DRINKS AND TANGO FOR THE INDIGO GENERATION

[a_selfish_meme]

The cues change. Ah. Earth to Anna, I think to myself. I’m now a hundred or so feet from daylight ahead.

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[a_selfish_meme]

Thanks! The story actually turned out to be about 4000 words (since it's about what happens on her 'run'), but I decided that since it's so over the word limit I'd just post this bit.
Woot, I grew up in New York myself, and I remember going through that tunnel and wondering whether I'd die from carbon monoxide poisoning if I tried to cross it by foot.
:D

[a_selfish_meme]

Actually I was shocked when I saw the prompt for week 2, since it fits part 2 like a glove. Besides Anna actually describes herself as a hustler. So I'm definitely going to continue.

[a_selfish_meme]

Thanks, all the vampire craziness nowadays totally spurred that on.

[pelethetart]

I very much enjoyed this. I like the sarcastic, dark, detached tone this has.
I enjoy that there is no real sense of urgency to her, that she'll get there and do her job.

Truth be told it struck me as very Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter, mixed with I Am Legend, with a hint of Firefly/Serenity (the 1% went crazy part).

I'm interested to know how they mutated. I like that it's hinted at but not really delved into...yet.

I do hope you'll post the rest of this, as I would very much like to read it.

Thanks for sharing!!!

[a_selfish_meme]

Awesome, thanks, I was definitely going for that. Ah, you're right, I totally see the I Am Legend influence (esp. the bit where he is musing about vampires having rights and stuff).

[rephen]

Oh, brilliant idea. And so wonderfully written. At its end, I want you to write more about this girl, this Anna, that is so mesmerizing and cool and awesome. I like how you begin with the tunnel and end with the tunnel. I like how you go over the events that had happened in her world in that matter-of-factly tone that she used. The Immunization Day and her photo of it was a remarkable touch. Very vivid and well-written. I enjoyed it very much. Just wonderful! Wonderful!

[a_selfish_meme]

Thanks for reading :D Anna does get way more developed in the week 2 bit, plus she gets to chat with some no-nonsense new york locals and hang out with a mutant or two.

[lacombe]

This absolutely sucked me in! Very fun read- thanks for sharing this. I love alternate futures like this- sci-fi at its most engagingly hypothetical is the best kind.

[a_selfish_meme]

Ah, thanks! I was a bit doubtful about using the september 11 premise...I was worried it'd come out political and tacky, but i decided to keep it in there, because it let me put in some other 'today' references like Obama and the iphone.