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Saturday, August 8, 2015

Today's #flashfiction One Hundred Percent Guaranteed

 “I've been down that road before.”
Speed Racer* #quote

Whenever you let your mind wander at least make sure you give it a map. Anyway onto the flash fiction!

One Hundred Percent Guaranteed


         Nadia bought a new computer and needed anti-virus software. Her father raised her to be cautious, so much so that she carried pepper spray in the pocket of her loose jeans(for ease of access) even during daytime. An anti-virus software named Jotun claimed to “Ensure your computer never gets any viruses, ever! One hundred percent guaranteed, or your money back.”
         Immediately she bought it and took it home even despite the fact the store clerk had the strangest expression of pity on his face. Nadia always felt nervous browsing the Internet, and she felt so excited by the fact she could do so freely she ignored the clerk.
         She booted her computer then installed the anti-virus software. A round logo appeared with a thumbs up and the slogan, “Ensure your computer never gets any viruses, ever! One hundred percent guaranteed!”
         A strange hum then came from her computer. Black display windows began popping up with the slogan repeated over and over in white text. Hundreds and hundreds of windows. None of her equipment responded. Nadia didn't understand the situation, and within seconds incredible heat came from her computer. She came up with the idea to maybe unplug it to stop whatever was happening, but before she managed to do that a puff of smoke erupted from her computer. Whatever Jotun was, it turned off the computer fan and ran did so many random things that it melted the computer.
         She came back to the store angry and approached the clerk, who didn't look surprised but still had his look of pity on him.
         “This product destroyed my computer!” Nadia yelled.

         The clerk, as mandated by his superiors said to her as he did to many other customers, “But now you can't get any viruses.”

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