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Original Don Quixote & Sancho (Limbus Company), Klara | Clara/Julia Luricheva | Yulia Lyuricheva, Grimm/Kuti (Black Souls), Grimm & Node (Black Souls), Don Quixote | Sancho/Sansón Carrasco(Limbus Company), My Unit | Byleth/Hubert von Vestra, Edelgard von Hresvelg/My Unit | Byleth/Hubert von Vestra, Roland/Angelica (Library of Ruina), Hermann/Ahab (Limbus Company), Lorgar Aurelian/Kor Phaeron, Edelgard von Hresvelg/Hubert von Vestra, Altria Caster | Caster & Morgan | Berserker, Neferata/Khalida Neferher, Ahab (Limbus Company), Miranda (Black Souls), Emil Sinclair (Limbus Company), Orz (Star Control)
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Summary
Prompt fills for the 2025 3-sentence Ficathon.
missing/avoiding the hook of a scam
April 20, 2025 at 08:37 AM
Siimi doubts immediately from the transmission that these aliens will be much good as slaves, but begins his spiel regardless: a greeting from the Crimson Corporation, an explanation of the Trade World's services, and a further explanation of the (worthless) Precursor artifacts of great power they are willing to sell at extraordinarily low prices of unmanned ships, guns, and technology—each depending on the value of the Artifact they are traded for, but regardless an incredible steal.
The alien opens one flap on its face, then another; its eyes do not blink, and there is a small warning from Siimi's translator.
"Are offering *heavy space* *toys*? Jumping peppers! We are all the happy to meet *campers* who share *toys* for *alliance*! *Campers* will enjoy *fun surprise*! Orz cannot wait until the fun *together* *party*."
Siimi blinks. The alien's second-in-command(?) is typing intently a list of offers. Siimi's business instinct tells him that this is a rube that will easily be fooled into all kinds of deals, but another, older, primordial instinct tells him to very quickly say "On second thought, ah, we've changed our minds, deepest apologies," before shutting off communications.
(The Orz *finger* Siimi was talking to is offended, but a *cousin* who has spent more time with the bubbles from the Alliance(not an *alliance*, which is very different, how funny!) points out that sharing *toys* means that *bubbles* *dissolved* and things like that, and that things could have been bad and *frumple* like they were with the Androsynth if they had *shared toys*, so the *finger* tries not to *squeeze the juice*.)