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Challenge #04513-L129: Permission Denied

Weapons were banned on the station save for trained security personnel. You wanted to bring your weapon? Fine, it was either locked in a specially sealed display box, or left in security until YOU left the station. Sadly, WAY too many knomiras scream, when they find out . "I have right to be armed!" -- Anon Guest

[AN: The right to bear arms should always come with the responsibility to handle and use them as safely as possible.]

There were up sides and down sides to working the customs and decontamination gates at the Deregger Welcoming ports. Inspector Lein always got a little joy from the expatriots boggling at how much freedom they had under the Alliance systems.

On the other hand, they also had to deal with the self-important, self-centred tourists. They all seemed to think that, because they had paid for the transit ticket, they now owned everything they traveled through and to.

"How dare you suggest I'm dirty! I don't need this alleged decontamination procedure, you're going to put tracker chips on my skin and take perverted pictures of my parts! Keep your filthy hands out of my property! I know my rights! I have the right to keep this ready to use at all times! I demand to speak to your supervisor! Do you know who I am?"

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Challenge #04512-L128: Ordinary Household Chemicals

An experienced soap maker is treating the burns of someone new to the craft.

"I told you to add the lye to the water, not water to the lye!"

ow... that hurts... what's the difference?

"Severe burns and scalding hot water jetting back at you due to the reaction! At least pouring it in to the water rather than having it under the water allows the gasses to escape BEFORE you mix it!" -- Lessons

The tap was whining at Zienn as

Challenge #04509-L125: The Terror Within

The researchers startled from their tents to hear screaming from the tent belonging to the humans. They see two humans trying to calm the third, who looked terrified. They explained, gently, their friend dealt with night-terrors sometimes, the past was not a gentle one. -- The New Guy

Of all possible rude awakenings, one of the worst has to be waking up to witness your roommate being killed. Leading slightly above that is doing the same with another individual readying their weapon

Challenge #04508-L124: Just Open the Door

They're shy, terrified of talking to others about how they feel, and still suffering, mentally, from all they endured from the polity they were rescued from. The therapist, suggests writing out their feelings instead, since talking about it is so difficult for them. When they admit they are unable to read or write, They are given a diary, a few pencils, and a lesson book, and introduced to another who'd been rescued from that polity, who was willing to teach. -- Lessons

Challenge #04506-L122: A Very Special Exemption

One would think the CRC would stomp on a workplace making their people work 50 hour weeks and weekends. But the employees knew this would happen, they're told clearly about it up front before they agree to be hired, for only about 3 months out every year before going back to normal work hours. And honestly? The overtime pay was VERY much worth it! -- Anon Guest

It took some significant effort to come up with Galactic Standard Time, the Galactic Standard

Challenge #04505-L121: Utility of Blades

Why do you have so many knives, surely you don't need more than one? -- She Who Knits

"Oh I need all of them," said Human Mar, "and don't call me Shirley." Currently in the midst of sharpening one, he checked the blade's sharpness against his thumbnail.

"Pardon?" said Companion Gij, her feathers half-fluffed in anxiety. "I did not do that."

"Ancient Terran joke. Never mind." The knife passed its odd inspection and returned to its sheath, then to its place on

Challenge #04504-L120: Unarmed? Unlikely

The pirates corner the human space-trucker and grabs the human's pup as a hostage The human's pup doesn't fight back with teeth, but the odor that soon incapacitates the pirates is one all dog owners know all too well. -- Anon Guest

[AN: For a handful of seconds, I thought you were talking about a Human infant]

Trucking is a boring job, so it's no shock that truckers in any environment find things to do during their work hours. For life on

Challenge #04503-L119: So Long, and Thanks...

"If you're listening to this, I told the Last Lie. Please don't cry. You are all my family and you rescued me from a fate worse than whatever it is I faced before the end. Instead, remember me with joy, and tell people about me. So that, through you, I can keep living." -- Anon Guest

The eyescreen portion of his livesuit helmet told him his survival chances had dropped to a fraction of a percent. It also told him that the

Challenge #04496-L112: Little Friends

The large galactic laughed when the human told them about an eagle that was their best friend. A bird? A fluffy thing with no brains?

Then the person opened the carrier of the napping bird. It was a Harpy Eagle.

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/uK2eh7GOXz4 -- The New Guy

[AN: I am doing zero research into whether Harpy Eagles can be trained like falcons]

Horg was always amused by Humans and their pets. The dinky little Deathworlders had a knack for

Challenge #04493-L109: Purity Flaw

They wanted their population sick enough to be too tired to fight back, but strong enough to work. Then someone introduced the immunoflu and when they tried desperately to stop the spread, their secret came out. -- Anon Guest

Any time a polity's leader starts going on about 'purity' and the strength derived from it, you know that polity is in for a bad time. And so are its people. Not just the ones who are deemed imperfect or impure.

Worse still

Challenge #04491-L107: Important Safety Measures

All HUMANS agreed, after this incident, Stabbies were forbidden, well mostly. At least all the intelligent ones who cared about others. People loved their Stabbies, but now, the "blades" were soft rubber or foam with harmless, to as many as possible, red dye.

https://peakd.com/fiction/@internutter/challenge-04182-k164-death-by-stabby -- Anon Guest

The news spread fast. The regulations were debated for a lot longer. Obviously, the Ships' or Stations' Humans needed enrichment and Stabbies were the lowest cost version of that. You

Challenge #04488-L104: Trustworthy

Lilicoon has tea with her friends Jay and Mr. Sunshine. She laughs as she recounts her time as a "skitten-sitter" and some skitties decide to sit in the laps of the three, making it more amusing, and a good afternoon.

https://peakd.com/fiction/@internutter/challenge-04259-k241-volunteered-kitten-sitter -- Anon Guest

They had been amiably chatting about everyday nonsense when the half-grown skitten invited itself into her lap. Where it immediately settled to grooming her tail floof. Lilcoon interrupted her train of thought and

Challenge #04484-L100: C'mon, You Know You Wanna

Humans teach some of their Galactic friends how to ride various ride-able animals. -- Anon Guest

Two bovines, three equines of varying sizes, a collection of ungulates, and a gently-swaying elephant. After that, the species available were diverse, bizarre, and generally accepted to be as dangerous as every imaginable hell. The Humans looking after the animals probably explained it all.

The saying went, If it's too big to fit in their house, the Humans will try to ride it.

This was not

Challenge #04480-L096: One Thing in Common

Interest groups, they need somewhere to meet, and talk and do their thing. ranging from 'Stitch and Bitch' in a friendly coffee shop, through small rooms and spots in Public Libraries even 'the equivalent of 'Car Boot meets' Some one or being who shares your interests and sometimes has stuff to swap or sell or you just prop each other up. -- She Who Knits

Humans, it is well-known, need their packs. Those packs don't need to be Human,as it is

Challenge #04477-L093: Instructions Unclear

Each human has their own fitness level. Don't judge all by the few you have met. And remember, everything in moderation, even getting into better shape. -- Anon Guest

Humans were supposed to be unstoppable. They were meant to be relentless. Witnessing one sitting and wheezing was alarming. The mobility aids were even more alarming. The exo-frame and the cane in combination made Kar initially believe this might be a low-grav Human adjusting to Standard Gravity. They were sitting on a bench

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Challenge #04513-L129: Permission Denied

Challenge #04512-L128: Ordinary Household Chemicals

Challenge #04509-L125: The Terror Within

Challenge #04508-L124: Just Open the Door

Challenge #04506-L122: A Very Special Exemption

Challenge #04505-L121: Utility of Blades

Challenge #04504-L120: Unarmed? Unlikely

Challenge #04503-L119: So Long, and Thanks...

Challenge #04496-L112: Little Friends

Challenge #04493-L109: Purity Flaw

Challenge #04491-L107: Important Safety Measures

Challenge #04488-L104: Trustworthy

Challenge #04484-L100: C'mon, You Know You Wanna

Challenge #04480-L096: One Thing in Common

Challenge #04477-L093: Instructions Unclear