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In a response to the Sci fi Challenge "Starting Anew"

This is the time where many search for a fresh start, a new beginning. It's a time for renewal. We've all experienced this in one way or another. It could be watching a friend or family member, or perhaps we've needed a recharge ourselves. Today however, our goal is too witness this from the perspective of science... mad science to be more precise. 

Your challenge is simple. Write a 1000 word story that explains how a mad scientist might look to start anew. Oh, but don't think we wouldn't throw in a wrench. Your story must include three of the five quotes listed below: 

1. "They think I'm a fool - I'll show them I'm a brilliant crazy fool!" 
2. "IT'S ALIVE! Oh wait sorry, it's just gas"8  a  
3. "Stand back! We wouldn't want that 'hair' to catch fire...again." 
4. "You need madness in order to achieve greatness." 
5. "One cannot simply turn a wrench and create life. There must be chocolate."All Rights Reserved

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/// SAMENESS, WHAT WE STRIVED FOR SO LONG TO ACHIEVE. BUT WHAT IF YOU'RE DESTINED TO BE DIFFERENT? \\\ Nine months of Hibernation, three months of being awake--that's how the year goes for us. Half of us wake up tired and sore while all of us wake up smelling of either lotion or bleach. But during the nine month period of hibernation, I woke up. And now I know why I always wake up sore and reeking of bleach. ⥀ Humans have always strived for equality, for everyone to be treated equal. We finally reached the point of this harmony, this level of sameness--and everyone is happy. Many, many generations later. But what happens when, in a wold of people knocked down and stood up to be exactly alike, a person wants to be different? What if they're destined to be unique in a world of strict equality? ⥀ #10 in Scifi on 7/21/17 MADE IT TO ROUND 3 IN THE WRITERS OLYMPICS Now available as a paperback and ebook. [[word count: 65,000-70,000]]

The Last Ship (18+) by NikolaiWolfe

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