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SIX WORD STORIES MEME
TELL A STORY IN SIX WORDS

1. Post your top level with a six word story prompt. Making up your own is fine as well.
2. Other people respond, write a starter, get a thread going somehow.
3. ???
4. Profit!

DON'T LEAVE YOUR TOP LEVEL BLANK!

Original meme from here.

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[ permissions in journal. ]

1. I shouldn't, but - Bum a cigarette?
2. [ They boarded the train as strangers. ]
3. [ The piano's been quiet. ] Bach? Beethoven?

wildcard. Bring your own!

I. “Wrong number,” says a familiar voice.
II. Rained, rained, rained, and never stopped.
III. Kissing; he's thinking of someone else.
IV. Bring your own!

((OOC: No shipping or smut but open to everything else))

1) Painfully, he changed “is” to “was.”
2) One bullet. Two enemies. Above: chandelier.
3) Beers were cracked, so were jaws.
4) My nemesis is dead. Now what?
5) Burned bridges. Trapping self was oversight.
6) Wildcard! Bring your own.

1. Strangers. Friends. Best friends. Lovers. Strangers.
2. Torched the haystack. Found the needle.
3. They died with their boots on.
4. After twelve shots- “I did what?!”
5. Bring your own!

a. "Family" reunion. Here’s your name tag.

b. Sign on research lab: “Gone. Dead.”

c. Cancel my funeral, nerds. I’m back.

[ voicetesting! please be gentle. ]

[ preferences in journal, open to cross-canon, assumed cr. ]

i. "Advanced society gets ruined by megalomaniac."
ii. Family ties. War zones. Missing laundry.
iii. Think: a promotion means loan approval.
iv. Blind date. Wrong restaurant. Somewhat relieved.

[ info in journal. ]

1. Fire! Stopped. Dropped. Rolled… off cliff.
2. Beers were cracked, so were jaws.
3. Home early. Whose car is that?
4. Scratching heard…from inside the coffin.
5. Or bring your own, go nuts!

[A pale, curious face peers over the edge of the cliff. That was honestly rather spectacular.]

I know that's the method they teach Midgardian schoolchildren, but there are other ways to extinguish flames. Have you broken anything important?

[If there's anything still on fire behind him, Loki doesn't appear to care.]

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1. What would you do with eternity?
2. [ He shouldn't be alive. Rapidly healing. ]
3. Essentially, I'm a sponge for superpowers.
4. [ She's gone. It was his fault. ]
5. Bring your own six word story.

Dude... you're a mutant too?

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1. I didn't realize that was flammable.
2. And what do you dream of?
3. [ washes the blood off his hands ]
4. Bad: buried alive. Worse: not alone.
5. byosws

The picture of flames on the side didn't clue you in?

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a. Stark died because we're too weak.
b. Found true love. Married someone else.
c. Returned home wounded, but dead inside.
d. Red. Black. Red. Red. Lovers. Strangers.

Edited 2021-09-14 18:08 (UTC)

1. Life doesn't have to be fun.
2. You are just one weak man.
3. Lovers only when people aren't watching.
4. After twelve shots- "I did what?!"

( a ) It feels like we're falling apart.
( b ) Not gonna stop until I prove it.
( c ) [ drinking a milkshake, alone at pop's ]
( d ) [ tinkering with engine ] Hand me that?

1. What? Don't drag me into this.
2. Ohhhhhh shit. Welcome to hell guys.
3. Juicy offer. Must decline. Still paralyzed.
4. "Guys knock knock." "Go away bitch."
5. Nah dude. I'm dumb as fuck.

a. is he serious? gangnam style? again?!
b. i can't double fist boba? watch!
c. it's really late. should sleep. OR

[ooc: potential shang-chi spoilers in threads]

[ smiling, amused ]

I'll try my best to keep up.

1. They died with their boots on.
2. Disputes between nations. Sorrow among families.
3. Match, made in heaven, ignited hell.
4. “Cancel my funeral, Mom. I’m back.”
5. Guilty until proven innocent. Trial denied.

Bold of you to assume I'm not going to be the cause of it.

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a. oh hell no. DO NOT CALL.
b. Questionable burrito. Calling out tomorrow. ugh.
c. if mom asks, say i'm studying.

[ooc: potential shang-chi spoilers in threads]

a) "My, my! Are these for me?"
b) "The seas are stormy out there."
c) "Now! Neptune planet power! Make up!"

1. I've been doing this too long.
2. I'm ready for ice skating season!
3. I don't want a different mentor.
4. He said we'd be fine... liar.

1. [whispers] Do you believe in magic?
2. Never thought it'd happen to me.
3. Fall harvest - help wanted! Inquire within.
4. Where did you get that idea?
5. Running a farm alone is hard.

1) "My name's J'onn. I'm from Mars."

2) "Nobody move, this is the police!"

3) The city shakes under the force.

4) An alien trying to fit in.

The green-haired woman freezes mid-dash with the reflexes one can only assume a championship Red Light, Green Light player would possess, were they to hold championship matches for that sort of thing. She stares at the man who had issued the command, blinking vacantly as her thoughts catch up to her.

"Eh?" The police? But wait, she was the police! So then… who the heck was this and what was he doing in her jurisdiction?

"Eehhhh???"

1. Unusual bedfellows doing great things together.
2. Used vice-grip, now in hot water.
3. Her kindness is my favorite superpower.

01. "Despite everything, I'm glad we met."
02. Injuries heal but the pain remains.
03. "It would be hard to forget you."
04. The phantom of a memory lingers.
bring your own.

"You're ever so kind for helping me out of those bushes! I was so worried about my hair after they pushed me in..."

1. It was supposed to be over.
2. You have to end to begin.
3. Just keep pouring. [ she drank another. ]

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