Tag: Mars

“The Fallen” 4/15

Another interlude back on the surface, seeing how the rescue effort is developing. And, boy, is it. Even so, there’s much careful planning for phase two, the drone. Recall at this moment Kira has no idea how deep the hole is or how does it end. As she says, she is assuming the best for Allie and Zhukov and planning accordingly. I have Kira reflect a little on the political changes to Earth and Mars over the last thirty years.

The play on words of “A-Hole,” A for Alicia Alvarez, came to me before Mass yesterday, so I’m assuming the pun is divinely inspired.

Because there is a lot for me to learn in this second interlude, I may be back to a MWF posting this week. Apologies.

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“The Fallen” 4/13

May or may not be an update tomorrow, Friday. This was a little hard to get down. Unfortunately for Alicia, it’s about to get harder. I see another Interlude after that, but I don’t think, per my first, they’ll be all the funny anymore.

Burial customs are a cornerstone of all civilizations.

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“The Fallen” 4/12

So much for Zhukov’s walk-on. We’re finding out that it seems Allen has been very lucky for the three years he’s been stuck in this cavern. “There are fouler things than Crabbies in the deep places of the world.”

For a kid, Alicia keeps her wits about her. But then, she’s from a hard family on a hard world.

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“The Fallen” 4/11

“Here. We. Go.” I had to take most of Sunday off from writing as I was not sure how this entire scene would play out. At one point I was revealing too much and at another made Allie look like an ingrate. Not comfortable with either, I sat on my back deck, drank wine, and waited. Finally, Monday, I think I have things sorted. This is be a busy week.

Makarovs are very nice pistols. I’ve held one but never shot it.

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“The Fallen” 4/10

If I’m writing, it must be time for more food. This is another moment of peace. Things this week are going kinetic, starting tomorrow.

Since I know less about fishing that Alicia does (will), I had to pause to look up the different kinds of fishing line. Odd where stories take you, sometimes.

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“The Fallen” 4/9

It’s Friday, so here’s a longer segment. I always seem to have people talking during a meal; quirk of mine, I suppose. As you’ll see on Monday, from the last paragraph here I have her jump to the conclusion, with “so that’s what happened.” Otherwise, I’m retelling swaths from Ice Inundation Intelligence, which all of you have already read.

Since I asked myself about vitamin D deficiency, I had to do some research. Guess what’s on the menu next week?

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“The Fallen” 4/8

Some talking but no real resolution as to what the heck is going on. If they are confused then I have no clue at all where this is going.

I did finish my preliminary spreadsheet about ages. I, obviously, still need to draw the cavern. That’s a bother right now as, several segments ahead, they go exploring.

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“The Fallen” 4/7

New secondary character, batting clean up for what happened in the last pages of A Texas Naval Affair. It is with timeslips such as this that I have no choice but to pause and make notes. Lots of notes.

Looks as if I’ve enough segments to make it to Friday. I’m taking today and part of tomorrow to complete my spreadsheet of character ages (as three generations, so far, have been covered in this MS). I also need to get the sketch of the cavern down so I stop using things such as [north?] as placeholders as I have no idea which way they are facing.

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“The Fallen” 4/6

Ask stupid questions, get handed funny answers. I laughed all the while typing this little interlude. Back on the surface, we get a short glimpse into what Kira’s been up to. Being one of her, that’s quite a lot.

The last line illustrates that being a human at the mercy of demi-humans in an autocratic political system does have some drawbacks.

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