5-min-quickstop
A downloadable lyric retail nightmare
You are a counter jockey, a retail specialist in a one-person store, called in to work on your day off.
One day, every one of these people is going to be collateral damage in your hit movie.
You will need: a way to record your thoughts, a d6, at least 5 minutes.
Consider using a timer. Time is of the essence. There's always another customer.
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Hacked from 5-min-e by Emily O'Heir.
Designed in February 2026 for Ludum Praxi.
Photos by Francis Desjardins and Alex Dos Santos via Pexels.
(With apologies to Kevin Smith.)
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Tom came into the store today. He looked dazed and just wandered around the shelving as if he didn't know where he was or didn't BELIEVE where he was. He normally comes in, buys some chips and a drink and leaves. Maybe he'll look at a magazine for a few minutes and buy that too. I've never had a problem with him so him looking anxious was kind of...amusing? Should I have felt bad? I don't know, I tried talking to him and asking what was up but he acted like I wasn't there. Then two really beautiful women marched into the store and just...led him away. THAT was weird. It'd make a great scene for something. Maybe a mystery? Something like Hitchcock but more Lynchian? I haven't seen Tom since. I kind of really want to ask him what happened and I don't think I've thought that about a customer before.
Ugh, I can't concentrate. I need a cigarette so BAD.
Amazing! Thanks for playing.
(I skipped the standard "Why did you stop writing?" prompt because these shifts always lasted *way* more than 5 minutes . . .)
LOL, I getcha on that one. With 5-min games I think it's often more a "suggestion" that a hard and fast rule (or at least I hope that's how others view it, too!) But you did a great job here nonetheless!