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+---
+layout: writings
+title: Piracy
+date: 2016-04-21
+notes: |
+ Revision 1 the splicing together of two stories I'd already started. I think
+ this will be my first attempt at something longer.
+body: |
+ “The enemy!”. The cry carried down the halls, as people woke. The word had come
+ down from the surveillance balloon, and now the garrison was mobilizing.
+ Andreas was disappointed at the lack of sleep, but excited to see his first
+ battle. He ran out from his bunk and to his post. The strong flow of people
+ impeded him some, but before long he was looking at the ammunition dump of a
+ large gun. The crew fully assembled, he and another new recruit loaded the
+ shell, the leader aimed, and with a spark and a bang it flew toward the enemy.
+ He had read in the newspapers as a child of the intensity of war work, but he
+ was taken aback still. He hoped he had the luck to survive this first combat.
+
+ ***
+
+ Ugh, nope. Morrisee Williams had never gotten the hang of jacking as a guy. Too
+ much movement. Her sister, 8 years younger, had grown up with the tech and
+ could handle it just fine. Her parents couldn’t jack properly at all; a simple
+ simulated walk and they would need a lie-down.
+
+ She checked the screen: 9 hours and 48 minutes. Barely 10 minutes wasted. She
+ called the attendant. “A scotch on the rocks!”. She knew it was terrible whisky
+ (Leanne had ensured her daughter had a proper upbringing), but the thrill of
+ being able to order it herself more than made up. She flicked through the other
+ jacks she had brought. Do Or Die, another action-y thing about the war in
+ Afghanistan. Between Us, a sappy romance. Her Name In Lights, some period drama
+ about the 1990s. There was the one Jaime had given her, but she was embarrassed
+ to try it in public; involuntary movements and expressions were a risk with
+ jacking, and her parents were just across the aisle.
+
+ 9 hours and 40 minutes. Some crackers. The in-flight jacks were all weaksauce
+ for her parents generation, but one caught her eye.
+
+ Piracy.
+ In a world where anything can be copied, the only thing left to steal is people.
+ Tagged: scifi, female protag, deep immersion.
+
+ She leaned back and let the machine take her in.
+
+ ***
+
+ "Ooh, this one looks juicy!". Three professors, a dignitary, a general. Onto
+ the pile it went. Van idly fondled a peanut as she skimmed the day's departure
+ list…
+---
+{% extends 'templates/base.html' %}
+{% block body %}
+ <nav>
+ <a href='/writings'>&gt; writings</a>
+ </nav>
+ <header>
+ <h1>{{ title }}</h1>
+ </header>
+
+ <article>{{ body | markdown }}</article>
+ <hr />
+ <aside>{{ notes | markdown }}</aside>
+{% endblock %}