Yuletide
I wrote a thing this year!! I revisited a fandom I've written before because I picked up a pinch-hit for DesertScribe. It was fun to return to some of my roots and it was nice to end the year on a pleasant little short story.
Dark Matter, Rated T, 2547 words. Warnings for some swearing and a hostage situation? I guess? Alternate self shenanigans, just a fun little tale in the middle of a heist.
“Do what you can to gain access to the station’s security feeds. If Wexler’s around, our worse halves aren’t bound to be far.”
With that, she skidded around the corner—and froze.
“Actually,” Portia Lin said, raising her pistol slightly, “you’ll find some of us are closer than you think.”
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!
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Jacobstown 11/3/81
The King told me that Jacobstown was a super mutant settlement, but I was caught off guard when they turned out to be so... civilized. After years of seeing them as the enemy, I think this town is starting to change my perspectives on mutants. If ghouls are often just as human as the rest of us, who's to say mutants aren't the same as well? We all are not as different as we may seem.
I talked to Dr. Henry about the cure for Rex's brain condition, and he suggested I find a brain from one of the mutts The Legion has or one of Old Lady Gibson's pets. This is a hard decision to make, but until then I'll take care of Rex as best as I can. I'm already growing attached to him. The doctor also requested that I help him with a stealth boy experiment with Lily. It could possibly lead to permanent brain damage, and although it weighed heavy on me, Lily's decision to keep going is hers and hers alone. I am hoping for the best with her.
Boone requested that we visit Bitter Springs to reflect on old memories there. I'm not sure what exactly he did, but from what I've heard from many people out here, it was a tragic day.
I'm going to check out Vault 22 to find that compound Dr. Hildern was looking for; I think something like this could help everyone in the wasteland.
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@cheatdeaths .
The journey up to Jacobstown was notably quiet. It was hard with Rex limping along behind them, occasionally distracted by things only he seemed to be able to see-- sign of a failing brain, and they both knew it. At certain points Boone ended up carrying the dog when he faltered entirely. He wasn't light by any means, but Boone could suffer a sore back for the sake of their favorite cyberdog.
The night on the road was tense. Neither slept much, neither could focus on their ritual of checkers by the fire; a cloud had settled over them, humid and oppressive.
It only started to lift when the lodge was in sight. Marcus greeted them, and Boone carried Rex the rest of the way to Doc Henry's office. He was shivering from the chill that was settling into his bones, but there was relief on his surly face as the doctor took the dog in.
He's got a good chance. I just need to keep him for the night after surgery. Check back in the morning.
And so the night began with tentative optimism, exhaustion, and a familiar fog settling over them. Something thick and tense, oppressive and yet vulnerable.
The back porch on the first floor of the lodge was thankfully unoccupied; the Nightkin were giving them a wide berth. Boone set a fire far enough away to not pose a risk, and returned inside for a blanket. He was cold-- no doubt Six was colder. His voice came quietly as he tracked the Courier down.
"You okay?"
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Life Without Black People
A very humorous and revealing story is told about a group of white people who were fed up with African Americans, so they joined together and wished themselves away. They passed through a deep dark tunnel and emerged in sort of a twilight zone where there is an America without black people.
At first these white people breathed a sigh of relief.
'At last', they said, 'no more crime, drugs, violence and welfare.'
All of the blacks have gone! Then suddenly, reality set in. The 'NEW AMERICA' is not America at all - only a barren land.
1. There are very few crops that have flourished because the nation was built on a slave-supported system.
2. There are no cities with tall skyscrapers because Alexander Mils, a black man, invented the elevator, and without it, one finds great difficulty reaching higher floors.
3. There are few if any cars because Richard Spikes, a black man, invented the automatic gearshift, Joseph Gambol, also black, invented the Super Charge System for Internal Combustion Engines, and Garrett A. Morgan, a black man,
invented the traffic signals.
4. Furthermore, one could not use the rapid transit system because its procurer was the electric trolley, which was invented by another black man, Albert R. Robinson.
5. Even if there were streets on which cars and a rapid transit system could operate, they were cluttered with paper because an African American, Charles Brooks, invented the street sweeper..
6. There were few if any newspapers, magazines and books because John Love invented the pencil sharpener, William Purveys invented the fountain pen, and Lee Barrage invented the Type Writing Machine and W. A. Love invented the Advanced Printing Press. They were all, you guessed it, Black.
7. Even if Americans could write their letters, articles and books, they would not have been transported by mail because William Barry invented the Postmarking and Canceling Machine, William Purveys invented the Hand Stamp and Philip Downing invented the Letter Drop.
8. The lawns were brown and wilted because Joseph Smith invented the Lawn Sprinkler and John Burr the Lawn Mower.
9. When they entered their homes, they found them to be poorly ventilated and poorly heated. You see, Frederick Jones invented the Air Conditioner and Alice Parker the Heating Furnace. Their homes were also dim. But of course, Lewis Lattimer later invented the Electric Lamp, Michael Harvey invented the lantern, and Granville T. Woods invented the Automatic Cut off Switch. Their homes were also filthy because Thomas W. Steward invented the Mop and Lloyd P. Ray the Dust Pan.
10. Their children met them at the door - barefooted, shabby, motley and unkempt. But what could one expect? Jan E. Matzelinger invented the Shoe Lasting Machine, Walter Sammons invented the Comb, Sarah Boone invented the Ironing Board, and George T. Samon invented the Clothes Dryer.
11. Finally, they were resigned to at least have dinner amidst all of this turmoil. But here again, the food had spoiled because another Black Man, John Standard invented the refrigerator...
Now, isn't that something? What would this country be like without the contributions of Blacks, as African-Americans?
Martin Luther King, Jr. said, 'by the time we leave for work, millions of Americans have depended on the inventions from the minds of Blacks.'
Black history includes more than just slavery, Frederick Douglas, Martin Luther Kinbg, Jr., Malcolm X, and Marcus Garvey & W.E.B. Dubois.
PLEASE SHARE, ABUNDANTLY
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