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You must write... it in under 14 minutes
You must include... Brianna in your piece, a girl who has a penchant for buying useless items.
Your story has to take place... on another planet.
Your inspiration is... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3tgJ5ht8u7E
You have... 20 minutes to prepare!

Atychiphobia.
The thing that drives me, the thing that keeps me from dying, the thing that I can never escape.
Everyone here has a phobia here, it's what defines us, makes us the Shades. Keeps us together as the Shadows.
From cold to people, every Shade's phobia is different. Every phobia is what keeps us alive.
I have failed. My phobia is coming true. My promise is breaking, to Discord, to Crimson, to Malu... to Ria...
I am dying because of my broken promise. My voice is lost, my body shattering before my mind does, but the latter is soon to follow.
I am Cyanide, and I am dead.

“Virgil?? Has ANYONE seen Virgil?” Carol called, walking around.
“Oh, Virgil? I think I saw him in the kitchen.” One of the crew members responded, pointing at the hallway that led to the kitchen.
“Um.. Okay. Thanks!” Carol replied, heading towards the kitchen.
..Although, that was a bit odd. Even though he COULD, Virgil usually didn’t eat… So, why would he go in there?
She opened the door, and, there was Virgil, pouring some flour in a measuring cup.
“Okay, so I just have to add this much…” He mumbled, shaking the measuring cup a bit.
“Virgil? What are you doing in here?” Carol asked.
Virgil jumped, spilled a bit of the flour he was measuring, and turned to face Carol. “Oh! Hello, Carol! I’m… Uh, trying to bake..?” He replied.
Carol smiled, and walked over to him. “Ooh~, what’chya baking?” She asked, looking over at the bowl Virgil had been mixing stuff in.
“Well, I’m trying to bake some cookies…” He answered, pouring the flour into the bowl, and mixing it.
Carol nodded. “What type of cookies?”
Virgil smiled. “Chocolate chip cookies! I’ve heard they’re good!” He replied, cheerfully.
“Ah. I should’ve guessed seeing as you DO have the chocolate chips out.” Carol said, laughing a bit.
“That would be an obvious sign, yes.” Virgil said, grabbing the bag of chocolate chips, and pouring some into the measuring cup.
“Well, I gotta get back to what I was doing. So, see ya.” Carol added, turning and waving.
“Oh, um.. Okay. Bye, Carol!” Virgil replied, waving at her.
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“VIRGIL?! WHAT THE HECK HAPPENED IN HERE!?”
Virgil quickly opened the oven, waving some smoke away. “Well, you see, I was baking the cookies, and I looked away for a minute, and the next thing I know, there’s smoke, and the alarm-thing that detects smoke went off!” He exclaimed, pulling the cookie tray out of the oven.
Carol sighed. “Virgil…”
“I know, I messed up again! I’m sorry!! It won’t happen again, I swear!” He added.
Carol smiled. “It’s fine. Now, calm down will you?” She asked, walking up to the android.
“....Alright, Carol..”
Carol took one of the burnt cookies from the tray. “Can I have this?”
Virgil nodded. “Um.. If you want. But it’s probably really hot, since it came out of the oven just a minute ago….”
Carol shrugged, and took a bite out of the cookie.
“Is it any good?” Virgil asked.
“....Not really, but.. It’s your first time, so, I bet you’ll get better with some practice!” Carol answered, gently punching Virgil in the arm.
“Now come on, we’ve got some work to do.” She added.
“Alright!” Virgil replied, following Carol out the kitchen.