magisternihil's 100-word story for May 21, 2025

magisternihil wrote the following micro-story on Hectalex on May 21, 2025. Each story on Hectalex is inspired by a daily visual prompt and must be exactly 100 words.

Thomason at the shop laughed at me when I bought it. “Your set is all Industrial Age and you want to go adding a castle? What kind of theme is that?” But I bought it anyway because I liked the look of it and it fit perfectly on the forested hilltop overlooking the country store. Now I’m convinced Thomason must have broken into my basement last night to mess with me. Why are there all of these knight figures tearing up the tracks? Why is the station conductor’s head mounted on a post? Who dug all of these potato fields?

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