The Sims On Folgers

Prompts = Pathetic, Virtual, Coffee

“I’m big into the Sims. You know the Sims, right? That game where you play God with the lives of all these virtual characters. With different mods, you can set up different situations. I’ve got them all.

“So they came out with this new one: Coffee Time. I didn’t want to wait for the reviews to come out, so I bought it, loaded it, and looked forward to the antics while everyone was crocked on caffeine.

“But it was pathetic! It must have been sponsored by Folgers; that’s all anyone drank, even in coffee shops!

“I returned it next day.”

Coffee, Report, Alarm

Mick sat in his chair, Chief Engineer for the Richmond Nuclear Power Plant, holding his mug full of hot coffee (four sugars, double cream). Closing his eyes, smelling the java-infused steam, anticipating the sweet taste, he raised the mug to his lips...

AAAAAAHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH….

The warning klaxon blared, scaring the crap out of Mick, who sent a mouthful of coffee spraying everything around him. As he jumped up, trying to understand what was happening, more klaxons blared, more red lights flashed, more metres (as he started to take them in) showed readings in the red.

“Shut it the fuck down!”