{"id":13482,"date":"2025-05-17T09:00:56","date_gmt":"2025-05-17T13:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kirabug.com\/wordpress\/?p=13482"},"modified":"2025-05-21T14:40:07","modified_gmt":"2025-05-21T18:40:07","slug":"warmups-the-time-machine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kirabug.com\/wordpress\/2025\/05\/warmups-the-time-machine\/","title":{"rendered":"Warmups: the Time Machine"},"content":{"rendered":"

From promptsforthestrugglingauthor<\/a> on tumblr:<\/p>\n

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Writing Prompt #3059<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

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“It’s your<\/em> fault he’s gone.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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“I know.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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\u201cWe agreed we weren\u2019t going to send Timmy into the Time Machine!\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cI know.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cWe agreed it was too dangerous!\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cI know.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cAnd yet you did it anyway!\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cWell technically he stepped onto the dias willingly.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cBut he wouldn\u2019t have if you hadn\u2019t lied to him!\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cI didn\u2019t lie to him! I told him it would send him to the supermarket and we did!\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cWait, you what?\u201d He fiddled with the screen. \u201cI thought we were sending him 15 million years back in time.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cNo! No no no. We\u2019re out of orange juice. The store closed at 9pm. I sent him back to get OJ and donuts for tomorrow morning. We sent him 15 minutes back in time. M-I-N not M-I-L.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Timmy banged the door open while his brothers continued to argue. \u201cI got OJ, donuts, and those mini muffins you both like. What\u2019s up?\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

From promptsforthestrugglingauthor on tumblr: Writing Prompt #3059 “It’s your fault he’s gone.” “I know.” \u201cWe agreed we weren\u2019t going to send Timmy into the Time Machine!\u201d \u201cI know.\u201d \u201cWe agreed it was too dangerous!\u201d \u201cI know.\u201d \u201cAnd yet you did it anyway!\u201d \u201cWell technically he stepped onto the dias willingly.\u201d \u201cBut he wouldn\u2019t have if … <\/p>\n

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