or it will doom us all!”

“This is a recipe for clootie dumplings.”

In the wake of sanctioned, regulated, guaranteed foodstuffs, there was revolution.

Astrid slipped her fingers into the knuckleduster she kept in her pocket as the shadowy figure approached. Just in case. Her life had been saved by precautionary measures like this, and the dust mask she wore to obscure her face.

“The

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