Tales of the Courier – Daring delivery wanted
It’s not the how, but the when, that counts. No drop-off ever worried about how it got there. Only when. The how was up to the courier. Every time. 1courier downshifts, and pulls the wheel. The ride responds immediately. They are out of the lane, and around the slow traffic, in an instant. Then 1courier floors the accelerator pedal. Once again the ride blisters a trail down the highway.
The day is a hot one, and 1courier is grateful for the two eighty air conditioning. He grins. Two seconds later, and it is two ninety air. The highway is crowded as he makes his way to the pickup location. This was an unusual assignment. He thought of it as the HQ special. Furthermore, it was the most rejected delivery offer of them all. Therefore he wasn’t surprised when the offer came into his queue.
Tales of the Courier – Daring Delivery Wanted
Similarly there had been lots of chatter about the offer, across the m-com link. As the other couriers rejected the offer, 1courier readied to accept. When the delivery offer came to his dispatch screen, he pulled the run. Now he is almost at the pickup location. And early too. Time to see what all the fuss is about. The m-com link flashes. There are already special instructions from the drop-off location. Additionally, they are marked urgent.
With this in mind, he quickly checks the special instructions. The drop-off location has changed. It is twenty miles further away than the original destination. Furthermore, there will be additional compensation. He acknowledges the changes, and navigates the ride into the parking lot. He has arrived at the pickup.
Fifteen minutes later he is back on the road. There were changes with the cargo, as soon as he arrived at the pickup. Now the cargo has tripled. He can feel the twinges of a headache beginning, and he decides to get this completion, posthaste. The ride chews at the road, and gains ground on the distant horizon. 1courier determines to make up for the additional mileage. With speed.
En Route
Ten minutes later and it is working. He is only three miles away from the new drop-off location. Then the m-com link flashes. 1courier briefly debates feigning a lost connection. HQ would be none the wiser. However, something tells him he will want this message. He checks the m-com and discovers the drop-off location has changed again. Now the headache is becoming more than a twinge.
The newest change, is two miles back the way he came. According to the m-com link, he has passed the drop-off. 1courier slams the brake pedal to the floor. The cargo remains where it is, because every courier secures their cargo. Every time. However, the ride spins into a one eighty, and quickly heads back the other way. It wouldn’t be much longer now.
As he nears the destination, the map shows an isolated and narrow road connecting the highway to the delivery drop-off. When he exits the highway the narrow road ascends at an angle so steep, he cannot see the top. Furthermore, the road is so narrow, the slightest deviation will be catastrophic. 1courier grins and pushes the ride for all it’s worth straight up the incline. Near the top there is a rickety rope bridge with wood planks for tracks.
Tales of the Courier
The bridge appears very old and not safe at all. So 1courier floors the accelerator pedal and blazes across the bridge. He wasn’t walking this cargo in. He clears the bridge in seconds, and watches the rear view, as the bridge collapses and falls out of sight. It appears he has burned another bridge. He grins, feeling certain his humor is improving daily. And with this thought he has arrived at the drop-off location.
1courier steps from the ride and opens the cargo bay door. As he reaches in to gather the cargo for the delivery, the door of the dwelling opens. At first, it opens slowly. It appears automated. This is still his thinking, when the door swings wide with a bang. He watches as five robots exit the door at speed. He has time to think damnit, before everything goes to hell in a hand basket.
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Tales of the Courier – Daring delivery wanted
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