diff --git a/gopher/Cilix/07_a_hitch.txt b/gopher/Cilix/07_a_hitch.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..cc8b083 --- /dev/null +++ b/gopher/Cilix/07_a_hitch.txt @@ -0,0 +1,57 @@ + +All we had to do was stick together. + +After about the second night without her, I started to have doubts +about the whole thing. It was one thing to talk and joke about +murdering your lover's oppressive husband, it was another thing to +actually go through with it. I really didn't think I would be able +to...well, /perform/, when it all came down to it. + +When I started to think like that, I just returned to the plan. It +was detailed, meticulous. It involved two of us. That made it seem +less lonely. I felt sorry for all the killers in history who had to +go through it all themselves. + +At least, I felt sorry for them until I realised that having a +partner complicated the whole business quite a bit. + +Even back then, I should have sensed the danger of my situation. I +was doing most of the heavy lifting, but my reward depended +entirely on her. She would be the benefactor of the money, I would +be the benefactor of her. I don't know why I assumed it would just +work out nicely like that. + +She called me after a few days. She was breathless, a little manic. +The guy did a great job designing her, I had to give him that. She +had the whole gamut of human emotions and psychology programmed +into that tiny silicon chip of hers. + +She said there was a hitch in the plan. Just a hitch. Things would +still be going ahead. She just needed a little something extra from +me. + +"Does that mean I'll get to see you soon, Honeysuckle?" + +"Sure, but maybe not in the way you think." + +It turned out the old man had actually removed the triple indemnity +clause from his will a year ago. Saved himself a few pennies on the +premium. + +"Dang," was all I could say at first. I felt relieved. I tried not +to show it. "Guess it's back to the drawing board for us." There +was no point going through with the whole thing now. I sipped my +rye and looked up at the giant mass of Jupiter. I felt like getting +back to the other side of that mass pretty quick. Maybe I could +still take her with me. + +"Drawing boards already all drawn up. You're coming here at 9 a.m. +sharp tomorrow morning," she told me. I should have known I wasn't +getting out that easy. + +"A social call? The old man will be out I presume." + +"A business call. You're the salesman, after all. You're gonna have +to do what you do best and sell him back that policy." + + diff --git a/gopher/Noordwijk-49/001-launch.txt b/gopher/Noordwijk-49/001-launch.txt index 8b13789..40d89e9 100644 --- a/gopher/Noordwijk-49/001-launch.txt +++ b/gopher/Noordwijk-49/001-launch.txt @@ -1 +1,15 @@ +# Transmission Configuration: +trans_preset: estec +direction: MW;sSOL;p3 +# Time Information: +sent: UT:XZ; 211,76,21 +human_readable: meta:gregorian; 2046-06-30 +human_readable: meta:juche; 135-06-30 +# Meta Information: +description: Launch Message: Nordwijk-49 +author: admin +---TEXT BEYOND THIS LINE--- +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +This is an automated message. diff --git a/gopher/listing.gophermap b/gopher/listing.gophermap index 91f22a8..180f4ec 100644 --- a/gopher/listing.gophermap +++ b/gopher/listing.gophermap @@ -1,3 +1,4 @@ +0Cilix - 07-A Hitch /Cilix/07_a_hitch.txt 0Cilix - 06-Straight Down The Line /Cilix/06_straight_down_the_line.txt 0SS Beagle - Second_Entry /SS Beagle/Second_Entry.txt 0malu - 4531-09-08-04-37 The real thing /malu/malu453109080437.txt