Posted on 03/24/2020 9:36:36 AM PDT by Rebelbase
A kid who licked toilets as part of the #CoronaVirusChallenge says he's now in the hospital with coronavirus. @gayshawnmendes was also just suspended from twitter
Well, in that case it can truly be said that the bell tolls for thee.
The secretary or custodian might even come to the door.
Thank you.
Three days.
Three days of drifting from lunar orbit towards Earth.
George D’Cour had worked feverishly inside and outside the hull to get Albatross repaired enough to try to leave Sol system.
“Well, nobody shot us yet.” Daniel was stretching his legs after helping with cables below the main console junction.
“They’re probably waiting to see what we do.” Jeremy examined the flickering image on the screen, nothing to divine from the dull silence it returned.
“We’re ready down here, Captain. Only question now is if you want to activate our distress beacon now or after we run.” George had barely slept at all, he was worried about whether he’d missed something important.
It should have been impossible for Albie to make the jump to Earth in the relative short time it took.
This nagged him from the edges of his mind.
“One chance to do this, let’s make it a good effort. Beacon on, then we go.” his prayer was silent and unspoken afterwards, that nothing else happen.
The main drive shuddered and groaned, complaining about driving away from the nearby planetary mass.
“Captain, there’s something from earth, energy reading but it doesn’t make sense.” Daniel was puzzled by what he saw.
If his screen had been shared in engineering, it would have made a difference.
But systems across the ship were still down but due to come back, reduced in function, or simply irreparable.
George activated the n-space drive and frowned, it didn’t sound rightn
Almost as if it were struggling against..
“Emergency shutdown!” Too late.
Too late to change fate, he’d figured it out too late.
Jeremy ordered everyone out of the drive section.
“I can fix this, I know what’s going on! I just need to-”
George was again rudely interrupted by malfunctions and damage.
This time he was standing next to the power core when the casing cracked open and he found himself face to face with the abyss.
And he heard infinite versions of himself screaming into the void.
He could look around and see himselves everywhere, tears streaming down their faces as their pride and joy died around them.
Pinned in time and space, alone, unheard.
“Not completely alone.” said a voice.
A figure slowly came into view.
“Grandfather?”
Soames studied the situation, looked over the breached core, tangled probabilities.
“I can’t move, what’s going on?” George was very confused since Soames was moving effortlessly.
“I’m not really here, sort of. It’s complicated. I’m over at Venus, or LL Pegasi depending on your frame of reference. But. You need help. And I see what the council is doing here now. Survive, I am on my way.”
Soames turned towards the breached core and gestured at it, and
“Got you, you crazy fool!” Daniel yanked George through the aft hatch of the lifeboat.
He still felt a lingering wrongness, a feeling of disconnect between himself and reality.
Oh, who doesn't know what that feels like?
That was me at the hour I wanted to get up and get moving. Sweet marmalade Floof!!
Good morning.
The covers restrained me so I was an hour late in getting up. So, it took half an hour of breakfast, sorting clothes and stripping the bed and here I am. Had I gotten up when I wanted to, I would have washed the mattress pad, but... (The front-loading washer takes 15 minutes longer to complete the wash cycle.) Anyway, I was out the door, to return 90 minutes later. My day is shot.
I hate when that happens.
Ten hours of sleep I managed to get, but I still feel beaten up. There was something I wanted to do today, but... Oh. Walk over to the library and drop off the DVDs, that was it! Maybe if I go around 0830 I can walk briskly! The sun won’t be above the mesa, yet so most of the walk will be in shadow.
Best wishes for your walk. I’m about to get on the treadmill. First, though, I’ll head upstairs and check on the laundry.
I was in bed for almost 7 hours, except when I was up.
I hope your treadmill walk is a good one! If I could find a set of earbuds that would stay in my ears, I might listen to something, now that I have an extended battery. Or just remembered what its for.
Amazingly, I only got up once during the night. I guess I was just too exhausted to wake up. I didn’t want to wake up, but I was cold.
Now, I think I’ll write an email to my New Nephew. They’re very lonely with the quarantine. Me? Not so much. I mean, I still have interwebs! :o])
I could be lonely ... I mean, maybe, if I were alone for weeks or months or something, instead of freepin’ never.
Well, good morning to you, George.
Well, I’m here. Happy Monday.
Oh, wait, are outside jokes allowed yet?
I think he still sees himself just out the corner of his eye.
Being exposed to multiple realities because the chained demon in the power core started coming loose and grabbed your face would leave a lasting impression.
There’s a story in there about blankets holding people in place because the pillow eats our dreams.
Chaining up demons, and then violating the laws of physics; what could explain it?
That's why I use iridium. It's a little hard to come by, but very stable in the star drive.
Reminds me of an old ST-TOS episode about a planet that was super-overcrowded so nobody ever got time away from other people, ever.
The Package Bunneh is on his way to your house from wherever the main USPS place is in your state... ;o]
Compared to people in really crowded places, I have it easy.
Looking forward to it!
Speaking of USPS, I sent an email to our church youth minister over a week ago at her “office” email address and didn’t get a reply. Today I wrote a letter, put her home address on it, and put it in the box.
Welcome back to the Dark Ages!
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