Fluoride Night Watch
Julia has always considered mornings to be something vastly overrated. She had fallen asleep for school for the third time that week, so she rushed into the bathroom with her hair resembling a haystack and switched on her electric toothbrush. She closed her eyes to pretend, at least for a moment, that she was still asleep. But then the toothbrush vibrated uncharacteristically, and instead of the familiar sound there was... a rasp as if teeth were clattering against each other.
Before she had time to react, a powerful whirlpool sucked her inside the basin, and Julia - rolling her eyes upwards - felt herself lose ground beneath her feet. She landed softly, though not on the ground, but on something resembling... a tongue. Only after a moment did she realise that she was in something resembling a giant mouth, and that everything around her was pulsating with light, as if the whole land was governed by neon Fluor.
In front of her grew teeth like white towers, and strange creatures with transparent wings flitted between them - they looked like a cross between fairies and microscopic warriors. In the distance, she could see a bearded old man in an apron wielding an irrigator like a lightsabre, fending off an attack of jerking and barking bacteria.
Julia dashed forward, trying to find a way out of this bizarre world, but suddenly heard a crack behind her. She turned around and came face to face with something that looked like a living tartar, with glowing eyes and clawed hands. "Do you want to move on? First solve our task about brushing your teeth, girl!" - hissed the creature. A whole army of similar creatures emerged from the darkness, and Julia felt her heart begin to beat even faster. What will happen if she doesn't know the answer? What are these strange creatures capable of?
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