road__work__ahead
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“There’s something shady about that place.” Savannah says.
“What are you talking about?” Charlie says. “You haven’t even been there.”
“Yeah, but you said that one, the food is crazy good, and two, the food is so weirdly cheap, and three, all the workers seem happy to be there. Something’s going on. They’re hiding something. Either there’s rats in the kitchen, or it’s a mob front, or something.”
“So you think you’re too good to dine at a mob front?” Charlie says.
“Well, I didn’t say that.” Savannah says.
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Sometimes, if you are in the right bar on a Thursday night, or at a diner in the middle of nowhere late at night, you’ll hear stories. They come in whispers, from the touring band that started in Santa Clarita, the truckers from the midwest, the odd traveling salesman. They come from someone weary, a glass cupped in their hands, or a hushed conversation, hands waving wildly to describe what they apparently saw. Sometimes the stories come from people who look like they believe in spirits and ghosts, sometimes they come from down-to-earth, practical seeming people.
The stories always come from someone who swears they are telling the truth, no matter how ridiculous it sounds.
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“New case.” Dana says, and Robby sighs. Every shift is tiring, but this one especially. “Young adult, cut that’ll need stitches, maybe a blood transfusion.”
“Is that it?” Robby asks. Santos could do it with her eyes closed. Any of them could do it - no need to bring him in.
“One of the guys with her looks just like you, if you didn’t have a beard and chose to be a banker.” Dana says. “It’s freaky.”
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Hank Olson, a character study
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It becomes a game he plays, sometimes. When he’s bored, or trying to avoid his uncle, or something. What would you wish for, right now, if you could wish for anything the American government could give you?
Sometimes it’s an orange julius. Sometimes it’s a break from his uncle, the strength to stop the drinking. Sometimes it’s a long lost aunt or uncle or grandparent, who loves him and takes care of him and tells him anything he wants to know about his parents.
OR an exploration of Pete, the wish promised to the winner of the walk, and how that changes over time