100 words: con
Con job?
Gaming con?
Ex-con?
This week, courtesy of jydog1 , write a 100 word short story using the word or concept "con." Post it in the comments, and earn untold money from your success! All we need is your bank account and your social security number...
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All right, Lucy is in position with her gorilla suit and the 20 gallon barrel of banana pudding. Kiraitu has the Shetland pony blocking the exit ramp. Has anyone disabled the landing struts on Gary’s homemade ornithopter? Excellent. When we go live, Claude, we need his web connection hacked before he even thinks of checking Wikipedia for details on whooping cranes, just in case the granny seduction doesn’t work.
Look smart, everyone. Gary is crossing to his car. Go! Go!
If this goes right, we’ll be sunning ourselves in Tahiti before the week is out. God, I love this job.
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He offered a disarming grin. “Yeah, well, you had me going too. Totally bought the 'innocent heiress' thing. If I'd been a mark you'd have taken me, no problem.”
“I do play the airhead rather well, if I do say so myself.” A giggle escaped, then a sigh. “Too bad. A lot of work wasted for both of us.”
“I suppose.” A pause. “Interested in coffee? My treat.”
She smiled, offered her arm. “Lead on, big spender.”
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“Well young Jad, what did you learn from the beast?”
“A lot actually, sir. It no longer expects sacrifices of animals or virgins and it is willing to issue us loans at a very reasonable interest rate…”
All the men sit back, nodding and murmuring to each other, except one who leans forward, “These the all sound like pros…”
“Um, well, you see sir, the dragon is actually quite a fiend when it comes to the slow cooker. He prefers more… well aged meat.”
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