3rd November 2020 Writing

3rd

Excerpt from: Quests of Reality
“We should,” Talnym added.

Words: 4


Excerpt from: Reverse Map Game 2019
Darien Republic
More than 70% of the population speaks Spanish as a first language.


South America


Africa
Bassam takes advantage of the IAA conflict with the Mali Empire to also declare war. They manage to capture a significant amount of territory.


Europe
The Times of London is accused of being a monoploy, with a readership of 80% within London.

Times
Vol. 157

The Apulian War continues.


Asia
The Chinese Civil War continues.

The Far Eastern War continues. Beifangxiang tries to push back against the Japanese advances, but fail at every confrontation.

The Malayan War continues.


Oceania
The Burgundians capture more of Otago from Tasmania.

Words: 104


( Excerpts from: The Engineer and the Time Lady and An Ordinary Wednesday )

Excerpt from: Emily and the Doctor
“So, what would you have me do?”

“Pay attention to what I say, Mr. President. Have your staff gather reports on unusual activity in this city, or in Maryland or Virginia,” the Doctor said.

“I will certainly do that. But I would like you to be a lot less vague.”

“I wouldn’t be if I knew what the threat was.”


Words: 60

Total: 991

Beginnings of 2020 - Daria - A November of Change

Daria – A November of Change
Daria Morgendorffer returned to her dorm room after her American Literature class. ‘Not everthing that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced,’ she thought. While she had read some of James Baldwin’s writings back in high school (after moving to Lawndale), the class had re-awakened her appreciation for his work. She had found his moral writings were still rather pertinent, as she could see that there were still divisions in American society along racial lines. She sighed.

“Hey, Daria,” her roommate, Natalia Daniels said. “Have you voted yet?” she asked as she stood up.

“Yes,” Daria said, guardedly. ‘At least Massachusetts is a Blue State,’ she thought. Even so, she didn’t want to tell Natalia that she voted for Kerry. They had already had arguments earlier in the semester about the impact of Bush Junior’s policies.

Natalia brushed her hands through her close-cropped hair. She could see that Daria was agitated. “Sorry.”

“That’s ok,” Daria said as she sat at her desk. She wanted to reflect more on Baldwin’s works, but it was obvious Natalia wasn’t giving her the chance.
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