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My entry for round one of the Science Fiction smackdown. Pictures used: 3: Giant robot knight 4: Anime girl 5: "Angel" robots. 6: Moon behind city with water in front As a note to those unfamiliar with the smackdown: The Wattpad Science Fiction Smackdown is hosted by the joint account ForbiddenPlanet. The idea of this round was that each contestant was to pick four pictures out of eight posted in a discussion, and encorporate them into a science fiction short story with 2000-6000 words. The pictures I used are on the side in a slideshow.

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