magisternihil's 100-word story for April 25, 2025

magisternihil wrote the following micro-story on Hectalex on April 25, 2025. Each story on Hectalex is inspired by a daily visual prompt and must be exactly 100 words.

CLUNK CLUNK CLUNK The sound echoes through the snow-topped trees, a metronome of impending...whatever. I don't want to be here, riding this stupid lift to the top of the mountain. I don't want to even be on the stupid mountain. Those three in the bucket ahead of me are actually singing. SINGING! What do they have to sing about? It's cold, and dark, and you can't see more than a yard ahead of you. What kind of skiing weather is this? Wait, they're not singing anymore. They're screaming? What is in this fog?!? This day just got way cooler.

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