Hide's 100-word story for July 26, 2025

Hide wrote the following micro-story on Hectalex on July 26, 2025. Each story on Hectalex is inspired by a daily visual prompt and must be exactly 100 words.

Jen crumples up her bus ticket. She doesn’t need it anymore. It was a one way to Hayward, Wisconsin. Maybe the first one sold, ever. The loudly snoring stranger in plaid grunted and shifted, and Jen started, dropping the shredded bits of paper. An alarm sounds shrilly, a robotic voice screaming, “LITTER ALERT. LITTER ALERT.” The Peace Robot clomps down the aisle menacingly, his camera sweeping the floor. A little vacuum extends, sucking up the scraps, before turning his red glaring “eye” towards Jen. “Jennifer Johnson, age 37, unemployed. This is your second strike and final warning.” He whirred away.

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