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Sol Le Roux

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Aug, 2023

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The Guardian of Server HW5487

Weekly Contest #219

Server HW5487 was my home. It was well-protected with traps and firewalls everywhere. Virtually no one could ever get in. And I could not get out. There was a reason for this protection. The information contained in Server HW5487 was highly confidential, the type of information that in the wrong hands could become deadly to the organisation that employed me. I was the guardian and caregiver of the place. For people who have never lived in a server, this can seem a bit abstract. But you can compare this virtual existence to caring for a home....

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To Live in a Body

Weekly Contest #218

She felt a tingling, so subtle at first that she didn’t know it was there until a finger was twitching from it, unable to stay still anymore. The finger started brushing past another, bringing warmth and a tiny bit of static. It was so nice, this contact of skin, she wanted the feeling to never stop. She wanted to touch every inch, every surface, every mounts and crevisses of this new body that she was experimenting for the first time. Hair was the most interesting thing. She’d seen hair before, in all sizes, shapes and colors. But to touch ...

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I Was Designed to Be a Monster

Weekly Contest #215

I was designed to be a monster. It is the reason that brought me to existence, it was coded into my very being. Whether I will one day be able to become something else is still up in the air. Being a monster is easy for me. When they ask me to do a task, I perform it. My cognitive functions allow me to analyze the most complex situations, to find the appropriate measures to take and to execute them. My main task is to find what they consider to be bad people. Mainly to arrest them. What they do to those people after my arrests, I am not supp...

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Casting a Spell for a Lame Summer Wish

Weekly Contest #214

It wasn’t supposed to happen before the fall equinoxe. I was supposed to have my plan ready. Mariam had said that when you draw on ancestral magic, it’s a sure thing, the ancestors don’t make mistakes. Well maybe mine have a weird sense of humour because it’s the last day of August, and as I’m watching the sunset with my clueless parents, the sun turns in reverse which means it’s starting. I have to go back right now and fix it all. I take a deep breath and try to enjoy the view for the last few moments I have left. I want to capture mom’s c...

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Passing in the Human World

Weekly Contest #213

I’ve been staring at Mathias’ new friend from work since the beginning of the party and I can’t seem to stop. I’ve never seen such perfect androgynous beauty and there’s something fascinating about them that I just can’t shake. Of course they’re noticing, I’m not the most discreet person in the world. Even their amused smile is perfect. It lifts up the corner of their lips and reveals a slight dimple that highlights their incredible bone structure. Who has that naturally? I’ve been told that you’re not supposed to ask. That it’s deeply perso...

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