magisternihil's 100-word story for October 3, 2025

magisternihil wrote the following micro-story on Hectalex on October 3, 2025. Each story on Hectalex is inspired by a daily visual prompt and must be exactly 100 words.

The designers of the Apocalypse were very creative in their descriptions, I’ll concede that, but they were not accountants. They had no concept of what it would cost to make their visions reality. I mean, these things can’t just manifest from nothing, I don’t care how much you buy into the mythos. Things have to come from somewhere, and in this case that somewhere just happens to be Old Mother Merlen’s Pony Emporium. And no, you don’t have to change the players names to “The Four Ponymen of the Apocaplypse.” Trust me, with all the explosions no one will care.

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