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The Determinedly Mediocre Goldeneye
Random inspiration: determinedly mediocre goldeneye
AI-generated painting and story
The story
The goldeneye had applied for promotion three times. Each time, it was told it lacked the 'spark' but showed 'reliable adequacy.' It now arrives at 8:15 a.m., pours tea from the same chipped mug, and stands beside the sink for exactly seventeen minutes before clocking in. No one notices it’s a duck. It has stopped correcting them.
The brief
A goldeneye duck stands rigidly upright on a chipped linoleum floor in a dimly lit office kitchen, one wing slightly askew, staring blankly at a half-empty mug of lukewarm tea beneath the harsh glow of a single fluorescent tube, its feathers dull and unevenly preened.
The painting and the story were written from this same scene, so the two describe one moment.
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