Challenge
June 2024 Drabble Challenge: Get mad, Max.
So I went and watched Furiosa and lemme tellya, I thought it was cinema gold. Absolutely a wild, fun ride. With that in mind, this month's word play is "Get mad, Max." That's your prompt. You don't need to use the phrase at all, just let it inspire you to tell me a prose story in exactly 100 words. It can be Mad Max related, or something angry, or crazy, or post-apocalyptic. Hell, steal some go-juice and head off to Bartertown to duke it out in the Thunderdome. Or not. Whatever. Blow my mind with something epic, but do use standard English and punctuation or honestly I aint even gonna read it. Not that that probably matters to you, but there is a little prize involved. Everybody likes prizes. I'll pick the winner sometime in July, no need to tag me.
Nonchalant
My brother is a big guy—six foot two, has a six-pack, and is a football player. He spends most of his time in the gym, doing pushups or whatever trendy workout is on social media. Meanwhile, I am a skinny ten-year-old kid with arms smaller than a stick. Because of this, the kids would often tease me in the playground. "Look at that walking stick over there!" "There goes the twig!" I swallowed my feelings and continued to play alone in the sandbox, but it still happened every day. So, I went to my brother, who said:
"Get mad, Max!"
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