“Use”: A SciFanSat Microfiction Compilation

Before we landed we met and faced the questions of our use of another planet. The burnt cinder of our home world still orbits the star we left behind. It was resolved our footprint would be light, and mistakes wouldn't be repeated. #vss365 #face #SciFanSat #use pic.twitter.com/fITMHZ01U4

— Indigenous Soul (@GeneVatow) August 21, 2021

#vss365#vssmurder#scifansat

Behold the fall of your race.

In a safe place, she #claws in vain at her #face – the revelation proving too much for her frail mind.

Yet this one acknowledges truth, whilst the rest ossify in false comfort.

You will all have your #use, in time. pic.twitter.com/yCGNZr8idk

— John Tannhauser (@JohnTannhauser) August 21, 2021

I heard the tiny screw fall somewhere on the floor. What use is a single blade scissors? But on the station we have learned to be resourceful. It makes an excellent knife. #SciFanSat #use

— Voimaoy (@voimaoy) August 21, 2021

They use identical features, depending on the android's function. I film them leaving the factory, dozens, each an exact copy. A flash of variation; a subtle figure snaps back into an alley. Hiding.

My hands tremble. I replay, zoom in.

His #face is mine.#scifansat#vss365

— John Everex (@EverexJohn) August 21, 2021

He points something like a small flashlight and a zogan is walloped by force.

“What’s that?” his companion asks.

“My sonic hammer.”

“What on Earth do you use a sonic hammer for?”

“Currently, for whack-a-zogan!”

“And usually?”

“Building cabinets.”#SciFanSat #2WordPrompt

— Jason H. Abbott (@Jason_H_Abbott) August 21, 2021

#Claws ripped at my #face like a #shred-ding machine.
I reached to grab something to #use to get the robot off me. Found something metal bashing it away.
Now to the lab. Dr ‘playing with creatures’ must die;bleeding like a red #sea tho I was. #vss365#scifansat #vssmurder

— Fizzy (@Fizzytwizler) August 21, 2021

-It’s no use, sister. You know the rogue with a heart of gold archetype?
-Charming, pretends to be a scoundrel. Han Solo/Mal type.
-Well, I may have the face, but I ain’t them.
-They always turn out good in the end.
-Not me. Into the airlock you go.#SciFanSat #vss365 #satsplat

— A. A. Rubin (@TheSurrealAri) August 21, 2021

He ordered the servants around with disdain, his superiority complex on display.

I had been caught stealing.

"Hurry. #Use this magic crystal to change your appearance."

I didn't have time to question his unexpected kindness, and slipped out, undetected.#satsplat #SciFanSat

— Maria A. Perez (@MariaAPerez1) August 21, 2021

He threw himself against the door again, but if they heard him they’d pump him full of drugs. Maybe he could use his meal tray to pry the door open. He had to find her, that #face written in the stars. If only he could get to the airlock. He could be with her.#SciFanSat #vss365

— Lɪʙʙʏ Dᴏʏʟᴇ (@LibbyDoyle9) August 21, 2021

The best students are
those who use all their senses
Surfing stellar waves#SciFanSat #use#SciFaikuSaturday #student#HaikuChallenge #best#Haiku#SciFaiku#Poetry#SciFi
📷 iStock pic.twitter.com/lDIp1Xk5CB

— Alan Vincent Michaels (@AlanVMichaels) August 21, 2021

It was a nice suburb. Things changed when the Porphran arrived and reorganised us. They said it was for our own good, as we'd destroyed the ecosystem, but why they need to #use chain gangs escapes me. Still, they know best, at least on the #face of it.#SciFanSat #vss365

— Mαɾƚყɳ R. Wιɳƚҽɾʂ (@UKHamlet) August 21, 2021

Is it too much to #hope, I ask, that you'll keep your #promise, and #use someone else's #face when you infiltrate the Andromedans' ship?

We look alike, sure, but to them we're #superfluous, and I'd rather you came back alive…#vss365 #vssDreams #vssdaily #vssmagic #scifansat pic.twitter.com/BEfAHdWsrX

— That Burnt Writer (@ThatBurntWriter) August 21, 2021

Whose #face he could trust?
His young mind was inexperienced in gauging character simply by sight. Gut feeling he could #use but a mistake could cost him his life.
If only he could escape w/o assistance, there was no need to choose who to ask for help.#vss365#vsspic#SciFanSat pic.twitter.com/IzMtLTS7if

— aran (@AranPotente) August 21, 2021

Shae stops at the Nouveau Visage storefront and looks in the window.

“A face for every occasion,” says a sign. “Use JANUS™. Be whoever you want, whenever.”

Any face I want, Shae thinks. A strong face at work. A supermodel face for Jake. Then I’ll be happy.#SciFanSat #vss365

— Armond Boudreaux (@armondboudreaux) August 21, 2021

"It's no #use" I drop my #face into my hands
"Hey, #vamas, none of that. Our #force may be #small but we have surprise on our side. Not to mention our secret weapon"
I look up hopefully, "Secret weapon?"
"You"
"Oh, no"#AchtenWrite #vss365 #SciFanSat #2WordPrompt #satsplat pic.twitter.com/KZ3UY9M9ze

— 🤩 Debbie Iancu-Haddad 🍒 (@debbieiancu) August 21, 2021

It's time to #face the jury. I refused a defence because it would be of no use. I am guilty.

They will thank me one day. Earth may have been pretty but the human race was destroying that already.

I only pushed the button.#vss365 #SciFanSat

— Ellen✍K (@poeticnihilist) August 21, 2021

#vss365 #SciFanSat
I said thanks, but in truth I didn't see much #use for the binoculars. We were surrounded by houses, so there wasn't much to see, until I looked up at the bright, full moon.
That's when I first saw the #face. It almost seemed to be looking at me.
Then it winked

— AllOneWord (@AllOneWord5) August 21, 2021

#scifansat #use#ScifaikuSaturday #student

quoted the student
"We use ten percent of our…"
My laser eyes fired

— Hawk&Young (@HawkandYoung) August 21, 2021

It's not news that modern prosthetic faces look better than most real ones. It might be news that if you know how they're made, you can use that to adjust yours so it looks like anyone you like.
Not exactly legal, but then, most of what I do isn't. #satsplat #scifansat #vss365 pic.twitter.com/7KWosj0Zac

— Paul Briggs (@paulproofreader) August 21, 2021

The envelope dropped on his mat. There was no point trying to see who delivered it, they would have used a glamour. Now he knew who his target was, but which face would he use? He spoke the words and conjured a new one. They would never see him coming. #vss365 #SciFanSat

— Lexikon (@Lexikonical) August 21, 2021