The Morbid Socialite began the project immediately, starting off strong with some quick and easy sentences before quickly running low on ideas and pulling from a weaving, turning trail of thought for ideas. His focus was intense enough that, despite having the atomizer by his side and close at hand, he was too focused on his work to douse anyone else for small mistakes. Tularemia, as well, was too weak to fire the atomizer either, so there would be no water coming from the Socialite's desk.
1. “The cat balances well” - A simple sentence with proper grammar. 2. “Cannot turn back now” - A reminder of his commitment to this class and a begrudging acknowledgment of the boredom of doing lines. 3. “Only bats down here” - One of the first things they thought upon arriving in the Neath, although shortened to better fit the assignment. 4. “Do not spray please” - A request that would likely go unheeded. 5. “Lost in the dark” - Poetic and mournful and a frequent theme of his short stories, back when that was his occupation. 6. “Many faces, none familiar” - A reflection of his thoughts on the class around him. 7. “Until dawn, she sleeps” - Just something to fill the word count? Or to test the presence of commas? 8. “The ground replaces sky” - Another thought from their first arrival and another theme explored in their writing. 9. “Would you spray her” - With this, he instructs his stoat to run a tight circle around the page to catch any stray sprays of water. 10. “Deliver retribution swiftly, dear” - His hope, for if Tularemia gets sprayed, that she might remember her predator instincts. An unlikely to nigh impossible occurrence, as she’s truly non-confrontational, but his hope nonetheless. 11. “Cannot fathom the depths” - Just something haunting to fill the word count. 12. “Trapped in the house” - A recurring dream they keep having. 13. “Wedding Wednesday, come early” - It’s a wonder where he got this phrase, but the pair of intertwined wedding bands on his finger may speak the truth of the matter. 14. “Polite conversation makes good company” - A reminder to be polite, but what’s this? He seems to have used too many words! He realizes this too late and can only brace for the dousing to come. 15. “A mistake costs me” - He remains bitter about his own failure to count words before writing them. 16. “Would you really shoot” - He was tempted to draw the sentence into the next line, but these needed to be complete sentences, so he stopped it there and continued on. 17. “An innocent man doused” - The fortunate thing about mistakes is that they both teach and inspire us. For example, the Socialite’s bitterness at becoming wet seems to have inspired some iresome passages in their classwork. 18. “As well his stoat” - Tularemia, the poor stoat, was likely caught in the crossfire of the mistake. 19. “Eager minds learn quickly” - A reminder that eager minds both absorb more knowledge and are more quickly to fail, thus finding more opportunities to learn. 20. “No more mistakes today” - A statement of victory, proclaiming himself finished.
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1. “The cat balances well” - A simple sentence with proper grammar.
2. “Cannot turn back now” - A reminder of his commitment to this class and a begrudging acknowledgment of the boredom of doing lines.
3. “Only bats down here” - One of the first things they thought upon arriving in the Neath, although shortened to better fit the assignment.
4. “Do not spray please” - A request that would likely go unheeded.
5. “Lost in the dark” - Poetic and mournful and a frequent theme of his short stories, back when that was his occupation.
6. “Many faces, none familiar” - A reflection of his thoughts on the class around him.
7. “Until dawn, she sleeps” - Just something to fill the word count? Or to test the presence of commas?
8. “The ground replaces sky” - Another thought from their first arrival and another theme explored in their writing.
9. “Would you spray her” - With this, he instructs his stoat to run a tight circle around the page to catch any stray sprays of water.
10. “Deliver retribution swiftly, dear” - His hope, for if Tularemia gets sprayed, that she might remember her predator instincts. An unlikely to nigh impossible occurrence, as she’s truly non-confrontational, but his hope nonetheless.
11. “Cannot fathom the depths” - Just something haunting to fill the word count.
12. “Trapped in the house” - A recurring dream they keep having.
13. “Wedding Wednesday, come early” - It’s a wonder where he got this phrase, but the pair of intertwined wedding bands on his finger may speak the truth of the matter.
14. “Polite conversation makes good company” - A reminder to be polite, but what’s this? He seems to have used too many words! He realizes this too late and can only brace for the dousing to come.
15. “A mistake costs me” - He remains bitter about his own failure to count words before writing them.
16. “Would you really shoot” - He was tempted to draw the sentence into the next line, but these needed to be complete sentences, so he stopped it there and continued on.
17. “An innocent man doused” - The fortunate thing about mistakes is that they both teach and inspire us. For example, the Socialite’s bitterness at becoming wet seems to have inspired some iresome passages in their classwork.
18. “As well his stoat” - Tularemia, the poor stoat, was likely caught in the crossfire of the mistake.
19. “Eager minds learn quickly” - A reminder that eager minds both absorb more knowledge and are more quickly to fail, thus finding more opportunities to learn.
20. “No more mistakes today” - A statement of victory, proclaiming himself finished.