“Keep your nose to the grindstone.”
Pinocchio* #quote
If you play Hot Potato too long you start playing Cold Potato.
Anyway onto the flash fiction!
The Ultimate Master
“I have taught you well, but you will never be able to overcome
me. I train people here to better themselves. Not for them to try and
prove themselves.” The Ultimate Master of Kung-Fu And Everything
Else said to one of his many students. The Master took on the
students who managed to hike up to the top of his mountain and pass
his test. A feat of physical skill considering hiking was a past time
rare in the heavily land-developed era of 2200. His teachings
involved many tests, and as soon as a student failed they were told
to go home. Arrogant students challenged the master. And no matter
what they challenged the Ultimate Master of Kung-Fu and Everything in
he bested them. From fighting to knitting nothing was beyond his
skill.
“Damn you,” said the student who spent a year learning under him
and many years prior just to challenge the Ultimate Master of Kung-Fu
And Everything Else. Everyone wanted to best the man. Some became his
students just to get an impression of him before challenging him. The
man wore a simple robe and a his soft eyes complimented his soft
skin.
The Master possessed a simple secret to his powers. When he headed
back to chambers he tapped his stomach in a secret rhythm and it
opened so he could pull out his data and power cords. Sophisticated
android organs gave his body heat and the feel of a human along with
his synthetic skin. He plugged himself in to recharge and synch his
data with long term memory storage and maintenance computer that also
downloaded skills into his processors. The Master of Kung-Fu And
Everything slept for the next day of executing his directive that
his now deceased creator programmed with: “Be as cool as you can.”
The creator forgot to make sure The Master told everyone who created
him so the creator could be famous like he intended.
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