100 words: Bad or Good
Thermographs in glass balls. Curare darts in silver stars.
"Do you really think it's going to work? What if he has countermeasures?"
Tracking lasers in every twinkling light.
"I think we can do it, this time. I've covered every possible angle."
Web-tangler tinsel. Concussive pellet garlands.
"What if they don't come through with the ransom?"
Motion sensor in the angel at the top.
"They will. You KNOW they're loaded. Billionaires. They'll pay."
Billy sets down the plate of cookies (loaded with neurotoxic sedative, naturally) and smiles. "This year, the old man is OURS."
It will be the best Christmas ever.
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For consideration: "The ornaments are pretty but they're weighing down the branches of the tree."
"Do you really think it's going to work? What if he has countermeasures?"
Tracking lasers in every twinkling light.
"I think we can do it, this time. I've covered every possible angle."
Web-tangler tinsel. Concussive pellet garlands.
"What if they don't come through with the ransom?"
Motion sensor in the angel at the top.
"They will. You KNOW they're loaded. Billionaires. They'll pay."
Billy sets down the plate of cookies (loaded with neurotoxic sedative, naturally) and smiles. "This year, the old man is OURS."
It will be the best Christmas ever.
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For consideration: "The ornaments are pretty but they're weighing down the branches of the tree."