The odd years of Gus and the ultra day

It only needs a little bit more and everything will be okay. Gus pushes the side of it a tad bit more. There. Now it was set. After all the planning and careful set-up, it was ready. This was the best Gus could hope for, as he backs away, and surveys the surrounding area. This had to work, there wasn’t any other way.

The odd years of Gus

The ultra rare day. Gus couldn’t believe it was here at last. After such a long wait, he was excited to get going. The all too infrequent day feels ripe with possibility. With this in mind, he decides to get going. He had plenty to do before the clock struck midnight.

In the rare times Gus has been available in the past, he was able to carry on without any rules or schedules. Indeed, this offered him a great deal of flexibility. The first thing he always did, when this ultra rare day arrived, was thank the heavens for one more chance.

He is grateful to be involved in this odd year’s ultra rare day. Therefore, he leaves his dwelling and immediately begins searching. Not surprisingly, he finds a scene almost right away. It is right there at the traffic intersection just a block from where he started.

He is just in the nick of time too. Another moment and it would have been a disaster. Because of the rules Gus cannot directly interfere. However, Gus specialized in indirect solutions. This made him the right guy for the job at hand. The job at hand was a traffic intersection, filled with potential dangers.

Timing is everything

Thanks to the timing of the ultra day, on this odd year, Gus was just in time to do some influencing. If good things happened, and bad things didn’t, Gus would know he was doing his job properly. Therefore he begins immediately, and after only a few moments, he gets the attention of the catalyst.

And just getting the catalyst to look the other way, and see in his direction, changes everything. The moment of despair is averted and the flow of things continues with no drama. Gus smiles. That was a close one, the otherwise ending, was much too tragic to even consider.

A few miles further on, and another scene greets Gus, as he travels along helping where he can. The young fellow is exiting a store on the street corner. Furthermore, he is completely unaware of the utility box, twenty feet away, that is about to malfunction.

Gus tosses a hundred dollar bill on the ground in front of the unsuspecting youth. As the lad stoops to retrieve the stroke of good fortune, the utility box blows up, in a shower of sparks. The malfunction sprays pieces of the box in every direction. As the youth is stooping to get the money, pieces of the box zoom harmlessly above him. All good. Sweet.

The work

Now Gus is on a roll. Every time a bad thing happening, is replaced with a good thing happening, the ultra rare day becomes even less rare. As well as ultra cool. The ultra day was about things like leading a lost pet back to a loving home. Gus had taken care of three of these. Immediately after the drama with the utility box.

Now, while finishing the set up of the hopeful distraction for the aversion of something not so great, he takes a moment to reflect. He lost track of time too long ago to remember. Therefore, he has been doing this since time out of mind. Although it has been an extended journey, the ultra day is infrequent, but the most exciting and fun day of them all. At least that’s what Gus thinks, as he works to help another bad thing, become something profoundly good.

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