10th - 12th November 2025 Writings

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10th

Excerpt from: Lawndale vs. Amazon Models
“Because they know how beautiful the young people of Lawndale are,” Li answered.

Words: 13


Excerpt from: Barnes
“And you want us to prevent it from entering the Neutral Zone,” Freeman surmised.

“Time is of the essence.”

“We’ll set course immediately, if you share the coordinates,” Freeman said.

Words: 30


Excerpt from: The Doppleganger Rival
“That you also have auburn hair?”

“No,” Morgendorffer said.

Words: 9


Excerpt from 2025 Reverse Map Game
Late in the year, Apple releases it’s first Mac personal computers with the Apple Silicon architecture, replacing Macs with Intel chips.

Words: 21


Excerpt from: Second Contact and Theatrical Sabotage
Cerritos was in orbit of yet another planet that had recently conducted their first warp flight. Captain Carol Freeman had called her daughter to her ready room.

“As part of the Second Contact procedures during this mission, a play will be held in the ship’s theatre,” Freeman said.

“Why tell me about this?” Ensign Beckett Mariner asked.

“Because you will be involved,” the Captain answered.

“What?”

“You heard me, Ensign. It will teach you responsibility. But your friends will also be involved.”


Mariner entered the work bay in annoyance. “The nerve of her!” she declared.

Words: 95


Excerpt from: Mysteries of Aurora
Once Freya had lead them to the area, she found a shelf of the University blueprints that had been published over the last century. “I hope you’re right,” Alexia said, otherwise we still won’t know where we’re going.”

“That may be the case anyway,” Janara said.

“Surely you don’t go blindly into areas in your games?” Alexia asked.

“More times than you’d expect,” Janara said. “Sometimes that’s the point ,especially in early stages of Real Time Strategy and Four X games.”

“I’m not familiar with that latter term,” Alexia said.

“Explore, Expand, Exploit, Exterminate,” Freya explained. “The acronym only makes sense in English of course.”

“But it makes for a good mnemonic,” Janara said.

Words: 114


Excerpt from: Voyager Alone
Kes looked at the image on the viewscreen, and then at Neelix. “Do you recognize anything?” she asked.

“No. It doesn’t look like any Kazon technology I recognize, if that is what you mean.”

“Not specifically,” Kes said.

“Uh oh,” Voyager said.

“What?” Kes asked.

“The DOTs are reading organic materials ahead. From these readings, I suspect that they are organs.”

“Organs?” Kes asked.


The DOTs moved closer and confirmed Voyager’s suspicion.

Words: 72


Excerpt from: Spider Quinn
She left by a side entrance, as the OWPD still had a large presence out the front. She listened as she walked slowly to the park near the side entrance. It appeared that Oscorp had withdrawn. ‘Does that mean they’re making a move on the mound again?’ she wondered. She looked back at the hospital and wondered if waking the professor would be a good idea. She shook her head. ‘No, he needs his rest.’

She was going to head home, but paused. ‘Mom already suspects something,’ she thought. But there was no choice. She had to be ready in case Oscorp moved on the mound again.

She then headed in the direction of the mound.


SpiderGirl arrived back at the mound shortly after midnight. She had received a message from Ninja Talon, so she knew that the Enigma and Dafoanairi were there. She swung to where Ninja Talon was waiting. “Nothing else happened?” she asked.

“The silent one was still at the hospital when I left,” Ninja Talon answered.

“And Oscorp was still there?” SpiderGirl asked.

“Yes,” Ninja Talon answered. “But that doesn’t mean they won’t be here soon.”

“But with four of us, we can keep watch on each side,” the Enigma said from where she stood next to Dafoanairi.

“Or are you suggesting that because you don’t want to be near me?” SpiderGirl asked.

Dafoanairi sighed. “Not now, Enigma.”

Words: 232

Total: 586


11th

Excerpt from: The Artifact Mirror of New Zealand
“Agents were there at the time,” Artie explained. “The Principal of a high school and her husband adopted a boy who appeared out of nowhere.”

“So, you’re saying that there was an artefact involved when the boy appeared?” Myka asked.

Words: 40


Excerpt from: Artifact in Lawndale
“Of course,” Myka responded.

“I don’t have a vibe about it,” Pete added. “We’ll find her.”


As it turned out, Myka and Claudia found her as they approached the Jefferson Bridge.

Words: 31


Excerpt from: Mysteries of Aurora
It didn’t take Alexia long to find a promising book. “Here we are,” she said.

“It’s from the turn of the millennium,” Janara commented.

Words: 24


Excerpts from: 2025 Reverse Map Game
2019
World
- SpaceX starts testing the Dragon spacecraft, which would become the mainstay vehicle for access to the International Space Station by the West in years to come.
- A fire breaks out in the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, resulting in the collapse of the spire and roof. The damage would be repaired by 2025.
- Volodymyr Zelenskyy is elected as President of Ukraine.
- After the United States withdraws from Afghanistan, the Taliban completes their takeover of the country.
- Naruhito succeeds his father Akihito as Emperor of Japan. Thus the Heisei Era ends and the Reiwa Era begins.
- Australian Federal Election. The Coalition retains its majority in the House of Representatives. Thus Scott Morrison remains Prime Minister.

Words: 122


Excerpt from: Spider Quinn
“That is only one reason,” the Enigma answered quietly.

“Of course not,” SpiderGirl said, sarcastically. “But we’d be spreading ourselves thin.”

“Maybe we just need to be near the road, on both sides,” Ninja Talon suggested. “They’re more likely be approaching from the road than the forest, whether they be coming from Lawndale or Oakwood.”

“That makes sense,” Dafoanairi responded.

“We’ll watch at either approach,” SpiderGirl decided.

Words: 67


Total: 284


12th

Excerpt from: Party at 111 Howard
“Obviously not,” Charles murmured.

Words: 4


Excerpt from: Mysteries of Neverwinter
“A heirloom was stolen,” the lady answered.

“I’m going to need more information than that.”

Words: 15


Excerpt from: Secrets of Lawndale
“I’m not sure.”

“Not yet?” Jane asked.

“What was your reaction when you found out?”

“That is a story, that can be told over another drink of some description.”

Words: 29


Excerpt from: Mysteries of Aurora
It didn’t take Alexia long to find a promising book. “Here we are,” she said.

“It’s from the turn of the millennium,” Janara commented.

“Not too recent, but also not too old,” Alexia said. “We want to be certain that it contains the information we’re after.”


Freya sketched as she waited for Alexia to look through the book. ‘We’re missing something else. We haven’t talked to Talia and David today. Is that it? Or will Olivia?’

Words: 76


Excerpt from: 2025 Reverse Map Game
- The Brazilian military base in Cape Verde closes with the Brazilians completing their withdrawal from Africa.
- Turkey begins intervening in the Syrian Civil War officially.
- Kyrgyzstan gains independence from Kazakhstan.
- Pro-democracy protests occur in Hong Kong as the PRC Government continues to assert it’s control over the city state.


Words: 53


Excerpt from: The Play’s The Thing
Lucy Heartfilia looked at the town as the train approached it. It looked rather small. “Its surprising that a place this small has a theater,” she commented.

“You should know by now that places often have unexpected aspects to them,” Erza Scarlett commented.

“True,” Lucy said as she looked over to where Natsu Dragneel was laid low by his usual motion sickness. “We’re almost there,” she added.

“Can’t come soon enough,” Natsu managed.


After getting off the train, the team headed straight to the theater. Lucy noticed that most of the townspeople were looking at them with awe. ‘Not surprising. We are a famous guild after all.”

Words: 107


Excerpt from: Spider Quinn
The Enigma and Dafoanairi went to the east side of the mound. “Did you have to stir things up?” Dafoanairi asked.

“I was a valid suggestion,” the Enigma answered.

“But you didn’t need to antagonise SpiderGirl.”

“She may be more alert to what may be happening next.”

“I guess so, but she would have been alert anyway,” Dafoanairi argued.

The Enigma was then silent as she watched.

‘How she worked with her a week ago at Alchemax, I’m not sure.’


As they waited on the western side of the mound, Ninja Talon glanced at SpiderGirl. To anyone who didn’t know her, SpiderGirl would have looked distracted. But Ninja Talon had come to know that in that state, her friend was very focused. She was trying to put the Enigma’s attempted at riling her up out of her mind by focusing on the situation.

“Waiting can be difficult,” SpiderGirl said.

Ninja Talon knew that SpiderGirl wasn’t talking about the current situation, although that would have made sense, but more about the ongoing situation between her and the Enigma. “You think a confrontation is inevitable?’”

SpiderGirl sighed. “As inevitable as the situation in Lawndale getting worse before it gets better. But I think I know how to handle it when it does come. But to the situation on hand. We also have the advantage against Oscorp.”

“We improvise,” Ninja Talon confrmed.

“Exactly. And Osborn may think he understands us in some way, but he doesn’t,” SpiderGirl added with determination.

Words: 247

Total: 534