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Tag: tales of the courier

  • Tales of the Courier – The Staggered Connection

    Tales of the Courier – The Staggered Connection The bridge is out and the ride is moving fast. 1courier checks the rearview, and decides there is no going back. Time to see what this machine can do. He floors the accelerator pedal. The ride screams forward chewing up the road, and closing the gap, on…

  • Tales of the Courier – Two for the Show

    Tales of the Courier – Two for the Show 1courier is watching the strange AI powered vehicle race towards where he is standing. He wonders if he’ll have time to flee, and decides not. Then, the m-com link flashes on and beckons, the sense of humor right on time. He grins instead, and decides to…

  • Tales of the Courier – The Crossroads Detour

    Tales of the Courier – The Crossroads Detour Gone in a flash. That’s how these things go. One minute it’s there, the next, not so much. There’s an old saying that goes something like, it’s not the destination, it’s the journey. Maybe that saying is relevant to the details. 1courier doesn’t care about the destination…

  • Tales of the Courier – Out of the Blue

    Tales of the Courier – Out of the Blue Many are the ways the road can turn. Each new turn brings a new direction. What is left behind remains behind. No matter the distance traveled, the horizon remains ahead. Eternal is the horizon, it’s as much hope, as it is, beacon. It is a sigul…

  • Tales of the Courier – Chance Encounters

    Tales of the Courier – Chance Encounters Boxed in and trapped. Contained and enclosed, a courier’s bad dream scenario. 1courier tries the ride again, nothing, all systems are dark. A quick check of the m-com link reveals it too, is dark. The rear cargo area of the heavy freighter is quiet, and darkness abounds. There…

  • Tales of the Courier – The Crossroads Keeper

    Tales of the Courier – The Crossroads Keeper These are the crossroads. Things can change at the crossroads, quickly. Oftentimes it happens so quickly it seems like nothing happened. Until later. All things intersect at the crossroads. The meetings are not random, they are predestined. Random is the view at the intersection, but not from…

  • Tales of the Courier – Luck of the Draw

    Tales of the Courier – Luck of the Draw The road is a constant companion, sometimes a little ahead, sometimes way behind, but always there. Sometimes the road taken is from the luck of the draw. 1courier thinks this road is from the luck of the draw, as he downshifts, and blazes around a heavy…