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A mysterious package

I ran into the house in a flat panic. Where were Angela and little Nick?

I knew this was to good to last, those bast… “Oh, hi sweetheart,” said Angela as I raced into the kitchen, “where’s the fire?”

“Whu, what?” I said “I thought, the front door was open…”.

“Oh, the delivery men must have left it open as they left,” she said brightly. “Here is the package that they left for you.”

She handed me a brown envelope, about 6 inches square. I opened it and extracted a DVD with BioWeps branding.

Without even checking its contents, I could clearly see the message. “Come work for us, we know where you live, and that you have gone to GlobTrak.”

Why oh why did I send them my CV as well? Having one villainous corporation interested in you is bad enough, never mind two.

I walked up the stairs resolutely to go and confirm my suspicions. As I plugged the DVD into the drive and the video clip started, I wondered what fate was now going to throw in my direction, and how was I was going to break the news to Angela?

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A mysterious package
Trann
Posted about 1 month ago

“Having one villainous corporation interested in you is bad enough, never mind two.”

Love that line.
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THX 0477
Posted about 1 month ago

I liked the line about two evil corporations, let alone one. Nice tension to the whole thing, especially in the first half.
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John Perkins
Posted about 1 month ago

Oh man, you totally took it in a different direction. Intrigue without the threat of violence to the family. See, this is exactly what makes this little exercise cool.

And great bringing BioWeps back; but in the original story, I thought they were introduced as a different department of GlobTrak rather than a Sprokley Sprokets/Cogswell Cogs type rivalry. Good stuff to work with.
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PyroPunk 51 (PPP LoA)
Posted about 1 month ago

Haha, John needed to do some thinking!
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thebetweenspace
Posted 12 days ago

Funny, having one evil corporation after you is bad enough, let alone two. I love that he can read between the lines and knows exactly what the package is meant to invoke.