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The Gratuitously Thorough Duck
Random inspiration: gratuitously thorough duck
AI-generated painting and story
The story
The duck had been auditing the supply closet for fourteen years. Every paperclip was logged; every staple inspected. Today, it discovered a discrepancy in the Post-it note inventory. It sighed, adjusted its tie, and opened a new folder. The thoroughness was not requested, but it was comprehensive. No one ever came to collect the reports, yet the duck continued, certain that precision was its own reward in the silent, beige room.
The brief
A white duck stands stiffly in a pale grey office, surrounded by stacks of identical beige folders. It wears a small black tie and holds a fountain pen. Fluorescent lights cast a flat, yellow glow across the room and the bird's feathers.
The painting and the story were written from this same scene, so the two describe one moment.
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