Christmas Preparations (part 1 of 1, complete)
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dialecticdreamerChristmas Preparations
By Dialecticdreamer/Sarah Williams
Part 1 of 1, complete
Word count (story only):
[December 1, 2016]
:: Bennett wants to do something to help new neighbors in need during “the giving season.” The project quickly expands, in good ways. Part of the Mercedes story arc in the Polychrome Heroics universe, this story was prompted bysiliconshaman, with my thanks, and half a dozen ideas for follow-up stories. Feel free to ask for more!
Bennett’s neck clicked and popped as he stretched in front of the laptop. He shut it off with a few keystrokes, closed it, and locked it in the file drawer before pulling out the old-fashioned handwritten ledger on green paper. He scanned the numbers, then began to smile. He had five days before Jules’ next scheduled video call, and planned to put those days to good use. He checked the schedules for the next few days, checked the planned teleport delivery of the bioreactive ink for the custom tattoo that would take up all of days three and four, made a vague note on his vidphone as a reminder, and began the night walkthrough to close up the business.
He tucked a notepad in his shirt pocket, and stopped at nearly every step of the process to jot down ideas.
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By Dialecticdreamer/Sarah Williams
Part 1 of 1, complete
Word count (story only):
[December 1, 2016]
:: Bennett wants to do something to help new neighbors in need during “the giving season.” The project quickly expands, in good ways. Part of the Mercedes story arc in the Polychrome Heroics universe, this story was prompted by
siliconshaman, with my thanks, and half a dozen ideas for follow-up stories. Feel free to ask for more!Bennett’s neck clicked and popped as he stretched in front of the laptop. He shut it off with a few keystrokes, closed it, and locked it in the file drawer before pulling out the old-fashioned handwritten ledger on green paper. He scanned the numbers, then began to smile. He had five days before Jules’ next scheduled video call, and planned to put those days to good use. He checked the schedules for the next few days, checked the planned teleport delivery of the bioreactive ink for the custom tattoo that would take up all of days three and four, made a vague note on his vidphone as a reminder, and began the night walkthrough to close up the business.
He tucked a notepad in his shirt pocket, and stopped at nearly every step of the process to jot down ideas.
( Read more... )
