Steemit Challenge S26-w2| Mysterious Roommate

Dear Steemians,

I welcome you to the Second Week of Season 26 of the Steemit Challenge, Duration 18-24 August, 2025!

It's an opportunity for "Fiction Writing", allowing your imagination to go as wide as you permit but remember I want you to create a fiction full of real life-facts which provide your readers a true sensation yet take them to the world of fantasy.

Let's see how you create a story based on the prompt provided below:

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The Theme of the week : Mysterious Roommate:

When Ronnie first came to live with Timothy, he told him about his intention. He said that he had come to this city to start a business. Ronnie shared his room with him so he could have some savings for himself.

Ronnie said that he was thinking of starting an export-import business in this city. Ronnie's way of dressing and talking impressed Timothy, so he gave him a lot of information about this city.

One evening when Timothy entered his room, he saw Ronnie with a bag that he pulled from under the bed and looking at his tools.

These were steel hand tools like iron cutters, saws, bunches of keys, drills, a small gun, a magnifying glass, etc. Timothy could not understand why an export-import businessman would need these tools, especially the gun.

Timothy felt something was not right with Ronnie’s story because such tools have nothing to do with import-export but used for burglary, robbery, espionage, or similar activities. Ronnie lost Timothy’s trust, as he thought his business idea could be a smokescreen, and he was involved in something illegal.

Timothy now suspects that his roommate is leading a double life, perhaps as a double agent, a spy, a thief, or a person with extraordinary talents.

If you can figure out the story then tell us about Ronnie in 500 to 800 words.

Points to build your story around:

A great starting scenario
What do you think Ronnie did?
Errors and fact
The use of melodrama
The conversation
End of the story with a result

Let's us see how your imagination works for you?

Please note:

*A well-crafted fiction story provides an engaging plot, including how you unfold it, what actions your characters took, and how they interacted with each other.

*The actions from start to finish are all part of a good fiction story. We will see how you have twisted the plot in this prompt in a way that moves the story forward and keeps your readers interested by introducing complications and suspense.

*We will see what conversations your characters are having about our protagonist, Ronnie's intention as you have to make your story meaningful through all these choices, and your marks will be based on all these facts.

*Please read all the points of this prompt carefully.

Note

*No greetings, etc. but come to the story straight away.

• No headings or subheadings, you are writing a story and not an essay.
  -You should remember to make your story relatable, engaging, and thought-provoking, but don't miss out on experimenting with fantasy, fiction, and mystery in your story. Focusing on relatable themes and overcoming challenges will resonate with your readers.
  -Make your story stand out with an original concept, unexpected plot twists, or memorable characters. I expect participants to venture into the world of imagination and create breathtaking stories.

Contest Rules

Article Title: Steemit Challenge s26wk2- Mysterious Roommate

*Your post must be on your blog only and not in any community.

*Paste the post link of your post in the comment section of this post, and don't forget to vote and resteem this post.

*If two or more participants score equal points we shall decide the winner based on post's quality, and team's internal decision and that will be final.

*Do not post before or after the stipulated time: Monday, 18th August 2025 at 00:00 UTC and ends on Sunday, 24th August 2025, at 23:59 UTC.

*Your post must be at least 500 words and a maximum of 800 words (Prompt not included in word count).

*Your post must be free from plagiarism and AI, which will reflect in your points or even disqualify you from this contest.

*Share your post on any social media platform of your choice and share the link in comment section of your post.

***All Steemians acceptable barring the ones currently powering down.

Images:

*Use no more than one or two copyright-free images with proper sourcing for instance from pixabay, Pexels, etc. besides a thumbnail.

Post only on your Blog.

*Participants can write in any language supported by Google Translate, or Deepl translator but must not deviate significantly from the given story prompt.
*Participants must not use the official contest thumbnail or images.
*Tags: #fiction-s26wk2 #yourcountry #club if any and other suitable tags like #steemexclusive.
*Use # burnsteem tag only if you set null as beneficiary @25%.
*Invite three friends to participate in this contest. For instance, @jyoti-thelight, @muzack1 and @kouba01

Timeline:

This contest starts on Monday, 18th August 2025 at 00:01 UTC and ends on Sunday, 24th August 2025, at 23:59 UTC. Posts submitted before or after will not be considered.

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Rewards:

SC01 upvotes will reward the top 6 participants based on our recommendation every week but expect votes from SC02 randomly on outstanding contributions.

Points

Hello @, thank you so much for taking part in Week of the Steemit Challenge - Season 26! We truly appreciate the time and creativity you put into your entry. Your assessment, including feedback and scores based on our evaluation criteria, is provided below.

I will choose the top 6 stories based on a points system. If there is a tie, I will decide the winner based on overall story quality and a few points I will reveal in the result post.

Criteria	Marks	Remarks
Story start to finish	0/5
Originality & Uniqueness	0/3
Presentation	0/1
My observation	0/1
Total	0/10
Feedback	---
By	@

*Story start to finish: It will show how well the participant understood the finer points of the prompt and build the story based on the prompt provided.

*Originality & Uniqueness : The web is full of related stories, so you copied the idea, reworded it, and that's your story. No, that's not going to work. I will read between the lines and see how you developed your story.

*Presentation : I will see to it that how Steemians presented the story and the markdown and image settings.

*My Observation : That's where I will tell you what was unique or what I liked in your story. This could be a crucial point that will make a difference on your result.
I will check AI Content :

Let me make it clear that even if you use ChatGPT or any other similar tools I will pick it up and your points will tell you the result. I know other methods that clearly indicate use of AI and rewording so be careful.

*I will check for plagiarism.

*Be careful, be original. I know how to detect the original from duplicate or stolen text.

Important Reminder: Post on your blog only and not in any community!

I look forward to your creativity and wish you best of luck.

NOTE: @waqarahmadshah will assist me in evaluation on retainer basis whom I will keep beneficiary in Result Posts.

Cc, @steemitblog