AsakiyumeBen and I were reminiscing about parenting efforts that went wrong. "My parents wanted to #instill a sense of perseverance in us, so they'd have us hike cross-country on Sunday to get to Pat's Pancake Shack for pancakes. They kept on having us start from further and further away," Ben recalled. "It totally didn't work on me.The pancakes weren't worth the trouble, especially in winter. I'd give up and sit in the snow, and eventually they'd just have to take me home."
NaraMoore ⛩️👻八尺様👻⛩️ at Fedi#TimeTravelingGhost Part 38b: EP 3: 2025 Miskatonic University”
#Wss366 #MastoPrompt #TimeTravelAuthors 9/11. How do you keep up urgency in your story?
I hustled Professor Skully into his office. Emily stood outside the door, keeping watch. The prevalence of fascistic rabbits, supernatural creatures, and disasters was enough to #instill a sense of urgency in my life.
“What’s going on, Professor Dubois?” Skully sputtered. It was a wonder I’d gotten him away from the rabbit without his going off. “If this is a game, the university will be most displeased. Body parts scattered in various cemeteries, your lab vandalized, and now you waltz in at the middle of the night. If I weren’t #monitoring the courtyard, who knows what you might have gotten up to.”
“I assure you, this is no game. Before I explain, I need you to answer one question: Are you in league with the rabbits?”
“Rabbits?” Skully’s eyes bulged. “What are on about? I warned you not to experiment on yourself!”
Either he was an excellent actor, or he knew nothing about our invisible rabbits.
“Well, never mind them. I just had to check.”
I held up my hands to stop him from speaking. “What I am going to tell you will sound fantastic. But I assure you it is the truth. Please, I need you to accept it and then answer some questions.”
“I’ll take your comments under advisement, but make no promises.”
“I’m a…”
My statement remained unfinished because of Emily’s warning from outside the door. “It’s coming.”
#TootFic #MicroFiction #Serial #TimeTravel #NMPrompts #NMTTA #NMV366 #NMMP
Wandering Shop StoriesToday's Wandering Shop Stories #prompt is #instill. Feel like writing something short and sweet that has the word "instill" in it? Check out the definitions of the word at: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/instill Join in and tag it with #wss366! #writing #WritingLife #microfiction h/t @extraspecialbitter
CHICAGO ASK A PUNK
Christina Mother of SpidersDamn! IDK what to say - the atmosphere, Heavy thall?! I am living for all of the new heavy music that is pushing the boundaries this year!! *Insert stank face here* Not terribly familiar with Humanity's Last Breath so I can't speak to how this falls in with their discography. Came across a reaction from MetalBirb and was hooked. Anyone more knowledgeable about them let me know what you think.
Humanity's Last Breath - Instill
Jennifer Ebeling#December 12, 1702
#OTD Olaus #Rudbeck, #Swedish #Botanist, died.
In his #FirstJob as #Botany #Professor, Olaus #Expected a Full #Class, but no one showed.
He #Cried.
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In Frederica Rowan's #Biography, she writes,
"Recovering from his #Momentary #Weakness, Olaus [did] for #Botany what he had for #Anatomy.
He [created] a #Botanical #Garden...
[and when] #Admiring #Visitors #Gathered [there]...
He would #Instill #Knowledge into them...
Even #Against their #Will."