“Service”: A SciFanSat Microfiction Compilation

Wearing huge shoulder padded clothes’s #empower-ing. I charged into the launderette; a bull on a mission.
The new self-#service machine’s mine! Tonight it’s empty, but why’s it glowing green? I think I’m about to find out, my arm just got sucked in!#vss365#scifansat#satsplat

— Fizzy-gettingChipper🥴 (@Fizzytwizler) August 14, 2021

In service of humanity, the USS Bradbury set out for the stars. None of them would survive the mission, but they were empowered by the idea that their children’s children might find a new home to replace the one their parent’s parents had destroyed. #SciFanSat #vss365

— A. A. Rubin (@TheSurrealAri) August 14, 2021

The creature was hiding in one of the service tunnels of the ship, perfectly disguised as a power relay. Only its eyes moved, like blinking lights. #SciFanSat #service

— Voimaoy (@voimaoy) August 14, 2021

The child narrows her gaze at the silver robot girl. “You’re not Jo.”

“Yes, I am.”

“Jo is a three-meter-tall war-bot!”

“My full body prosthesis is getting serviced. I’m in a loaner.”

“You’re, a girl?”

“A woman, a cyborg. Today, can I just be a kid?”#SciFanSat #2WordPrompt

— Jason H. Abbott (@Jason_H_Abbott) August 14, 2021

Project Red Sun. The autonomous service rover was in charge of maintenance for the entire base. It kept things in tip-top shape, checking sensors and connections. Lubricating gearboxes and bearings. It was still working on a solution to keeping the humans functioning.#scifansat

— Irene 💫 (@_Irene_Dreams_) August 14, 2021

It’s clear mindcasting
is not the service for you
You’re sharing nightmares!#SciFanSat #service#SciFaikuSaturday #share#HaikuChallenge #clear#SciFaiku#Haiku#Poetry#AmWritingSciFi#SciFi
📷 iStock pic.twitter.com/JEAl01aPAa

— Alan Vincent Michaels (@AlanVMichaels) August 14, 2021

The old man looked at the envelope. Strange stamp. Strange postmark. "You sure this is for me. No one writes to me."

She smiled. "Nobody ever writes to Earth. Ever. You're fortunate."

"Nobody writes to Earth? What does that mean? Where are you from?"

"The #Service"#scifansat

— 🐕Steve🐝is🐇for🌳Stephen🌸🖋📚 (@PatchieSteve) August 14, 2021

#vssmystery#scifansat

"Be grateful, human. You are to be spared."

The cauterising blast which followed almost made a lie of it.

"Just your legs. They will find you. Your leaders will be quick to decode our #message.

"Thank you for your #service." pic.twitter.com/it2jQiJhhM

— John Tannhauser (@JohnTannhauser) August 14, 2021

"Who #empowered, you, you #vile #insect? You are in #service to me! Now paint those walls #alabaster, and refresh my flowers!"

"Erm…"

"What?"

"You're 5 years old, Michael, and that's your granny."

"But she tried to kiss me!"#vss365 #vssDreams #vssdaily #vssmagic #scifansat

— That Burnt Writer (@ThatBurntWriter) August 14, 2021

Empowered by the entrepreneurial surge of the early 2000's the Perseverance rover site has become a Planetary Historical vacation destination. You can get room service at the new hotel just erected there. #vss365 #empower #SciFanSat #service pic.twitter.com/5nU1GUIoko

— Indigenous Soul (@GeneVatow) August 14, 2021

All the walls are waterfalls in #Adrellion
The inhabitants spend their days in #service of the glorious ones
It's not in our interest to #empower them, after all, if they could swim they might escape
And yet every year
One tries#FromOneLine 87 #vss365 #AchtenWrite #SciFanSat pic.twitter.com/9dAv770LAl

— 🤩 Debbie Iancu-Haddad 🍒 (@debbieiancu) August 14, 2021

Silvery haired, he used to #empower the little people of their rights. But age became a liability. If only he could loan more time from a universal power he'd continue his #service.
He heard a whisper.
"We'll clone you."
An irresistible temptation.#vss365#SciFanSat#2WordPrompt

— aran (@AranPotente) August 14, 2021

We travel through the night, the other shuttles, ghosts. Landing at a service pad, the 24/7 neon-winks. I wait for him to go, push free from the knots, crack the door. The air cuts against my skin, #empowers a glimmer of hope. I bury it, push into the black.#vss365#SciFanSat

— John Everex (@EverexJohn) August 14, 2021

A man in a cheap suit stood at a podium near a sign that said, “#Empower Your Best Self.” To Maeve, he glowed like a backlit blood sack, so she unfurled her arms, shot one out, grabbed the man and stuffed him in her mouth. “Glad to be of service,” she said.#SciFanSat #vss365

— Lɪʙʙʏ Dᴏʏʟᴇ (@LibbyDoyle9) August 14, 2021

911 Fairy Godmothers Emergency Service: what's your emergency?

Cinderella: Some guy chased me into the street and I lost a shoe, now my ride has disappeared. Can I get a lift home?#SciFanSat

— (Quiet) Storm ☽✪☾ (@MadQueenStorm) August 14, 2021

We couldn't accuse the giant, sentient bees of being unfair. After the agreed 20 years of #service toiling in their hives, they freed us. But 20 years was a long time. Our ship was covered with plant overgrowth, and this planet was home to other huge, predatory insects.#scifansat

— Maria A. Perez (@MariaAPerez1) August 14, 2021

"I thought I might be of service, madam," purred the man. Staring down his beak-like nose, he reminded her of Grand Moff Tarkin from the Star Wars movies w/his imperious tone & condescending glare.
"Sadly," she replied,"I'm not sure I trust your services." #SlapDashSat #SciFanSat

— C Lee (@cleestories) August 14, 2021

They infiltrated us with beauty
We had the hots for them
They were angelic #creatures
We now #service bots for them
We give their apps our data
hoping to meet someone
filtered to perfection
while they drain our funds
She ain’t Neo
but I’m hoping
She’s the one#SciFiFri#SciFanSat

— Edward V. Fuller (The Running 🏃🏽‍♂️Trucker) (@fuller_edward) August 14, 2021

-You told her?!

-If I'm gonna use my powers in service to the city, she deserves to know. I trust her.

-I don't trust her any further than I could throw her.

-With your bad back, you shouldn't throw anyone.#SuperheroSat#SciFanSat#SciFiSat#SatSplat#SatSpark#SlapDashSat

— Christopher Slagle (@christopheresl2) August 14, 2021

#scifansat #Service #ScifaikuSaturday #share #scifaiku #haiku #scifi #scifisat

Soul twins prophecize
Suspended in gelatin
to service our rich

— Hawk&Young (@HawkandYoung) August 14, 2021