Short Story 3

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+title: "Guest Post: Short Story 3"
+date: 2024-03-27T21:39:37-05:00
+description: "The third installment of the Short Story series, written by Kevin"
+type: "post"
+tags: ["story", "constrained-writing", "fun", "fiction"]
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+*This story was written by my friend Kevin and is the third installment in Alek's [Short Story series](https://awestover.github.io/skyspace/posts/misc/02-25-24.html). It only uses words from my [Short Story 2](/posts/short-story-2/) and each word does not appear more times in this story than in Short Story 2.*
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+Lin waited at the top of the mountain. He had never known Zhou to break a promise before, but Zhou always arrived belatedly from slowly eating his favorite food: fancy instant noodles in burned round boxes. Lin decided to idly do math problems on the mountain for a month to give Zhou time to come. If Zhou didn't show up by then, Lin would make a plan to go to Hu's house some night to find Zhou's dead body in a video-game.
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+Lin was in flashcard review gear when Zhou screamed behind him. Lin scrambled and turned around: Zhou ran reluctantly as a cop attempted to shoot him but missed by a little margin. Lin threw a flashcard and the officer crumpled. Lin remembered to say a muffled sorry to the cop and then sped towards Zhou.
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+Zhou chuckled anxiously, "Lin--or as I like to call you, IN--you're crazy for taking down that cop!"
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+"I would say he's gladly settled into a nap, he can probably recover in a year or 3 days," Lin laughed. "Being crazy is the key to success in life. Now, we gotta go down this mountain on (7-5) large flashcards!"
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+"Yes, IN! Winter is a great time for slowly falling on snow over a distance!" Zhou pulled on the flashcard gear and meticulously started to not ascent the mountain. A short time later, they were surprised by a wind that dumped lots of snow from the mountain top, covering the head of Lin but luckily only thinly coating Zhou.
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+"Zhou, I can't see, and the arms of Lin are literally shocked!" Lin called. "Am I terminal?"
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+"No IN, you're too young for persistent sleep! We must go quickly--I'm looking back at the Large Snow Boss--so I'll make a road for you!" It was grueling work, but Zhou spent time painstakingly checking the ground and frequently signaled the next road to Lin with his important flashcard voice.
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+Finally, they reached the base of the mountain safely. Zhou found his room nearby and walked Lin away from the blizzard.
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+"Wu- hu, that was exciting!" Lin called happily. "I can see again too! Sorry for freaking out up there, Zhou."
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+"I enjoyed that, the rescue was a peaceful process," Zhou whispered with a tired noise. He sat down at a desk and handed Lin a shoebox. "Want to play flashcard Sorry?"
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+And from that day onwards Zhou was a little bit better at achieving the items on his cards.