Tales of the Courier – A stroll down heartache lane
Sometimes it’s easy to see where things are going. Other times, nothing is clear, until after the dust settles. Some things happen first, then later the details come out. 1courier is thinking this precise thing, as the rear axle breaks free, and the ride begins to slide.
However, much of its velocity dissipated from the dirt and dense foliage, on the side of the road. Furthermore, the vehicle has been disintegrating for almost five miles. He grins, they didn’t make them like they used to.
What is left of the ride, abruptly stops in the weeds. Then the motor throws a bearing. It chugs a couple of more times, and then stutters into silence. Smoke begins flowing from under the hood. Likewise, there are pops and pings as things begin burning under there too.
Tales of the Courier
1courier jumps out and slowly backs away from the ride. A brief flash, and a concussive boom. Then 1courier flies backward, onto his ass. Furthermore, he is caught off guard. And he feels the wind knocked from him, as he lands.
Now he is flopping and rolling in the weeds, trying to get his breath back. After a few minutes, which feels like days, he manages to sit up again. The ride is toast. Furthermore, the m-com link was in the well done ride. Now it is a smaller piece of toast.
He starts walking. It’s not the ride’s fault. Indeed, it was an old machine with many miles on its frame. Furthermore, the pace of the new machines with the AI driving, was more extreme. He grins, he has got to get one of those! 1courier thinks the AI driver could learn a thing or two.
Debris from passing vehicles, litters the side of the road, as he walks it. It is an interesting walk that is starting to feel like a scavenger hunt. He is seeing signs of civilization again as he nears the city. Additionally, he is sure HQ has plenty of work to be done. If he could just get there.
A Stroll
He decides to jog for a while, and then grins, as he changes his mind. Not time for courier cardio yet. That would come later, when he was trying to outrun something. In the dark usually. Besides, he needs to watch the road closely for signs.
It’s the signs that will get him back to HQ. All the pieces and shards of debris, glisten in the noon day suns. He spots a hubcap from the debris trail of the ride. Also he is glad this region of Nalphia* stays warm year round. The signs he has been seeing during his walk, confirm that he is heading in the right direction.
Therefore he decides to jog again. The problem is he doesn’t like to jog. Yet he keeps thinking about it, on this walk. The traffic volume has increased. Furthermore, the wind blasts from the passing freighters is a buffeting force. One that increases as he walks along.
Heartache lane
Soon, the traffic fills the highway. It is passing so quickly, that a constant push of wind rushes from the road. 1courier leans into it. However, the force of the winds, quickly overwhelms him and he lifts off like a kite. He watches the road and traffic zoom away from him, as he flies quickly upward, and outward. There is definitely time to think this will sting. Just before a hard landing, in the weeds.
*Nalphia is the seventh world, in a solar system, within Universe two
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Tales of the Courier – A stroll down heartache lane
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