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The Temperance Effect – Part Two
The Temperance Effect – Part Two Mary parks the car a block away from the building. It is early morning. No traffic is on the street. She isn’t searching for what is inside the building. With any luck she would find who she was looking for before the noon hour. However, they had been disappointed…
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At the gates with Butterbeans
At the gates with Butterbeans Alex hears Butterbeans barking ferociously up ahead. He double times his steps and races down the passageway. Up ahead the sounds of Butterbeans confronting something, grow more urgent, and Alex races full out now. Within moments he rounds a bend and finds Butterbeans standing her ground against several of the…
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Risk of the Temperance Effect
Risk of the Temperance Effect It isn’t that they are gone. In fact, the first few times a pincer activates, and then interfaces, it can be devastating. Dr. Hinkleman looks over the middle aged man laying on the gurney in front of him. It is exceedingly fortunate they were able to track, and then intercept…
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Butterbeans and the upward trail
Butterbeans and the upward trail It doesn’t take long to find the path. A hidden door behind the back wall of the temple, revealed the path. However, it was Butterbeans and her tracking skill to the rescue. Within a few minutes they are moving quickly through an ancient underground cave. Alex knows they are deep…
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Side effect of the temperance effect
Side effect of the temperance effect Every subject of the pincer is remedied. Each time the event is pushed, the subject loses more original memory. After extensive use, they are empty. Unfortunately, no subject ever makes it beyond that point. The wear on the mind, not to mention the brain, is extreme. Long ago they…
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The passage of time with Butterbeans
The passage of time with Butterbeans The ancient temple exudes extreme age. Alex is impressed with how well preserved the structure is, given its age. They had crossed the empty field leading to the entrance. He had arrived a moment or two later, after Butterbeans. The temple is pyramid shaped. However, its sides are stepped…
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Resistance free – The temperance effect
Resistance free – The temperance effect Jeremy runs and he doesn’t look back. Another concussive boom echoes loudly behind him, as he runs. He tries to double down and run faster, but his legs are spent. He trips and goes down hard. The suitcase smacks the sidewalk, and splits open as he falls. In 1973…
