Our wonderful RM Len Iode has been gracious enough to let me use him as a fiction prompt. Here's the prompt:

The scraggy haired Ethan Martes appears on the screen and sighs, “Alright… So. Call out to all of Odan-Urr. I know what you are thinking. Ethan, why are you messing with the emergency frequency again? But hear me out! This time, it’s an actual emergency. So, I was trying to bait out a possible Collective Spy, but I had no way of getting them to come out of hiding unless I had some really good bait. After a couple of drinks, I got Len to agree to go on a blind date and I used him and his blind date as bait. Good news, I’m currently hot on the tail of the Collective Spy and will have him apprehended in about an hour. Bad news, I think Len and his date got kidnapped. Someone mind checking on them and or possibly saving them? Thanks, I owe you a drink.”

Instructions: You are to submit a fiction that will be graded with the Fiction Rubric. Please remember that this is in good fun, so do keep it in taste.

• Entries must be a minimum of 500 words. Any entries that are under 500 words will be marked as Disqualified.

• There is no maximum word cap.

• Your story should be centered on your Main or Alternative character. Slotted NPCs, Wikipedia NPCs, or other characters that you create or invent to tell your story are not only allowed, but encouraged.