Challenge
June 2024 Drabble Challenge: Get mad, Max.
So I went and watched Furiosa and lemme tellya, I thought it was cinema gold. Absolutely a wild, fun ride. With that in mind, this month's word play is "Get mad, Max." That's your prompt. You don't need to use the phrase at all, just let it inspire you to tell me a prose story in exactly 100 words. It can be Mad Max related, or something angry, or crazy, or post-apocalyptic. Hell, steal some go-juice and head off to Bartertown to duke it out in the Thunderdome. Or not. Whatever. Blow my mind with something epic, but do use standard English and punctuation or honestly I aint even gonna read it. Not that that probably matters to you, but there is a little prize involved. Everybody likes prizes. I'll pick the winner sometime in July, no need to tag me.
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Mad Metal
The android, with cables connecting his brain to his metallic body, stood guard at the entrance of the sewer residence, shielded from the external radiation.
"This one tried to escape," another guard said, holding a bearded man in worn-out jeans.
"Activating protocol for processing the ancient race."
"Wait," the first android said, deploying his blade. "Stop. Don't get mad. Remember, emotions are undesirable."
Plunging his razor into the human's chest, yellowish liquid spurted out. "See? It wasn't human, just an AI disguised. Since the incident that caused our mutation, they’ve been trying to deceive us by adopting our ancestral form!"