magisternihil's 100-word story for November 2, 2025

magisternihil wrote the following micro-story on Hectalex on November 2, 2025. Each story on Hectalex is inspired by a daily visual prompt and must be exactly 100 words.

Used to be, this was where all the control was centered. This little room with those three computers that were top of the line at the time. Frank built this special room for them and sorted out how to link them together. Under him, the whole business was moving into the future. Then Frank went and had that heart attack and was stuck at home for a while. In the end, he had to sell the company, and the new owners wanted nothing to do with computers. They just closed the door and went a different direction. Right into bankruptcy.

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