5th November 2023 Writings

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Excerpt from: Fairy Tales
“Come on, T’Lyn! I’d like to hear a Vulcan fairy tale,” Lieutenant Junior Grade Beckett Mariner said.

“Certainly,” Lieutenant JG T’Lyn said. “It was a long time ago, such that the time couldn’t be measured traditionally…”

The young lady stepped out of her house to find that a forest had grown overnight.

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Excerpt from: Spider Quinn
Sandi left quicky.

“What happened?” Stacy asked.

“I have no idea,” Quinn answered.

“Oh.”

“Don’t worry,” Quinn said.

“Of course, I’m going to worry!” Stacy said. “You know me.”

She did know Stacy. “I’ll figure it out.’

Stacy nodded.

“But I’m going to be doing something with Daria…”

“Really?” Stacy asked in surprise.

“Yes, Jane and her brother’s band are in Jail and Daria is taking the bail money there.”

“Oh, but you don’t have to go.”

“It’s a rare opportunity to annoy her on a road trip!”

“I see. I’ll get Tiffany and go then,” Stacy said.

“Cool, I’ll probably be back for Buffy.”

Stacy nodded. She liked Buffy too.


Upon arriving home, Daria got into the car that formerly belonged to her father, but which her mother said she and Quinn could use. She turned on the engine.

“Okay, let's do it!” Quinn said as she got in.

“Quinn, what are you doing?” Daria asked.

“I'm not gonna just sit here while you drive off to some far, unknown land to get your friends out of jail! What if something unexpected happens?”

“You're worried about me?”

“Let me rephrase that: what if something cool happens?” Quinn responded.

“Well, I suppose it would be smart in case there's some emergency,” Daria allowed.

“Great! I get to choose the music,” Quinn said as she turned on pop music.

“Isn’t there something else on?”

“Forget it. This is the only music I can listen to.”

“Well, can you turn it down?”

“You're not the boss of me! Now, are we busting your friends out of jail or not?”

“Of course,” Daria said as she pulled out.


Once out of Lawndale, Daria was driving slowly.

“Tense?” Quinn asked.

“No. There's a lot of stuff going on. You have no idea how complicated driving is.”

“It’s not that hard.”

“How would you know? Dah! A giant truck!” Daria said in panic.

“Pull over Daria,” Quinn said with annoyance. She wanted to get to Freemont with time to spare.


As they pulled away into the drought-stricken region to the west of Lawndale Daria wasn’t sure why she was allowing Quinn to drive. “I can't believe I'm doing this. I can't believe I'm letting you do this. I can't believe we're doing this. Hey, when did you learn to drive?”

“God, Daria, what do you think people do on dates?”

“Aren’t you terrified.”


Quinn thought for a moment. It was less terrifying than swinging from building to building through Lawndale. She was sure Daria hadn’t seen her come and go as SpiderGirl. She was rather careful about that. “It's all about attitude. You're too timid, Daria. I could do this all day.”

“Actually, I wouldn’t mind if…” Daria began before Quinn interrupted.

“Your turn,” Quinn said as she pulled the car over. ‘That hitchhiker could be an excellent distraction.’

“But you just started,” Daria began. “No way!” she said as she saw the hitchhiker. “We are not picking up some insane, murdering serial killer. How reckless can you get?”

‘Reckless?’ Quinn thought. ‘You don’t know the half of it!’ she thought.

“He's not a killer. I recognize him. It's... Stacy’s cousin from Memphis.”

“Mom would crucify us!”

“Right, but taking the car out for a hundred-mile joyride won't bother her at all. Face it, Daria, you're already accessorizing,” Quinn said.

“You mean, I’m an accessory.”

“Whatever. Look, lighten up. You drive and I'll keep him from murdering us.”


“Howdy, I sure do appreciate this,” the hitchhiker, Travis said.

“You’re not going to murder us, are you?” Quinn asked.

“Shoot, no!” Travis said.

“See? All you have to do is ask.”

As she pulled out again, Daria wasn’t sure. ‘Sure, Quinn knows how to handle herself, but Travis looks to be over twice her age.’

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Total: 682