3rd
Excerpts
from: Doctor Who: Sigrun
“The
same energy readings are still here,” the Doctor said. “But
they're more intense,” she added.
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17
Excepts
from: Questions of Reality
“You can wash up,” she said.
Amanda Leigh dodged the apple which Wendy had thrown in annoyance.
She didn't like being called 'AL'. (Only family members really got
away with giving her any nicknames.) She picked it up and sliced it.
Suddenly, she heard the incoming message tone on her tablet phone.
She tensed, there were very few people who would contact her this
early in the morning. She looked at the message. There was just a
number: 5737. She looked at it again. Why did it have to be today?
She had to get ready quicker.
“What's wrong?” Wendy asked.
“Nothing,” Amanda Leigh said as she turned off the phone's
screen.
“Seems like something,” Wendy prodded.
“Like some friends and I were planning something. One of them
decided to do something to do with it today.”
“I see,” Wendy said.
Ten minutes later, Wendy saw Amanda Leigh finish getting ready, and
dash out of the house. She had found it odd that she had left without
putting even a minimal amount of make-up on. 'But then I've only
known her for a month,' she thought as she began making her own
breakfast. Coffee first, as she was still tired from the previous
night out.
5737. Daniel Jameson didn't like receiving codes early in the
morning. Just as well he already had breakfast. 'Maybe she has got it
too,' he thought. He then pressed on the call list and called the
contact at the top of the list.
Amanda Leigh was close to the bus stop when the phone rang. “Hello?”
“Hi, Amanda Leigh. Daniel, here.”
“Hi, you got it too?”
“Yes,” Daniel answered.
“Very annoying.”
“I agree, but at least we both got it.”
“I was going to see you tomorrow,” Amanda Leigh said, sweetly.
“Of course,” Daniel said.
Irving and Clarence were still at the crime scene. “We have another
reference for the number, sir,” Clarence said.
“Out with it,” Irving said.
“3088 refers to the numerical portion of the identification code of
'Timmy' in the Robot Dreams streaming series,” Clarence
reading from his phone.
“How popular is this streaming series?” Irving asked. He
certainly hadn't heard of it. But then he was too busy to be watching
television.
“Quite popular sir. The second season premiere had over 5 million
watchings.”
“And this 'Timmy'? What significance could he have to Ms.
Langford's death?”
“No idea at present. Robot Dreams is about Artificial
Intelligences attempting to gain civil rights. There are thematic
parallels to real life civil rights movements.”
“Could that be the answer, some fascist looking to make an
example?” Irving wondered. However, he knew that jumping to
conclusions wasn't a good idea. Not until test results came back.
“There are still other references to parse, Sir,” Clarence said.
“Of course,” Irving said. He looked at the corpse again. While
Langford had been of mixed ethnic ancestry, he hoped that wasn't the
motive behind her murder. The political situation was still rather
tense.
Elsewhere in the city, Kit Farrington arrived at the Priory Street
Cafe. He could see his girlfriend Karen Holden there. But something
was wrong. She was weeping, and her hair was in disarray. He rushed
in.
“Kit!” she called.
“Karen? What's wrong?” he asked as he sat next to her.
“It's my friend, Roberta. I think something has happened to her.”
She paused, and let out a sob.
“Go on,” Kit said.
“There's been a murder in Victoria Park, and she usually jogs there
in the evenings after dinner,” Another sob. “And she hasn't
answered my texts, which she usually does.”
Kit moved closer and embraced her in a comforting hug.
Amanda Leigh and Daniel met outside a newsagent on the edge of
Bellington Vale's Central Business District. “There's no one else
here,” Amanda Leigh said.
“That just means that we're the first to arrive,” Daniel said.
“Yeah.”
“Wait,” Daniel said. “I can hear Tamlyn's car.”
Amanda Leigh looked at Daniel incredulously. “You know what her car
sounds like?”
“I've heard it often enough,” he said, a little defensively.
“Right...” Amanda Leigh said playfully. Tamlyn pulled up in one
of the parking spaces in front of the newsagent, and quickly got out
of the car. Amanda Leigh could see that she was dressed in her usual
slightly 'gothic' way, with dark make-up and her dark brown hair tied
back in two buns above and behind her ears. She self consciously ran
her hand through her own loose hair.
“Daniel!” Tamlyn called out as she came up to the two. They
hugged briefly. “Amanda Leigh! You had a good week?”
“It was a usual week,” Amanda Leigh replied. “I see you got it
too?”
“Yes. Do you have any idea why this is happening today?”
“No idea,” Daniel said.
“I knew it would happen before Christmas,” Amanda Leigh answered.
“Of course!” Tamlyn said with a toss of her head. “But I
suppose the surprise is part of the experience.”
“Yeah,” Amanda Leigh considered. 'But what exactly are we doing,
beside the obvious,' she wondered. She turned around. The newsagent
was still closed.
Back at Amanda Leigh's house, Wendy had left the television on.
“...The murder victim has been identified as Roberta Langford, a
part time pharmacy assistant here in Bellington Vale, no further
information is forthcoming at this time.”
'Roberta Langford!' Wendy thought. She didn't really know her, having
only met her a few times at university. But still, it hit rather
close to home! She grabbed her tablet and ran a search for more on
the story.
...Murder in Victoria Park : Bellington Vale Tribune
… Murder in Bellington Vale
…
They only had to wait five minutes after Tamlyn had arrived.
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Excerpts
from: Rise of Weirdness
January
19, 1991
Armstrong
City is declared 'Zombie Free'. (But there are still some, somewhere,
lurking in some forgotten corner.)
January
1, 1998
The Seige of Tirana
ends.
January
2, 1998
The
second season of Kendra
begins.
February 3, 1998
The
second season of Jane
begins with an episode examining the effects of Transformation on
one's body image...
July 3, 1998
A ceasefire is
called in the Albanian Civil War.
January 18, 2001
A mysterious
artefact is found under the sea near Sydney...
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83
Excerpt
from: Reverse Map Game 2017
1833
Americas
The
United States completes their conquest of the Minnesota Commonwealth,
the last of the West Norse states.
The
Nova Scotia-New Brunswick War continues.
Europe
Africa
Asia
Australasia
Antipodea
New
South Wales
Armidale's
population reaches 800.
Dubbo's
population reaches 1050.
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41
Total:
1127
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