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Excerpt
from: Trouble in the Future
“So?” the girl asked. “Why are you still using your
hands, when I have batons?”
“Oh, you haven't given me a chance to get anything!”
“True,” the girl said with a slight smile.
They continued sparring.
Sara, Cath, Sally and Tricia had searched the Top Floor
of Hall Beta. “We have to go to Mid Beta,” Cath said, referring to the middle
floor of the three story Hall.
“Yes,” Sara said.
“Let's not waste time,” Sally said.
However, on Mid Beta they found Kristia waiting for them.
“So, you've mobilised some Austin residents against me, Sara Laws? How did I
know that you were behind this incursion?”
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Excerpt
from: Difficulty of Shortcuts
“You think I didn't know about your escape plans?” She
asked sweetly.
“I thought you might,” he said, as he took her hand in
his.
An alarm sounded on Kim's console. “An escape pod has
launched.”
Escape Pod 14
“We have left Voyager,” Daniel said.
“Twenty seconds to normal space,” Katelyn said.
“Good,” Daniel said.
Voyager
“Tractor beam!” Janeway ordered.
Another failure tone emitted from Kim's console. “Tractor
beam won't engage.”
“Computer, who are on that escape pod?”
“Crewman Daniel Howarth and Ensign Katelyn Hawkins.”
“Of course,” Janeway said. “Keep trying Mr. Kim.”
“The tractor beam has gone offline,” Kim stated. “And
they have exited the wormhole.”
Janeway considered what to do next. Voyager had to
get through the wormhole. “Tuvok, take a shuttle and follow them!”
“Aye, Captain,” Tuvok said. He left the bridge.
Escape Pod 14
They exited the wormhole. “Kathiannah is at warp
7, heading back towards Ealanar space,” Daniel reported.
“Engaging pursuit course at maximum warp!” Katelyn
reported.
The escape pod went to warp.
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Excerpt
from: 2002 in Armidale
“Oh,”
Leigh said, as she placed one of her hands in her short hair. “I had it
cut just before Christmas. I felt it was time for a change.” The year before
she had hair down to the small of her back. She was still getting used to it.
“It looks good,” Sara said as she handed over the room
keys.
“Thanks,” Leigh said. She wondered how many people were
going to comment about the hair. She quickly went to her room.
Leigh
had mostly unpacked when she heard a knock at the door. She opened it.
“Leigh.”
“John.”
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Excerpt
from: Mysteries of Neverwinter
“That’s’
true, but I thought you would like to settle in first, before exploring
Neverwinter further.”
“That
would be a good idea,” the bard said with a slight smile.
After
Sylvia had guided her to the room, Illiana started mapping it out with her
hands and feet. She took a while in doing that.
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Excerpt
from: Brennan and the Mystery
“That sounds strange. I’ll have to look at the map.”
“OK.”
Daniel brought up a map of Armidale. “Do you have a list
of the locations?” he asked.
“I haven’t but the Express should have them,” Gina
answered, referring to the local newspaper.
“That’s true.”
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Excerpt
from: Spider Quinn
SpiderGirl
and Ninja Talon arrived near the cabins. SpiderGirl then felt something through
her SpiderSense. “There’s something nearby,” she said.
“Huh?”
“The
SpiderSense. I’m picking up something that might be troublesome or dangerous.”
“Do
you have any idea what it might be?” Ninja Talon asked.
“No
idea, but it might be more of those illusions.”
“It
means that we’re in the right place though. We need to pinpoint where they
are.”
SpiderGirl
nodded. “But let’s try to stick to the trees.”
“Of
course.”
They
approached the cabins and the suddenly, SpiderGirl’s Spider Sense blared as
they neared a particular cabin. “That cabin,” she said. “There are traps all
around it. It is likely they are there.”
“It’s
probably a good idea to come back in the daytime, even if it rains tomorrow.”
“Rain
would probably disrupt the illusions.”
“I
hope so,” Ninja Talon said. “Let’s go then.”
“I
can be back about 11. There will be a discussion at the Historia earlier.”
“I’ll
probably be there too.”
They
headed back into Lawndale.
Lawndale
Sun-Herald
Saturday,
February 24, 2001
Tempest
Opening Night a Complete Success
The
tensions around the abductions of the Critics and Jane Lane haven’t dampened
enthusiasm for young Daria Morgendorffer’s interpretation of Shakespeare.
Daria
arrived at the Historia shortly before 8. She saw that Stacy had opened the
café at the usual earlier time. ‘We do need to cater for those who start work
early, even on a Saturday.’ Despite opening only four weeks earlier, the
Historia had rapidly become a popular spot for Lawndale’s early risers.
“Morning,
Daria,” Stacy said as she came up to the counter.
“Morning,
Stacy. My usual breakfast, please.”
“Coming
right up. It will be fourteen dollars.”
Daria
read the article. The Sun-Herald’s critic had given a fair review. ‘And
I’m sure he’s now at home in his recently installed panic room.’ She hadn’t
heard whether the more well to do Lawndale residents had installed panic rooms
or not. She shook her head, that wasn’t what she wanted to think about. She
wanted to think about what she would tell Peterson about what she and Sandi had
found during the night. Stacy then brought her the breakfast.
“It
went very well apparently,” she said with her usual nervousness.
“Yes,
despite the critics and Jane being missing.”
“You
think it would be the authorities or the vigilantes who will find them first?”
“Probably
both in cooperation,” Daria answered.
“I
guess. Like at the solarium last week. The vigilantes went in but the police
still arrested the person responsible for the brownouts.”
“Exactly.”
“Lawndale
changing, Quinn changing. You changing, apparently. Those clips look great next
to your glasses, by the way,” Stacy rambled. She looked back at the counter.
“I
just chose the clips for practicality.”
“Same
here, at least now I do.” Stacy then hurried back to the counter.
Peterson
entered the Historia at half past eight. She knew Daria would be there early.
She ordered something and then took a seat that the same table. “You look in
thought,” she said.
“The
Enigma and I found something.”
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17th
Excerpt
from: Anya and Piper
It was a few weeks into the semester. Anya and Piper had settled
into a comfortable routine. However, a series of strange occurrences disrupted
it.
Anya returned to her dorm room, where she found Piper working
in a whirlwind of history assignments. ‘She has found a method,’ she thought,
not for the first time. She recalled Piper saying that her ADHD often got the
best of her. She shook her head. It was the present she had to focus on, for
there was now a pattern of missing objects in the dorm. She was certain that
someone was behind it. She woke her computer and looked at the spreadsheet she
had put together, as well as the map of the dorm she had made.
‘Approximate time, the place. Where each place is in
relation to each other. There’s a pattern here, but I can’t see it.’ She turned
and looked at Piper where she was looking at a historical map. ‘Maybe I need a
different perspective. Maybe Piper can make the connections I can’t.’
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Excerpt
from: First Future Adventure
Caleb followed the two into the student workshop room. He
saw something that he hadn’t seen there before. A large cylinder with a door in
it. He was sure that it would be very difficult to get it in through the door. “That’s
it?” he asked.
“Yes,” Danielle answered as she input a sequence on a pinpad
and the door opened. “It’s a tight fit but it can hold five people, eight in an
emergency, like if we were on a ship that was sinking.”
Caleb looked inside it. “And you have done that, have
you?”
“I might have gone to the Titanic a few times,”
Danielle admitted.
“It was difficult avoiding her previous selves,” Jesse
said.
“Titanic? I wouldn’t want to go there,” Caleb said.
“But maybe somewhere else.”
“Or just Mara Green in your future?” Danielle asked.
“I don’t think you saw much of this time before you ran
into me,” Caleb pointed out.
“That’s true, but not much looks different,” Jesse said.
“I guess so.”
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Excerpt
from: Mission with WOOHP
They
soon arrived in Beverley Hills.
“So,
where are they?” Ron asked.
“Somewhere
not immediately obvious,” Kim answered. “Wade said that they were seen in a
Mall.”
“But
there would be lots of Malls, right?”
“This one’s
a ‘Luxury Mall.’ More high-end than the ones in Middleton.”
“Oh man,
that will mean that the prices will be sky high!” Ron groused.
“That’s
true, but still pocket money for a man as wealthy as Senior Senior Senior.”
They entered
the mall. It just looked like a slightly more opulent version of an ordinary
mall. ‘Which is the point,’ Kim considered. She then turned and came face to face
with a girl with long dark hair and a sour look on her face.
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Excerpt
from: Mysteries of Aurora
Olivia ran her text to speech pen over the page in the
index. She quickly realised that she was without the context. ‘Maybe I need to
start somewhere. But where? The Unification and working backward? Or forwards
from the capture of Urbs Aeturna?’ She stood up. “943, the capture of Urbs
Aeterna by Eric Leifsson and his forces,” she said from memory. ‘Maybe there
are first-hand accounts, somewhere. Or maybe it’s too soon.’ She decided to
find a general work on Urbs Aeterna during the Nordic Period and work from
there.
Again, Freya found that the professor had had experience
with teaching neurodivergent students before. “…Mostly those who are on the
autism spectrum, but a few with ADHD,” he said.
“I see,” Freya said.
“And you’re not the first synesthete either.”
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Excerpt
from: Spider Quinn
“So,
you went out of town and tried again?”
“Yes,
she was able to locate Jane this time,” Daria answered.
“But,
you haven’t rescued her. I assume there’s a reason?”
“Yes,”
Daria began as she began to explain what she and the Enigma found.
“It
makes sense,” Peterson said when Daria finished. “If he used illusions in the
theater, and while SpiderGirl and her amazing friends were chasing her, he
would have them as traps around where he’s holding Jane and the critics.”
“And
so, we’re planning to go back around noon, during the storm, to use it as
cover.”
“And
you want me and few others to be out there to arrest Beck?”
“Probably
Agent Leung,” Daria said.
“I’ll
pass it along. But remember, the more happens, the more likely that identities
would be found out.”
Daria
thought about that. She had only heard about a few cases of non-powered
vigilantes in New York who had had their identities exposed, and that was over
the latter half of the twentieth century. ‘There might be others,’ she thought.
She then saw Quinn arrive.
Quinn
was thinking about how to go about rescuing the critics and Jane. ‘The rain
would probably disrupt the illusions outside the cabin, but what about inside?
My intuition doesn’t always work. I guess I might have to try, but what about
Brit?’ She wasn’t sure, but she knew that Brittany would try regardless. She
then saw Stacy behind the counter.
“Hi,
Quinn!” Stacy said.
“Morning,
Stacy!”
“The
usual? I heard that the play went well last night.”
“Everyone
put their effort into it, including Dani.”
“That’s
the new effects person?” Stacy asked.
Quinn
nodded. “Yes, and I’ll have the usual.”
Quinn
joined Daria and Peterson. “Joey and Robert should be here soon.”
“I
knew they would be,” Daria said.
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