Many great entries here all! First, congrats to everyone for completing their stories. Also, no really long ones! I blame [@Keyguyperson] for that, so can we all jump on top of that train and blame him together? Yeah? Cool. I'll have my reviews up over the weekend I hope, but for now I shall vote.

Drum roll, please.
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Yes. That was a drum roll. Glad you all noticed. Someone tore the drum open, god damn drunkard (He was actually caught staring at minecraft symbols and the color purple from Aria's snapshot screen on the other thread...).

Alright, no more hesitations and jokes.

My [@vote] goes to... [i]The Little Augustus[/i] by Vilageidiotx! Why? The writing is excellent for starters. There are moments where the showing takes a backseat to telling but for the most part you painted an in-depth snapshot in time of Romulus Augustus and the end of his reign. You had me invested in the characters and gave them real-feeling characteristics. Also, the dialogue. I'm jealous. I'm hit or miss on that but what you did there was really solid. There wasn't A LOT of dialogue, but you used your words very well and the voices felt true to the characters. 

And to give them a shout out, I want to say my runner up goes to WrongEndOfTheRainbow's [i]The Database[/i] because YO! That was a well thought out and creative take on the contest. Also, writing was quality for the point of view and style you had it written in. The AI had its own quirky and frightening (... and murderous) characteristics going on for it! The way it rationalized itself almost reminded me of Agent Smith's speech to Morpheus about human beings being a virus in The Matrix. Just, less... evil? I didn't feel like this AI was evil, just a bit glitchy perhaps. It had more remorse than Agent Smith, that is for sure. Great work.