Silver

“Just then, six dwarves barged in,” grumbled Magpie. “They stole all my silver!”

“Oh, dear,” said Crow.

“Not happy,” murmured Magpie.

(#VSS365, Prompt: Silver, 131 characters)

Skint

“I’ve taken a job re-attaching lizards tails,” sighed Sparra.

“you must be pretty skint,” replied Crow, “to take a job in retail.”

(#VSS365, Prompt: Skint, 128 characters)

“You could have shown a little ubuntu towards him,” remarked Crow.

“Nah, he’s a flat-earther,” sighed Sparra. “He’d walk to the edge of the earth to prove me wrong.”

“Well, if he doesn’t drown,” remarked Crow, “he’ll come around.”

(#VSS365 & #MicroPrompt, Prompts: Ubuntu & Drown, 228 characters)

“It takes a lot of skill to stand on one foot for six-days,” said Sparra.

“It does,” replied Crow. “What did you do when Swallow asked you to stop acting like a flamingo?”

“I put my foot down,” grumbled Sparra.

(#MicroPrompt, Prompt: Skill, 208 characters)

“My mind drifted to Shakespeare,” remarked Sparra. “To ride a horse, or not to ride a horse.”

“That’s equestrian,” replied Crow.

(#VSS365 & #MicroPrompt, Prompts: Horse & Drift, 127 characters)

“She posted the most pointless video on Facebook,” grumbled Sparra. “Ninety minutes of her waffling crude argle-bargle.”

“So, you watched it, then?” asked Crow.

“To the end,” sighed Sparra.

(#VSS365 & #MicroPrompt, Prompts: Argle-Bargle & Crude, 187 characters)

With a tilt of her novelty policewoman’s hat, she cuffed herself to him. “You’re under arrest for being too good in bed,” she growled.

All charges dropped in 37-seconds due to lack of evidence. Bathos be darned.

(#VSS365, Prompt: Bathos, 211 characters)

“Aren’t you meant to steal shiny metals?” asked Crow. “Silver and bronze coins?”

“Being a ragpicker isn’t beneath me,” replied Magpie, “when my neighbours are sequin loving ice-skaters.”

(#VSS365 & #MicroPrompt, Prompts: Ragpicker & Bronze, 185 characters)

“At the start of the month she was resurrected,” remarked Crow. “It’s said she pushed the boulder…”

“Hold up,” interrupted Owl. “What do you mean, ‘she?'”

(#VSS365 & #MicroPrompt, Prompts: Resurrected & Month, 155 characters)

“Doc,” whimpered Sparra, “you’ve got to help. My ankle’s killing me. It’s all red and swollen.”

“Gout,” replied Dr Heron.

“But I only just got here!” cried Sparra.

(#VSS365 & #MicroPrompt, Prompts: Gout & Killing, 161 characters)