
It was almost midday. Most students were gathered in the cafeteria eating junks and fast food— or “prison food” as what he mockingly called them since it often comes in trays. Meanwhile, Clark, a forty-two year old veteran janitor at VSU Laboratory High came out of the building and squinted to the sun that hung just above his head. Time to do some custodial work, he thought.
He walked in the pathway like a man with great pride, a broom on one hand and a dustpan on the other, his eyes watchful for litters in the surrounding. Without these tools, his uniform, and a pencil tucked behind his ears, he could surely pass as professor.
“Now what have we here…” Clark murmured as he motioned towards parking lot. “R2D2, why aren’t in your post?” he barked at the trashcan. Lines of suspicion creased on his forehead as if hearing an absurd response, “But this is the middle of nowhere. Did you really think there are trashes in this area?”
A moment of silence passed. Positive that his imaginary droid have been slacking around, Clark took the trashcan and walked away.
“Move along, R2D2. I’m taking you back to your station.”
Word Count: 200
Written for Roger Shipp’s flash fiction challenge, Flash Fiction For the Purposeful Practitioner. Please tell me it’s not too weird to think of R2D2 and Star Wars while staring at this photo ‘coz it really was the first thing the came to mind! LOL
This week’s prompt is: For this week, please use the phrase… ‘but this is the middle of nowhere…” somewhere in your flash piece.
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March 15, 2016 at 12:16 am
I think it is funny! Funny cute. I enjoyed this story! Your janitor has quite the sense of humor. 😀
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March 15, 2016 at 3:20 pm
Haha. I think he does, too! Thank you PJ. 🙂 🙂
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March 15, 2016 at 12:25 am
Hee, I reckon it looks like a little droid too 🙂 The poor thing was just taking a break…
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March 15, 2016 at 3:21 pm
Too tired of picking trash, perhaps? 😀 Glad I wasn’t the only one who thought of a droid then.
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March 15, 2016 at 7:14 pm
The broom obviously a tool to push the Droid by the hind quarters back to his post.😉
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March 16, 2016 at 11:20 am
Most definitely. And I bet it’s got a demerit too. 😀
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March 16, 2016 at 7:07 pm
No just a serious debugging that keeps him from accessing the Internet for ” wait updating…..do not turn off” message.
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March 17, 2016 at 10:23 am
Haha. That too!
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March 15, 2016 at 8:25 pm
Hahaha! Indeed it does look abit like R2D2. 😄 I have the same sentiment! This is super duper cute! Better than Star Wars! Bravo!
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March 16, 2016 at 11:27 am
YAY! It does really looked like R2D2, I almost looked for C-3PO!! XD
Glad you enjoyed it, Fun. Hehe but I wouldn’t see it better that Star Wars though. 🙂 🙂 🙂
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March 16, 2016 at 11:30 am
Star Wars is way too serious… No fun at all! This is cute and funny! 😄I believe many here share the same sentiment! It makes our day! 😉💕
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March 16, 2016 at 11:54 am
And you just made my day! That’s so sweet, Fun. ❤️❤️❤️ I was trying to digress from my overly fondness of something dramatic and heartbreaking tales. So glad I was able to make you smile with this one. YAY!! ^____^
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March 16, 2016 at 12:28 pm
I’m glad I did! 😊💕💕💕
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March 16, 2016 at 7:27 pm
You did, you did! 😉😉😉
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March 16, 2016 at 1:42 am
OMGoodness but this was delightful! Love the scifi flare 😀
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March 16, 2016 at 11:33 am
Oh, thanks Lori! I’m glad I didn’t end up making him sound a bit crazy though. Haha!
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March 16, 2016 at 7:52 pm
Welcome, Maria.. oh no, he was quite sane 😀 and I loved it!
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March 17, 2016 at 10:24 am
*sigh*
Thank youuuu 🙂 🙂 🙂
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March 17, 2016 at 8:18 pm
My pleasure dear 🙂
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March 18, 2016 at 10:11 am
🙂 🙂 🙂
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