joeislove's 100-word story for June 1, 2026

joeislove wrote the following micro-story on Hectalex on June 1, 2026. Each story on Hectalex is inspired by a daily visual prompt and must be exactly 100 words.

Someone keeps moving things around in here. This shouldn't be a dead end. I've been leaving marks to find my way back out. This should definitely be a staircase. Instead it's a solid wall of brick. What's truly incredible is that if I didn't know better, I'd say this brick was laid hundreds of years ago. There's even a layer of cave moss covering most of it. Fine. I just wanted to go home, but if this is the way they want it, I'll do what I was born to do, what I was trained to do. Time for slaying.

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