JKWriter's 100-word story for November 6, 2025

JKWriter wrote the following micro-story on Hectalex on November 6, 2025. Each story on Hectalex is inspired by a daily visual prompt and must be exactly 100 words.

The colony stood at the bottom of the longest skylight that ever was to catch a glimpse of the sky from the caverns that lie below the surface. Decades had gone into the planning of this experiment and and they were nearly three decades into the last phase of it now. When the anniversary finally hit that third full decade the inhabitants that had lived so long in mostly the dark would finally emerge into the world again. Doctor Barnes and his wife Doctor Jones had long since passed, but their son and his family would lead the way back.

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