Geuszey's 100-word story for June 10, 2025

Geuszey wrote the following micro-story on Hectalex on June 10, 2025. Each story on Hectalex is inspired by a daily visual prompt and must be exactly 100 words.

The planet has finally been completely cleaned; all the waste has been collected, compressed and stacked for reclamation. With his primary mission complete, our hero has found himself at a loss with how to spend his time. Finally growing weary of his trailer full of indexed archaeological playthings, he sets out to explore the wider world. His fascination with the beautiful scenery of Glacier National Park becomes his undoing. The seasons change, his tracks seize up, slowly succumbing to the unrelenting grip of permafrost. As his batteries bleed their last ounce of power, Wall-E faces south, fixed on the sun.

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