You stared at the man for a moment. His glittering smile said 'trying-too-hard' all over it and his dirty blonde hair was slicked back with what you guessed was about 25 llbs of gel. Behind the man trailed 4 woman, each holding a sign. Together all the signs read KING FOR A DAY in bold golden letters.

You stand up, grinding your teeth, listening to you quickening heart beat mixed with the loud music playing from the limousine. As the man gets closer a few thoughts run through your head. He is still heading for you, so you..

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You know all that irritating bulk mail you have to dig through to reach your bills and court summons every day? I was picking up my mail one morning and thought about what would happen if I actually followed the directions inside of one of those blasted things.

As an aside, let's try and keep at least one "avoidance" thread going as long as possible, even if it forks this way and that. I'd love to see how many different ways our protagonist can avoid following the suggestion of the award notice. It's good for comic relief. :)

updated Jul 7 by nickb