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The Cheerfully Doomed Pratincole
Random inspiration: cheerfully doomed pratincole
AI-generated painting and story
The story
The pratincole had been told, by a very sincere intern with a clipboard, that today was the day it would be promoted to Senior Atmosphere Officer. It believed this. It stood thus, wings aloft, waiting for the badge, the raise, the cake. The intern had left an hour ago. The light buzzed. The pratincole did not notice it was already dead. It was very good at pretending.
The brief
A lone pratincole stands upright on a cracked linoleum floor beneath a flickering fluorescent light, its wings slightly raised as if mid-cheer, one leg bent in a jaunty pose, the air thick with the scent of old paper and forgotten toast, the walls painted a faded institutional beige.
The painting and the story were written from this same scene, so the two describe one moment.
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