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Escaping with style
There were no blaring sirens or flashing lights as I dashed down the corridors, but there might as well have been. Data streaming across one side of my goggles told me that I had successfully triggered the alarm when I took the hard drive stack. I knew I had four and a half minutes until the security forces arrived. When I reached the security door I was already sending signals to my devices connected into the system. A crude video relay looped images of the empty corridor into the security camera feeds. The data mining box cut the stream of keyword-laden signals with which it had been scattering the building system’s attention. Grinning at my own ingenuity, I hit the unlock button. How many other thieves would have got in by manipulating the mood of a building’s computer systems? But then, how many other thieves understood the emergent emotional states of high end electronics? This was why I'd been hired. The door failed to hiss open. Frowning, I slapped the button again. Still
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sweaterse
when you've a love
in repose,
all quiets
are woven together.
all worries and
worships and
weathering
kept, cared,
covered.
every summer
warms, every winter
draws closer.
and the silences
sweeter than
heaven.
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Lost in Translation
Things were not going well. He'd knicked his hand on a sharp edge at the first hotel and had to swap to this one at the last minute. He had also forgotten his lucky pick, and his second set was missing a crucial tool. No, Adrian was definitely not having a smooth run of it today.
He was still jimmying the lock several minutes later, and the noise was attracting attention. A tourist -- recognisable by the wide-brimmed hat and extra large sunglasses she wore -- was staring in his direction. Adrian swore under his breath, affected a grin, and waved at her.
"Locked myself out," he called, bringing forth a slight blush, and thanking the Gods tha
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Written for #SixWordStories' Theme Prompt: Left.
NB "Dexter" is from the Latin for right; "sinister" is from the Latin for left.
(I realise this is hardly obscure knowledge but just in case it isn't immediately apparent what I'm going on about... ^^")
NB "Dexter" is from the Latin for right; "sinister" is from the Latin for left.
(I realise this is hardly obscure knowledge but just in case it isn't immediately apparent what I'm going on about... ^^")
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I didn't know about the Latin bit, but I knew that lefties are supposed to be evil. 
(and "Dexter" made me think of 'dexterous' and 'ambidextrous', so even if I'm rather clueless, at least I got some of the wordplay 
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(and "Dexter" made me think of 'dexterous' and 'ambidextrous', so even if I'm rather clueless, at least I got some of the wordplay )