“You ready?”
“System calibrated?”
“Got it all, now sleep and let the magic happen-“
“What about colour tracking, covered all wavelengths? D’you double check?”
“Me and four others-“
“And the pixels. Did they max out? Fifteen-hundred?”
“Last ten runs, crystal clear.”
“Shadows? Freckles? Strands of hair?”
“Like Da Vinci. We got this. Relax.”
“Okay… Make sure you wake me once it’s rendered. As soon as!”
“Promise. Now keep him in mind and let yourself sleep.”
“Is… it done? Uhnf- lemme see. He- looks…”
“Just like you.”
“Get this through to facial recog, now-“
“Already done. We’ll find your brother.”
© 2021 Rebecca Glaessner
July 1, 2021, prompt: In 99 words (no more, no less), write a story about “the old photograph.” What is captivating about it? Where did it come from? How does it incite a story? Go where the prompt leads!
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Sci fi dream technology, that is super creative😍 and the twist at the end, Cool! Keep up 😍 Have a lovely weekend 🎉💐
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Thanks Simon. Glad you enjoyed this one. We’re actually closer to this tech than you’d imagine too! They’re able to make a distorted video of dreams after training a program to understand the brain signals created when watching videos while awake. Then the program records the brain signals while you’re dreaming and it creates a dream video from those real life videos. It’s so cool.
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I remember they record our dreams, but never aware that videos – they make videos too? 🤩 It’s so cool…
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Very cool. Didn’t see that final twist coming, but totally liked where you went!
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Thanks Liz! Glad I could keep you guessing and that the ending held up. I love sneaking in the twists.
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This story creates the perfect tension and suspense till the end.
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It’s great you felt the tension I tried for. I find 99 words a great medium to keep the reader guessing.
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Cool, high tech and dream memories. I hope he finds him!
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Thanks D! This’ll be possible for us one day soon, and I hope so too.
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The way you pulled in technology works seamlessly with the mounting tension and surprise motivation.
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That’s exactly what I hoped for, thanks! Glad the tension and surprise came through. I tried not to bog myself down researching terms with this one, I wanted to keep the technical jargon to simple, concise forms so I went by memory.
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