Prompt #326: I stood up, my heart pounding, the lump in my throat refusing to be swallowed, my legs shaking with each timid step. I crossed the room and looked in their eyes, finally saying what I’ve needed to say all along, and they replied with a hollow smile and the words I knew would tear my world apart.

(Your story must embody the core of this prompt, not expand it. Take the most important idea from these two sentences and bring it to bear in your stories.)

Quack quack quack quack quack, quack quack quack. Quack quack quack Quack Quack quack quack quack quack. Quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack.

“Quack! Quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack.”

Quack Quack, quack quack quack, Quack quack quack quack - quack quack quack quack quack. Quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack Quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack. Quack quack.

“Quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack.”

Quack quack quack.

“Quack.”

Quack, quack quack quack quack quack, quack, quack, quack quack. Quack quack quack quack quack quack; quack quack quack quack quack quack quack, quack quack quack quack. Quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack.

“Quack quack quack quack!”

“Quack, Quack Quack. Quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack. Quack.”

“Quack quack quack quack quack! Quack quack quack quack quack, quack quack quack?!” Quack quack quack quack quack quack quack, quack quack quack quack quack quack. Quack quack quack quack quack quack, quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack Quack Quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack, quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack - quack quack quack quack Quack quack quack quack quack quack Quack Quack quack, quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack.

Quack quack.

“Quack, Quack Quack. Quack quack quack quack quack quack… Quack quack quack quack quack quack quack.”
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Quack quack quack quack quack, quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack, quack quack quack quack quack quack. Quack quack quack quack quack quack/quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack.

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“Quack quack quack quack quack, Quack Quack. Quack quack quack quack.” Quack quack quack quack, quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack. Quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack, quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack.

“Quack quack quack quack Quack Quack…” Quack quack quack quack.

"Cluck."

Author's Note

... Okay, FINE, you can have the context. Baby Seal Burritos' prompt post signed off with "Show me what you've got, my ducklings," and I basically couldn't not do this. It's okay, they liked it.

I think. The resultant proxy discussion with the mods was highly amusing, at least.

PS: The last line originally was another quack but I just realised that's way funnier.