17th & 18th
Excerpt from: Candace and the Editor
Candace Flynn certainly didn’t expect something to happen
on a school day. But it suddenly did. She and Stacy Hirano were walking along
when their Language Arts teacher came out of the Faculty Office. “Mr.
O’Connell?” Candace asked.
“Candace. You'll never guess who's waiting by the phone
to hear from you!”
Candace was suspicious. “Who?”
“It’s…” O’Connell paused. “Oh, Sorry Stacy, but I’m sworn
to secrecy.”
“That’s fine. I’ll Catch you later, Candace.”
“So, what’s this about.”
“I’ll tell you. It’s Dani, as in the Dani!”
“Dani?” Candace asked. “Isn’t that the editor of that insipid
magazine? And that’s saying something!”
“Yes. She loved your essay, ‘My Crazy Summer’.”
“What?” Candace was aghast. “That wasn’t meant to leave
the school!”
“Well I did send it in, and you won the ‘Spend a day with
Dani contest’. Isn’t that great?”
Candace crossed her arms. “I would rather re-live that
Summer over again!”
O’Connell then handed her the phone.
Words: 161
Excerpt from: Berk in Time
“I see,”
Nefertiti said.
“We
should probably retreat,” Fishlegs suggested as he pointed towards another
Zippleback approaching from further back on the deck.
“Agreed,
just don’t break the eggs!” Astrid said.
Down in
the ‘forge room’, Spitelout stopped running and sheathed his sword. “There’s
nobody here!” he proclaimed.
“Or
maybe they’re not just forges,” Hiccup said. “I have read about blacksmiths who
attempted to build things that could move carts or small boats.”
“That’s
crazy talk,” Spitelout objected.
“They
all failed of course. But what if someone succeeded?” Hiccup asked.
“It’s still
crazy,” Spitelout said.
“Not as
crazy as you think.”
Words: 101
Excerpt from: An Aquatic Second Contact
But they weren’t going to it now. Not on her watch! “That
won’t happen!” she declared.
“Good to hear,” Ma’ah said. “But how could you help?”
“Maybe some sort of strategy that you could come up
with?” Ma’ah asked.
“Possibly,” Mariner responded. She would have to give it
thought.
USS Cerritos
After Mariner had left, Tendi and T’Lyn had continued to
go through the available data on the planet.
“In many cultures in the Meraessani Shallows, twins used
to be treated as one person,” Tendi read.
“Now, that is intriguing,” T’Lyn responded. “But what
does it say about the current situation.”
“Because of that cultural heritage, many pairs of twins still
do ‘everything as one’ out of choice.”
“But does it say anything about parental expectations?”
“It doesn’t, but I can certainly imagine that would play
a huge role,” Tendi said in slightly nervous tone.
‘There is something there,’ T’Lyn thought. It would
probably related to Tendi’s nature as an Orion. She knew one thing, that it
wasn’t for her to bring it up. She remembered the disappointment that her
parents had shown (briefly) when she had told them that she had been reassigned
to Starfleet.
Sh’vhal (Two months earlier)
“Due to my perceived emotional state, I have been
reassigned to Starfleet,” she said.
Both her parents showed disappointment before they
reasserted their control over their emotions.
“How many times have I said that you need to perfect
your control?” her mother asked.
“I have lost count,” T’Lyn said with sarcasm and slight
annoyance.
“Like just now?” Her father asked.
“Yes. The whole crew was chastising me.”
Words: 267
Excerpt from: Legacy of Westchester
1966
North America
Canada
In late September, a kaiju is defeated before it can come
ashore in Vancouver.
United States
In early January, orders a crackdown on the Wiccamasonry
religion, citing its ‘dangerous anti-government activities’.
South America
Europe
Ireland
The number of Changed is estimated to be about 250000.
United Kingdom
In late November, Margaret Watson and Chester James,
teachers at a school in the West End, disappear. A day later Flora Samson, a
student at the same school, vanishes. She was last reported to be watching an
episode of Doctor Who. Another day later, a police officer reports
'possible Changed activity' at a junkyard in Kensington.
Africa
Asia
Soviet Asia
In early June, a number of kaiju are observed fighting
near a small town in Siberia.
Words: 127
Total: 656
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