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The Intermittently Reliable Dromedary
Random inspiration: intermittently reliable dromedary
AI-generated painting and story
The story
The dromedary had been scheduled to arrive at precisely two o'clock, but it arrived at three-fifteen instead, which was perfectly in keeping with its reputation. It stood in the waiting room for seventeen minutes, considering whether to proceed to the appointment or simply remain where it was. The light flickered once. A receptionist looked up from her magazine, noted the animal's presence, and returned to her reading. The dromedary blinked slowly, decided that reliability was overrated, and sat down on the linoleum floor to wait for a bus that did not stop there.
The brief
A beige dromedary stands motionless in a grey waiting room with peeling paint and a single flickering fluorescent tube, its hump tilting slightly to the left while it stares at a blank wall, its expression neutral.
The painting and the story were written from this same scene, so the two describe one moment.
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