Browns makes the best boots, but they're ugly. If one wanted to change the situation, one would need to blend with the Kowloon ship traffic, like so. Then slip into their factory control, like so. One would--oops! avoid those cameras, perhaps by (carefully) walking across the beam they hang from. Then update the design... and everyone gets nicer boots. With (ding!) a special delivery for oneself.
"There's not enough room in the bunker for us and his new family. He knows that."
"But it's gotten dangerous out there! When we were his age, chain twisters and hurricane trains didn't even exist. What if they take the bunker and we go on the road?"
"I suggested that. He wouldn't hear of it. He said we wouldn't stand a chance out there. She grew up as a New Nomad. She knows how to dodge the weather. It scares me, too, but they'll be ok."
"No, I'm not going to tell a campfire story. I'm an axe. I chop things. That's what I do. That's all I do, and I'm very good at it. I might be a magic axe, but that just makes me better at chopping. You want a story? Ask your smart phone. You can get them to do anything for a few coppers."
@VisualInspiration
When Toothbrush was old enough, Modem Song took him to see the spirit casks.
"The Old Tribe made spirits work for them. There, in the white tower. Then they put them in these casks. The spirits are still angry--feel the warmth? They give anyone who gets too close strange diseases. This symbol is an Old Tribe warning. There's good hunting here in the winter, but don't go near the casks."
Basically, I'm in solitary for the duration. (Don't never piss off no warden.) I'd be crazy if I hadn't found the gate.
It's in the cell, but you can only see it from certain angles. Go wherever you want; time stops while you're gone. Stay too long, it'll yoink you back.
I got no money 'cept what I can make on day job, so I'm "on a budget," but it keeps me sane while I'm doing time. Even if the clock stops while I'm gone.
The view from our hotel room was delightful this afternoon. Yesterday, the sky was grey, cloud-filled. But today, the sun and blue sky emerged. #SanDiego#vacation
@biped808 Sorry for the grayness! We have May gray and June gloom, but they're kind of like our climate control: they (and the ocean the leads to them) keep the temperature moderate instead of desert-like extremes.
@VisualInspiration
I'm an Earth-head. Always have been. So 40 years ago I figured I'd try to trade with them, maybe score a Walkman. I painted the saucer like one of their shuttles and snuck into their spaceport.
As soon as I landed, they came boiling out, and they looked mad. I jumped back in and took off. Then I realized I'd dropped my phone.
Today I see a native on a phone that looks like mine. I guess they reverse-engineered it. I sure hope they don't figure out the AI part. #MicroFiction
@ixtlidekami@VisualInspiration Turn it into an acronym, then anyone who wants to rename it also has to come up with an acronym: defensive linguistics for the win!
@VisualInspiration
Now I have this vision of a UFO yard sale, where they've laid out tables full of magazines pulled from different points in Earth's history. "Check it out: Scientific American, volume 1! And look at this pamphlet from 1790!"