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Politics Unusual

It was a dark and stormy night, as they so often are around the Good Doctor’s castle/laboratory, and she was hard at work, fabricating voters for the upcoming election. It was mindless work, but it helped pay the bills. Her faithful assistant, Fidor, heaved the latest homunculus onto the slab, the electrodes were connected, lightning flashed, the creature sat up and shouted “Populists all the way!” “No, no,” Doc said, “I’m paid to make Royalists." The creature jumped down and ran out the door: “I’m independent now!”

they gave chase
but lost it in the dark
not every vote counts