magisternihil's 100-word story for October 23, 2025

magisternihil wrote the following micro-story on Hectalex on October 23, 2025. Each story on Hectalex is inspired by a daily visual prompt and must be exactly 100 words.

“Hello, honey, can you hear me? No, the conference is going well. Yeah, they’re feeding us very good. Far better than expected. Oh, I only had one drink last night. You know me. And I—well, yes, as a matter of fact, I have bumped into your brother. I know, right? What are the chances. Hey, remember when you asked what he did with his weekends and he told you he was into costumes and we assumed he was one of those cosplay people that went to cons dressed as Cap’n Crunch? Well, turns out we were a little off.”

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