[ WP ] Make a long story , short

`` Can you do it? Does it work?'' 
 
 `` Damn right it does.'' 
 
 The young man in the dark suit left the building and stepped onto the neon-lit streets of Neo Vegas. Holographic projectors beamed the latest advertisements for *Twilight: Haley's Comet*. With a disdainful chuckle, he put on his special sunglasses, and clicked a button on the side. A polarizing filter kicked in, and suddenly the man could no longer see the holo-advertisement, allowing him to walk forward in peace. 
 
 However, a few paces from the site of his temporary victor, the true foe appeared: a small, wheeled robot, that approached him and said `` LET ME TELL YOU A QUICK STORY!'' 
 
 The robot began to drone on and on about how its life was turned upside down for the better when he started using Product X, but of course his story was far from the short tale promised. People started calling them `` Long Stories,'' and they were the worst. Holo-ads? Polarized filters will remove them. Annoyed by the sleep advertisements broadcast to your dreams? A small micro-transaction per day allows you to skip their ads. But the Long Stories? They'd follow you on their small little wheel until their entire story had finished. There was simply no way around them. 
 
 That is, until now. 
 
 The man removed a small device from his pocket and oriented it towards the Long Story. Of course, he did this from within the cover of his sleeve, as the droid's cameras were in constant operation, scanning for any misbehavior on behalf of the ad recipient. With a small click, the man activated the device, and a short, concentrated beam of microwaves was aimed and focused on the droid. With a sudden CHIRP its monologue cut-off and the robot fell on its face to the floor. The circuitry began to emit a small amount of smoke, the insides clearly fried from the contraption's beam. 
 
 He laughed, excited that his project for the past few weeks had finally worked. 
 
 He'd made a Long Story short.
