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Creation Saturday: Imagination Station

Jalál (Glory), 7 Sulṭán (Sovereignty) 176 B.E. - Saturday, January 25, 2020

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PROMPT January 25

CREATION SATURDAY! Put on your creative thinking caps

You're headed down to Imagination Station to pick up your imaginary friend.

Tell us about the friend - is it human? Humanoid? Animal? Talking banana? Three-headed monster who's afraid of heating blankets? What's their story? Likes/Dislikes? What name do they answer to? Why are they in your life?

Don't forget to tell us how your friend ended up at the station in the first place!

Imagination Station

The Imagination Station is a space station, located somewhere along the edge of the Milky Way galaxy. It has everything that a productive space station has. There is a bar ran by a Ferengi by the name of Quirk. Quirk is a third cousin twice removed of Quark. (Quark, twice, had to drag Quirk, kicking and screaming, from the family because he was a failure as a Ferengi.) In close proximity to the bar is a huge holographic game room, which is where the name Imagination Station came from.

I met Quirk the first day I arrived at Imagination Station. I came to the Station looking for one of my muse, who had decided to take a long vacation by hitchhiking the galaxy. Quirk hadn't seen my muse, but he offered to make me his special nonalcoholic Lost Muse Drink. (Please note: For those writers who drink alcohol or beer, Quirk has several other versions of this drink. You just have to give him the name of your favorite alcohol, beer, or wine.) After consuming the Lost Muse Drink, Quirk directed me to the game room, where he assured me I would be able to find my muse.

After my first session in the game room, I applied to the commander of the Imagination Station for a job as writer in residence. It's an interesting job, I create characters and story plots for the holographic adventures. The pay is good, and I get free room and board. In addition, I get to listen to Quirk complain about his family not understanding him.