In this is the eighth run of the electric dreams contest. As always there are 3 prompts #1 your protagonist is a contestant in a space age game show he/she/they/it have three challenges to overcome to win the grand prize. What are the challenges? The Prize is life altering and coveted by everyone on earth and our solar system. What is it ? Only 3 people in the history of this game show have completed the challenges and won. Will your protagonist win? Will /he /she/they/it lose and why? what are the consequences? #2 a platypus #3 the story must include the sentence - “He put his tongue in my ear and offered me pancakes ”. Take it from here and let's see where it goes 😊 waves 
The First Place Winner will receive 3 SBD and 1/3 of the SBD this post generates.
Second Place will receive 2 SBD and 1/3 of the SBD generated from this post.
Third Place will receive 1 SBD and the remaining 1/3 of the SBD generated.
Contest Specifications:
Your mission, if you choose to take it, is to write a short story of 1000+ words (no longer than 3000 words). Write it including the following 3 prompts: #1 your protagonist is a contestant in a space age game show he/she/they/it have three challenges to overcome to win the grand prize. What are the challenges? The Prize is life altering and coveted by everyone on earth and our solar system. What is it ? Only 3 people in the history of this game show have completed the challenges and won. Will your protagonist win? Will /he /she/they/it lose and why? what are the consequences ? #2 a platypus #3 the story must include the sentence - “He put his tongue in my ear and offered me pancakes ”.
other specs:
1-upvote this post as it will help making the rewards pool larger. (You do not have to resteem but it would be appreciated as it lets people know about the contest).
2- all included pictures need to be your own or include a correct image source
3- the story needs to be your own work specifically written for this contest. Plagiarism or recycling will be cause for instant disqualification.
4- you must post it under the tag #electricdreams
5- leave a link to your entry in the comment section of this post
6- only one entry is allowed per participant
The deadline falls when this post reaches payout - so 7 days from now.