Nano NovEmber: Day 1 - My Colleague, Bubbles

I had an idea for a November blogging challenge to write a piece of nano-fiction every day for the next 30 days. Life got in the way though, and I didn’t come up with the prompts I was going to use. Thankfully, Robert Birming was kind enough to link to Sylvia’s Studio’s 20 random prompts for stories.

So I think I will give this challenge a try: a piece of nano-fiction, about the size of a Mastodon post or so, using these prompts for the remaining days of November. I’m calling it “Nano NovEmber”, pronounced “nano nov [as in novel] ember.” There isn’t 20 days left, so it may spill into December. Or it may fall apart after four days. I guess we’ll find out together. 😀

Anyway, here’s day one, called My Colleague, Bubbles. I hope it’s clear that the story follows the prompt.

Prompt: A cat meows at your character, incessantly. What do they want to let the character know?

Bubbles, my cat, was incessantly meowing. She was given food and attention, a trip outside to relieve herself, some time with her toys; and yet she wouldn’t stop. I was halfway out the door, late for work, and in desperation I looked around for anything that would satisfy her. That’s when I noticed the TPS report I was working on last night. It was left on the table, and I would’ve forgotten about it if I didn’t see it. I picked it up and showed it to her. She stopped immediately.