joeislove's 100-word story for October 16, 2025

joeislove wrote the following micro-story on Hectalex on October 16, 2025. Each story on Hectalex is inspired by a daily visual prompt and must be exactly 100 words.

Scott gets lost easy. We're not sure what's wrong with him exactly. Partly because any time we have tried to take him to be evaluated, he ends up on a roof, or in a hole with no ladder, or somewhere equally improbably and inaccessible. It's pretty amazing, really. The guy will just be following you down some stairs, then you realize he's not behind you anymore. Nope, up on a wall again. That's Scott for you. He says he's not doing it on purpose, but I think it's a habit picked up from trying to wall-climb everything in video games.

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