JKWriter's 100-word story for September 20, 2025

JKWriter wrote the following micro-story on Hectalex on September 20, 2025. Each story on Hectalex is inspired by a daily visual prompt and must be exactly 100 words.

"That's a mighty fine collection of hands that you have there, sir," his assistant said admiringly. "There's still not enough, though," the old scourge grumbled while rubbing his stubbled face. There was still many miles and many more hands to go. Their emperor wouldn't be happy until they brought back every hand of every marauder that had pillaged the village where his mother lived. It had been a rough 14 months of traversing the globe to find the entire ragtag band of pirates, but they still had about a dozen hands left to collect of the two dozen already done.

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