2nd January 2016 Writings

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Excerpt from: Reverse Map Game: 1925

1856
Americas
The Lakotah Nation continues to be conquered by the Union, but they put up a better than expected fight (as if they had somehow learned strategies to stymie a technologically superior force).

The Union also abandons it's Patagonian waystation...


Africa
The Boer War continues.

Further colonialism occurs.


Oceania
The French establish an outpost in Vanuatu.

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Excerpt from: Galactic Trouble

Chapter 1: Into the Kaelenon

“Okay, listen up. Now, remember, do not hold your breath when the nanoscaler engages. You'll feel like you want to, but you must keep breathing normally during the miniaturisation process,” Journey said.

“Why?” Clarence asked.


Chapter 2: Deep Breath
“It would seem, my dear, that you're very wrong about that,” Vastro said.

“Bye,” Clarence said.

“I knew you would change your mind, Samson.”


Clarence entered the cockpit of the Galactic Ranger. He took in the changes that Samson had made. “It suits you. It may not suit the Professor, mind, but it suits you.”


Chapter 3: The End of the Professor
London, UK
25 December 2014
Clarence Oswin was sitting with his family. He was worried about the Professor, fighting the Kaelenon's on Ozratlenre. Suddenly, he saw the Galactic Ranger emerge outside. He stood up. “Everyone just stay put,” he said. He ran off, realised he forgot something, and came back. He grabbed a bon bon and ran out again.


Clarence ran into the Galactic Ranger, but came up short of the console. It wasn't the Professor there. It was Mascha Lan. “You can fly the Galactic Ranger?” he asked incredulously.

“Flying the Galacitc Ranger is always easy,” Mascha answered.



Ozratlenre
The town was a mess. Kaelenon Pyramids filled the skies. Kaelenons filled the street, killing all the civilians they managed to sight...

The Galactic Ranger emerged in the chaos. Clarence ran out of the ship towards the Tower. She avoided the Kaelenons.


Clarence entered the Tower. He soon saw that they were too late. The Crack had gone from the wall. The Tear was there, exactly as he had seen it when they were in the Tomb with the Intellect.

“No! We're too late!” Clarence said, with greif in his voice. He broke down and cried.

A Kaelenon entered the room.


Words: 317


Excerpt from: The Kelsington Conspiracy v2

Corrine knew that Elias went to the University of New Oxfordshire, but she had no idea what Kelsington International had to do with it. “Maybe,” she said.

“So will you do that search?” Roberta asked.

“Go! Before I call the Police,” Corrrine said, projecting her voice as much as she could.

“Bye!” Roberta said, before walking away.

“Weird,” Corrine commented.

Once inside Corrine took out her tablet and ran the search.

Go*Find
Rin16 searched: University of New Oxfordshire Kelsington International
8,112,015 results

1. University of New Oxfordshire News 10 Aug 2004 : Kelsington International grant
University of New Oxfordshire Vice Chancellor Inga Aarons announces...

2. Mara Green College News : 11 August 2004
In the SRC meeting yesterday; Dining Hall and Amenities Officer Elias...

3. Kelsington Herald Australia: 12 August 2004
Student protests have been announced against the grant that has been...

There were many more results on the page, from both the University and the residential college.


Words: 163


Excerpt from: The Kelsington Conspiracy

Only one person voted against at Drummond.


Friday, 13 August 2004
Elias entered the Dining Hall.

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Excerpt from: Doctor Who: The Remaining Immortal
It had been there for longer than anyone could remember, the old Diner. It had been there when the small settlement had been established, centuries ago (the exact founding date was unclear, but it was certainly before the American Revolution), and it was still there, now in the mid-21st century when the settlement had long ago faded into the dust. Very few families remained there. The Diner was in the middle of town. No one remembered when it had ever been open (Nor did anyone comment on their ancester's anachronistic descriptions of it). All they knew was that it had always been there.
Little did they know that it had been there longer than that, centuries longer...

2 January 2046
Tabitha Elysia Allan,approached the Old Diner, her shoes crunching the freshly fallen snow. She was an inquisitive sort, always ready any mystery or other. “Tabi, wait!” her cousin, Gwendolyn Elanor Davis, called out.

Tabi paused and turned around. “Gwen! There is nothing to be worried about,” she said in a reassurring tone.

Gwen caught up with her cousin. “Worry about! There's lots to be worried about! No one has been inside for years, possibly decades. It's probably falling apart,” she said in a worried tone.

Tabi walked up to the door. “This is probably my last chance,” she said. “I will be at college next year, and then I won't have time for investigating old buildings in my mother's home town.” Her family lived back east, near one of the major cities.

“So will I,” Gwen said. “I can't wait to get out of this boring old town.”

Tabi pushed against the door. “It won't budge!” she said.

“See, we can't get in,” Gwen said with a toss of her hair. It fell back, covering most of the left side of her face as it usually did.

“Sure we can,” Tabi said. “Help?”

“You're impossible!” Gwen said. She turned around and backed up against the door. She put her weight into it. Together the two girls pushed the door open.

Tabi flicked on the flashlight she had brought with her. “Amazing. Remarkably well preserved.”

“It's colder than outside,” Gwen remarked. “Probably whatever it's made of killed all the pests that tried to eat it.”

“Maybe,” Tabi said as she continued further inwards. “But there is plenty of plant life.”

“Spoilsport!”


“See, nothing but antiquidated food preparation devices,” Gwen said ten minutes later.

“We haven't seen everything,” Tabi said. “There's a door here.”

“Looks like Presley,” Gwen commented.

“Who?” Tabi asked. “I'm not familiar with a person by that name.”

“He was called the 'King of Rock-n-Roll,'” Gwen said quietly.

“OK,” Tabi said. Gwen could be relied upon to recall any obsure fact regarding 20th Century America. “Open it,” she added.

“Sure,” Gwen said with a roll of her eyes. Out of all things she expected to see, she didn't expect to see what was behind that door. She pulled it open. “This is easier than the other door....” She stopped. “What is this?”


Tabi came alongside her. “This part of the building is in better condition,” she said. She stepped into the white room, which had what looked like computer equipment in the middle of it.

Gwen followed her. The door with 'the King of Rock-n-Roll' on it closed, followed by a second pair of doors. The lights came up and a quiet hum could be heard, as of equipment powering up. “We may have stumbled onto something, secret,” she said with a warning tone.

“Cool,” Tabi said. “We still have plenty of time.” She looked around the room, walking up to the equipment in the middle. “There is another door over there.”

“Probably doesn't go anywhere. Not enough room,” Gwen said.

“I'll have a look anyway,” Tabi said.

“Of course!” Gwen moaned.

Tabi went over to the other door, and opened it. “Gwen!”

Gwen came over. “Impossible!” she said. She leaned through the door and confirmed that there was indeed a corridor leading off into the distance in both directions.

“Interesting,” Tabi breathed. “It's a whole complex.”

“Impossible! It has to be an optical illusion,” Gwen said.

“Unless the inside of the Diner is on an angle,” Tabi mused.

“Still not enough, we'd have noticed,” Gwen pointed out.

“I suppose this room could be an elevator,” Tabi said.

“No, that's not it,” Gwen said, quietly, trying to think.

“But the Diner can't be bigger on the inside than the outside,” Tabi said. She thought for a moment. “Can't it?”

“Impossible!” Gwen grouched.

“Yet, it is,” Tabi said, she walked along the corridor a short way.

“Somehow!” Gwen said, resigned to the seeming impossible.

“It is possible,” someone said. Both girls turned. They could then see a girl who looked to be about their age walking towards them.

Gwen gave out a squeak. She ducked behind her cousin. “Who are you?” Tabi asked, curious about the newcomer, while at the same time, annoyed at her cousin's shyness.

“You may call me, Lady Me,” the dark haired girl answered.


Lady Me, otherwise known as Ashildr (to a rare few) had been in the main library, when the TARDIS had notified her of intruders from the town. She knew that the day would come, ever since she had fled from Gallifrey after returning Clara to the extraction chamber. They had travelled the universe for an unknown length of time. It seemed like forever, but according to her record keeping a mere two millenia. (An approximation, it could be less, or more, most likely the latter.)
After leaving Gallifrey, the TARDIS had landed in 11th Century North America. There, Lady Me had mourned Clara, only leaving the TARDIS from time to time when she wanted a change in scenery. Now, after a thousand years on the slow path, the TARDIS wanted to travel again. Lady Me couldn't fault it, she figured it was about time to leave anyway.

Words: 1045

Total: 1598