"Wait, you're a shapechanger?"
"Yes?"
"You can take any shape?"
"Preserving mass, yes."
"And you chose look like that?"
"You're a phrasebuilder?"
"What?"
"You can say anything you want?"
"I mean..."
"And you chose to say that?" #MicroFiction#TootFic#SmallStories
"It's so sad that there's no magic in this world."
"Isn't there, though? Look, there's a centaur over there. The horse head is a decoy. And see that bank? There's Noah's Ark -- hidden behind the trees. And in the park, among the flowers, that is a satyr."
"... I can't believe it! How come you could spot those and I couldn't?"
"My mobile's got a 30x stabilized optical zoom."
"You are the Chosen O-"
"Again?"
"-ne... What?"
"Or is it still? Did you choose me before? Anyway, I baked muffins. Want one?"
"But... You are the Chosen One!"
"Yes. I'm everyone's chosen one. Fate said it's their little joke."
"Fate?"
"Tall, carries a book. Muffin?"
"...thanks." #MicroFiction#TootFic#SmallStories
No one would have believed, in the early 21th century, that human affairs were being watched keenly and closely by intelligences greater than man's.
Tonight the humans would, though they knew it not, choose their champion for the Galactic Games. #Eurovision#MicroFiction#SmallStories#TootFic
The space fleet entered Earth's orbit and broadcast a message.
"We will now invade and take control."
Many responses were sent, but they only replied to one.
"What does 'No.' mean?"
They listened to the explanation.
"Really? Nobody has..."
Then:
"Amazing. We must respect that." #MicriFiction#TootFic#SmallStories
Whenever I came up with an idea for a new machine, a future version of me would appear to tell me that they regretted it.
I finally ignored future me and persisted. It was a huge success, but I had no more time for inventions.
It's clear I must invent a time machine, to stop me. #MicroFiction#SmallStories#TootFic
"Come out," the knight called, "and marry me!"
The dragon emerged from his lair. "Pardon?"
"You wrote a proclamation, saying that whoever rid the kingdom of its king would gain your, er, paw in marriage and half the kingdom."
"That was a jo- Wait, you did?"
"Yes!"
"Very well." #MicroFiction#TootFic#SmallStories
Aidan was wandering in this wasteland from long hours. Both great stars have set and he cannot even see his electronic watch. He stopped, feeling like his legs could no longer support his weight.
"You should stop and rest" said V5-DN665-7R.
"No!" Aidan tried to protest "Camp should be close now."
"From what I know about people, your #hardware needs frequent maintenance downtime. At least six hours every day. So... good night, human."
It was the first court martial against a killer robot. Its stored footage clearly showed the people it has been ordered to kill were unarmed. After it was cleared, its commanding officer spat at it.
"And you call yourself a killer robot!"
"I have a capacity to kill, not a need." #MicroFiction#SmallStories#TootFic
The engineer looked at the sorcerer's dungeon plans.
"A lot of sorting doors here."
"To split any adventuring party, sending them separate ways."
"Mhm. But these cheap two-fold doors..."
"Everyone is one or the other, right?"
"Many are in-between. They'll walk right through." #MicroFiction#SmallStories#TootFic
Write a 480-ish character #SciFi story about this AI generated image.
FWIW I've noticed other people copying this concept-which is fine, I copied it from someone else (only after they blocked me from theirs, but whatever.) I will keep doing my version, other people advertising their books can do as they please.
"I want," the man said to the art robot, and then described an image in some detail.
"Certainly," said the art robot. A printout came out of its chest.
"Thank y- Hey! What's this?"
"A list of artists who make images of the kind you describe, and who are accepting commissions." #MicroFiction#TootFic#SmallStories
"Who told you that you were the Chosen One?" the spirit asked. "Fated to save the world?"
"Er..." She hesitated. "Nobody?"
"Yet you went and did it."
"Somebody had to!"
"Indeed."
"Wait, am I the fated one?"
"No."
"Oh."
"You chose yourself," the spirit said. "That's amazing!" #MicroFiction#TootFic#SmallStories
"Say, George, is it true you killed a dragon?"
"It is," George said morosely.
"While rescuing a maiden from it?"
"No. Well... They both demanded I choose."
"Choose what?"
"One of them. How could I? I loved them too much! So I choose none. Neither. It... broke the dragon's heart." #MicroFiction#SmallStories#TootFic#SaintGeorgesDay
"You can't do that. You're considered dangerous to yourself and others."
"I am literally the only one here who isn't dangerous to anyone else."
"You're a Void Mage. It's very rare and special. You should consider yourself gifted."
"Define 'gifted.' Not even healing magic works on me. Any spell I cast is going to be sucked straight back at me and that I WILL feel."
"Voidless spells won't, but you must be taught to properly cast them so they don't explode. It will take much research-"
"Or, I could NOT learn how to cast them, or any other, go home where I had a normal life with normal city resources, get a normal education, and become a programmer."
I overheard them at the bus stop.
"Which is best, supplying a regular or getting someone new hooked?"
"Hm. To satisfy the desperate, or create a lifelong addiction? I-"
I turned around. "Have you drug dealers no shame?"
"What? We're booksellers!"
"Oh. Um. Do you have any here?" #MicroFiction#SmallStories#TootFic
"The lab is locked," the student said, "so how..."
The professor looked at the camera feed.
"Ah. You know how subatomic particles can spontaneously come into existence?"
"Yes, but that is not-"
"It happens. Put a note up that we have another cat available for adoption." #MicroFiction#SmallStories#TootFic
"Some say," the dragon proudly said, "that no being is more cruel than a dragon."
"That is also said of us," the cat purred.
"It could be argued," the dragon conceded. "However..."
"Humans."
"Yes."
"They can be kind, though," the cat said.
"Huh. I bet I can be kinder."
"Me too!" #MicroFiction#TootFic#SmallStories