Project X-13

 

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Introduction

     It's been about ten years since the revolution began. And it's been ten years and fifteen minutes since it ended. How time has flown when you're having fun. If this life, this world that we live in at this moment could be considered fun. The saying should be rephrased to time flies when you live in a waking nightmare, terrified of what creature is going to get to you next.

    It all started out so innocently years ago. Project X-13 was going to be what saved us from that last world war. You know the one-- after the one where Hollywood found that missing army private and before the one that hasn't happened just yet but the doomsday preppers are always talking about. The powers that it gave to our troops was amazing. A little bit of Nazi science combined with some good old fashion egg-head wizardry and marketed by the good ol' U.S. of A helped us bring peace in our time and helped us keep order and civility. Just like the way whoever's concept of God we're talking about had intended it to happen.

    Then human greed stepped in and the entire world went to shit since then.

    That's why I asked you to come visit me here today in this cafe. This little piece of early 1990's commercialism and technology should be able to keep us safe from any nosy neighbors, prying eyes, or anything else of that nature. It was high time that someone knew the truth of where it all began. Of why we had to give up most of the conveniences of modern technology and seem to be living in some sort of topsy-turvey steam punk world where we live terrified of dragons.

    Shhhhh! Quiet! There's one overhead right now.

    Okay, good. Once they pass over one time and don't make any noise, that's usually a clear sign that we will be safe for about the next hour or so. We may have to move to a more secure location soon. Those dragons are the most dangerous thing to have come out of the Sudan. Harmless skin rashes seemed to be such an easy thing to deliver that technological beauty. Turn a normal living human being into something that used to steal pretty blondes and burn crops in the old fables and nursery rhymes.

    But, I'm getting ahead of myself.

    I promised you an interview about the revolution against project X-13 and I will give it to you. Let's begin with 13th century England, eh?

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