The outcasts from the Campus Community aren’t satisfied with their lot. After all, they helped build the place. And they are willing to take it back by force.
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"The way you hold yourselves. You give the signal, your men won't hesitate."
— Wild Speculation Studios, Andrew Reising 🌈 (@WSpeculation) June 17, 2019
"I know that. What's your point, old man?"
"My friends and I were kicked out of our home. A nice place: self-sustaining, safe. We want it back. So I have a proposition for you."#microfiction#scifi
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If these reasonable demands are not met, we will take our home back by force.
— Wild Speculation Studios, Andrew Reising 🌈 (@WSpeculation) June 17, 2019
If you help us, we can rebuild a democracy.
If you choose to fight for a dictatorship, then that's what we'll give you, but with us in charge.
You have one hour to surrender."#microfiction#scifi
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We've lost three of the buildings in the southern part of campus so far, and more will fall.
— Wild Speculation Studios, Andrew Reising 🌈 (@WSpeculation) June 18, 2019
We barricaded the tunnels, never considering how they can bypass those by going outside.
None of us had been outside in months.
That's gonna change real soon.#microfiction#scifi
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They led us to this Campus Community, and it is a fucking treasure trove!
— Wild Speculation Studios, Andrew Reising 🌈 (@WSpeculation) June 20, 2019
The boss said we'd help them take it back. They are clearly world-class suckers.
We're gonna feast well tonight, and have our pick of women.
After we burn this place to the ground.#microfiction#scifi
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"I'm sorry. But what choice did we have? We needed to get back home."
— Wild Speculation Studios, Andrew Reising 🌈 (@WSpeculation) June 21, 2019
"Yeah, well thanks to you, there isn't going to be a home left for any of us!"
"I know. But what can we do now?"
"Gather everyone you can find together. We have to find a new home."#microfiction#scifi
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"I know what you hoped, but he's probably dead. You can sit here, hoping he survived, gets out, comes this way, but the rest of us are leaving."
— Wild Speculation Studios, Andrew Reising 🌈 (@WSpeculation) June 22, 2019
I stare at the fires consuming the campus, hoping to see… but no.
"I'm sorry," I whisper as I turn away.#microfiction#scifi
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