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Temperance effect – A clean getaway
Temperance effect – A clean getaway “Lie to them.” This is the message he reads on the phone. This was more than casual. It was urgent. He is staring straight ahead. Something, maybe instinct, was telling him eye contact would be dangerous. The security guards only hesitate for a minute before repeating their demand. One…
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The Relevance: Incipimus Iterum
The Relevance: Incipimus Iterum Chris has been around enough to know when something isn’t on the level. Things aren’t always what they seem. When he had first started in the antiques business, he had once gone to a warehouse to look at antique chairs. The owner of the chairs also owned the warehouse. The appointment…
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Butterbeans and the talking point
Butterbeans and the talking point As he approaches Butterbeans, Alex is contending with a sense of displacement. He is approaching. That is what his eyes tell him. However, he feels very little in the way of gravity. He isn’t falling. Also he doesn’t feel a sense of peril. He is approaching Butterbeans, and she is…
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The Meeting – Incipimus Iterum
The Meeting – Incipimus Iterum Jennifer is watching the strange older gentleman open a small crate. It is later in the afternoon and they are all seated in the parlor area of the large house. Because of its immense size and plain features, she was certain it was an old office building of a sort.…
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Full Circle Roger – Exponentially Vested
Full Circle Roger – Exponentially Vested He gets in his car to leave and pauses. The tacos were still in the delivery bag. Taking a deep breath he lets it out slowly. He wouldn’t do himself any favors by succumbing to panic. This was already bad. In fact there was a 90% chance it was…
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The follow through with Butterbeans
The follow through with Butterbeans Alex starts after Butterbeans. Clearly he is in shock. He hadn’t expected anything like this. Furthermore, Butterbeans has vanished into the blue water glass.The special agent barks an order for everyone to halt. Alex stops out of reflex. He is watching the blue of the portal shimmer and waver where…
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The best of the temperance effect
The best of the temperance effect It has been a long day. And Jeremy isn’t near finished. There is still another thirty minutes worth of cargo to load on this truck. Then he has one truck remaining. He grimaces, resigning himself to this arduous task. It isn’t the extra work he minds so much as…
