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“The Loophole”

Today’s 100 Word Story [1]:

Why didn’t I make a backup??

My entry [2]:

“So, Mr. Donne.”

“So, Herr Doktor.”

“You came alone?”

“As we agreed. No other people. Just you and me.”

“As to that.” He clapped. A very large figure stepped from the shadows. 

“Oath-breaking, Doc? The White Dragon’ll never deal with you now.”

“Strictly speaking, this is not a person.” Volkart smiled. “I built it myself.”

I could see now it was some sort of construct, cobbled together from a dozen different corpses. A galvanized, mindless bodyguard. Swell.

He clapped again. It advanced on me. “If you were a better sorcerer, Mr. Donne, you would have made your own backup, too.”

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2 Comments To "“The Loophole”"

#1 Comment By Artillery_MKV On 15-May-09 @ 11:59am

The White Dragon needs better lawyers if this is a valid loophole . . .
;P

#2 Comment By *** Dave On 18-May-09 @ 8:19pm

Whether Herr Doktor was correct in thinking he could get away with it is … perhaps another scene. 🙂