04/11/2022 - The Ultimate Conflict-Resolution Strategy
Reading time: 1 min
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Mr Cronk finally sat on a bed—not his bed—a blanket over his shoulders, a steaming cup of tea in his hands. Jennifer looked at him trying to restore her breathing, and when she went to check the time on her fob watch, she noticed she was still shaking. The doctor had just arrived—late, as usual.
“What’s that on your scrub?” he asked, making a disgusted face.
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Jennifer ran down the corridor towards room 209; Her favourite room. Four old and polite ladies all together at the end of the ward. She couldn’t fathom what could have caused them to scream the way they were, but when she entered the room, she saw a naked Mr Cronk with shit—possibly his own—in his fists, about to throw it like a chimp.
Thank God she remembered.
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Jennifer forgot her scrub, and had to borrow one from Paula before her shift. Paula only taught conflict-resolution now because she hated bodily fluids.
“I’ll get it back tomorrow,” Paula whispered when Jennifer interrupted her lecture. “But it has to be spotless.”
And then spoke to the class.
“If your patient is British,” she said, “99% of the times, you can calm them down with a cup of tea.”
About this story
Prompt:
You must write a 369er in the order of future, present, and past. Just as a refresher, a 369er is three separate, but interrelated stories of 69 words a piece.
There must be a conflict at the center of all 3 stories. The conflict in question can be a war, a break-up, anything you like.
The first section must take place after the conflict occurs (in the future),
The second must take place during the conflict (in the present),
And the third section must take place before the conflict occurs (in the past).
From the official page of FFM.
Notes on the challenge
Each and every story published here has been written, reviewed, polished and published in less than 90 minutes. Which means you’re going to find spelling mistakes, ugly sentences and weird structures. I still hope you’ll enjoy them!
