Tales of the Courier – The sensational proxy delivery
The road is long. This one is in the boondocks somewhere. 1courier looks around trying to spot any sort of landmark in the last rays of the fading daylight. Nalphia is famous for its long and cold nights.
Therefore, he decides it is best to start walking. And it doesn’t take long to get back to the shoulder of the road. Then he decides to walk south. He knows HQ will mount a search for him, eventually.
Nalphia was a large and mostly unexplored world. Furthermore, it might be months before HQ finds the wrecked ride. Wherever it was. It looked like an adventure was at hand. He grins. At least this wasn’t shocking news. He grins again. Now the walk is starting to feel rhythmic.
Tales of the Courier
Any traffic down this way will be AI controlled and moving fast. With this in mind, he didn’t expect anyone to stop and offer assistance. Therefore he feels surprised when the two vehicles pull to the side of the road just ahead of him.
It looked like his captors were returning. 1courier feels annoyed with himself. Furthermore, he should have seen this coming. So he feels determined to put up a fight this time. And he begins searching the side of the road for something to use as a weapon.
They are obviously waiting for 1courier to walk to them. So he stops, and grins. However, in the next moment, they surround him. There is time to blink. Then he is surrounded. He literally can’t get his head around what just happened. And he tries to scramble backwards a few feet.
He is addressed, but can’t discern who is speaking. “You are 1courier and you will deliver for us.” It isn’t a question. Furthermore, it continues with a grim prediction of his fate. “You will perish 1courier. There is but one chance, and all you know relies on it.”
Proxy Delivery
Now they have his undivided attention. He listens intently. He grows ever more incredulous as the instructions are given. Once, a long time ago, he heard an expression from a traveler he had encountered while completing a *pita delivery.
Now he feels caught between a rock and a hard place. He is being given the sensational proxy delivery, and he is the cargo.
*pita delivery – pain in the ass delivery
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Tales of the Courier – The sensational proxy delivery
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