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Special note: This story does contain a few scattered instances of adult language.The dull family monstrosity moved about in slow regurgitation of the day’s events. In sloth-time, they relaxed around a dark screen in which everyday reality was reflected.Then, the click and images abnormalfied blinked into existence. The parents searched through airwaves till they found the evening news show. Mundane progress injected itself into thought pixels, transmitting ultra-violent rehashing of the world's gibberish.It played on like some multidimensio...
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"It's sunny outside? What a joke!" you say aloud as gaze out the window. "They clearly said it was going to rain, and that would’ve let me off the hook. Now I’ve got to go speak one more time with dad. I had hoped to leave for California today and hook up with Zelda and the kids in a day or two, without ever seeing or talking to him again, and the rain would’ve been just the excuse I needed. Told him how bad my brakes were and that I would probably not come over if it was raining. Damn Sun let me down. Ahh well, guess I’d better go get it ov...
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