You are awarded 5 points for every different word you say. Different words are determined by the number of syllables. What would you say to gain the most points?
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The TTS voice in my ear was annoying, but perhaps a necessary evil. My only salvation from the crushing loneliness that I had to endure was to learn a new language, and my AI friend …, well, she helped me do it. With basically nothing but time to count and words to say, I figure why not play a game? The only thing we were ever given to eat were protein bars, so I called them protein caramels, which cost me a /caramel/ point, so I just called them protein bars. I have made an entire grammatical language based on word choice. It isn’t based on the meaning of a word; it’s based on the number of syllables that sound different.<br><br>One syllable words count as one point, and are usually called first words, so I call them fw. To get more points, I have to repeat a fw twice or use a word with two syllables, which I call a second /sec/. I can’t use a /sec/ twice, or I’ll only get one point higher. To use words twice is to double them, so if I double a first word, I get two points. I got five points for doubling a /sec/. If I triple a word, I get basically triple the points, so tripling a /sec/ gets me six points, which is possible because there are some words with three syllables, which I call thirds/tho/. Tripling a /tho/ gets me nine points, which is only possible because there are words with four syllables, which we call fourths/for/. <br><br>I had been sitting in the box for what felt like months. I don’t know how much time had passed, but I was going a little stir crazy. My guard, a burly man with a beard, had pulled me aside at dinner and told me I needed to speak to guard F. There was a shuffle in the murmurs as my fellow box-dwellers wondered aloud why I got the privilege. I could hear the occasional haters’ voice piping in that I didn’t deserve to talk to anybody. “Maybe not even *me*”, I thought. I got up from my spot and took my tray to the stack and waited for guard F. <br><br>Let me first introduce myself. I am what you call a prisoner. Nobody ever really knows why we are here or why we are even in this situation, but we have jobs to do. I translate documents. Nobody ever told me details, so I’m not sure who they are for. But details are made to be missed, right? After all, we aren’t in the know, I guess. Once I got guard F to notice my presence, he came over. <br><br>“Alright, Pris, your meal comes with a little present. You have to get there first though.” He made a motion to the side, and I saw a little hatch in the wall that I had never noticed before. I was intrigued. I didn’t ask questions, guard F wasn’t the kind to give answers. <br><br>It took me an entire day to figure out how to get to the hatch. I knew where I wanted to go, but guard F never moved, so I couldn’t leave my spot. We didn’t have much, and I didn’t think F would budge if I tried to bribe him. That was when I saw her: a pin-up plan girl sitting in the corner, about 30 years my elder, looking like she stepped out of a 40s film. She was basically just collecting dust, so I could easily see her. For the first time in what felt like forever I had a good idea. <br><br>“How does a pretty plan girl like you end up in the box, hmm?” I cooed. I know what you’re thinking, I was young, she was old, we didn’t have anything in common. But I needed this. <br><br>I was twenty-six when I came here. I figure I’m somewhere in my thirties now, but the line between days and years is pretty blurred in my world. I was barely out of my teens when I got here; it was even more like being a baby back then. But you know what they say, if you can’t get yourself out of a box, you have to think outside of it. <br><br>We talked for the better part of two hours, and I didn’t realize it was that long. I had guard F to thank of that, though. He didn’t want her getting out, and basically sitting on her. I didn’t think he’d lift guard until plan girl and I could get to the hatch. <br><br>I had to take a chance, so I stood up, hid the small pile I was saving behind my plate, and reached across F’s legs to brush the falling strands of her *sexy locks* out of her face. Along the way, I tucked her *gorgeous blouse* into the *sultry waistband* as I let my fingers brush *accidentally* across F’s chest. He didn’t even twitch. I didn’t think he would. I just needed to be able to see the length of my arm to get what I needed. <br><br>I had *sexy* on one hand and *sultry* on the other. *Sexy* was pretty easy, I had a good hold on her shirt. *Sultry* was trickier, basically sitting as it was on plan girl’s lap. I needed to be quick and quiet. I slipped my hand down just enough to get a pinch on her waistband. My knuckles touched the fabric, but there wasn’t enough hold to get it to follow me. With a quick flick of the wrist, I got it far enough over to get a good hold, and perhaps a bit of cheap thrill for the effort. I got the pair into my pocket as I brushed the hair back out of /sexy plan girl’s/ *gorgeous face*. <br><br>When I first got in the box, there was a small pile of documents on the bottom of my bunk. I had no idea who gave them to me or why they were there, but I basically read them all. There was a stack of cardboard sheets in the back, and I tore one into strips, using some of my food packaging to help me keep my grip, and use it to count and keep track of my plan. <br><br>It took another day to figure out how to get to the hatch. I knew there was enough real estate between the wall I was standing against and the wall I was basically hiding behind. My research made me realize that F didn’t /really/ have to guard plan girl, my research could basically prove it. I knew enough about him to know his weaknesses. But I also knew his strengths. I would have to work extra hard to get him to let his guard down. <br><br>I needed to get him far enough off his post that he didn’t realize it and move, and not plan girl to be able to get out. I needed to be quick and quiet, not to mention sneaky. I knew it wouldn’t be enough to get her basically sitting higher. I needed to basically sitting *up* guard F’s post and not let him notice. <br><br>I had to get what I called his *gorgeous shirt* off, and I needed to do it quietly. With a /sexy/ on one hand and a *sultry* on the other, I had to get them into /gorgeous/, which was tucked into *gorgeous pants*, and could easily be mistaken for /gorgeous waistband/. I needed to be quick and quiet. My heart was pounding in my ears, my palms were sweaty, and my breath came in short bursts. But I had to be quiet. <br><br>I took another deep breath, slipped my fingers under his belt, and pulled /sexy/ and /sultry/ up his shirt as I did it. My hands grazed his skin under the fabric. With a /sexy/ basically sitting on *gorgeous waistband* and /sultry /sitting on *gorgeous belly button*, I was able to easily pull his shirt over his head. I tucked it into my waistband and turned around. For a second, I looked around the room and was worried I would be caught. I took a deep breath and went to plan girl. <br><br>“Alright, hot stuff, time for the planned heist.” <br><br>She looked at me with a mixture of confusion and irritation. She got her answer by looking at her shirt, where the buttons had basically fallen off at the seams. I got two more /sexy/s and a /sultry/ for the effort. I took them and tucked them into my waistband, where the four joined /gorgeous/. <br><br>I nodded towards the hatch, and plan girl followed me with only a hair of hesitation. We made our way over to the wall and I found my count and matched it against the plan, and sure enough, we had enough room for two. We stood, and I held the count out between us. As I did, I let basically my entire crotch range guard F’s post. I didn’t know if he would notice, /but basically/, perhaps, my /sexy planned girl/ was there to work her charm on me. <br><br>Let me first introduce my sexy planned girl. She is what you call a /seductress/, basically a vixen, a femme fatale, a /hussy/, I guess. She is, as you have probably figured out by now basically sitting in the box for what could be called a crime of /sultry passion/, /illicit /love/, / basically / sitting *crime of lust*, and perhaps /hussy /* criminal
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