A continue-the-story game

@torunn said
potential customers, if any, but bearing in mind their last failures she decided to make an unusual decision:

“Do I take up pole dancing or not?”. Well she decided that

@great-big-stees said
“Do I take up pole dancing or not?”. Well she decided that

since she was an otherwise unemployed single mother she would give it a try, and

@liljo said
since she was an otherwise unemployed single mother she would give it a try, and

was willing to endure the degradation for the sake of providing for her children, but the moment she touched the dance pole,

@kevin-eleven said
was willing to endure the degradation for the sake of providing for her children, but the moment she touched the dance pole,

she found that, although there was a momentary pause, she had made the right

@great-big-stees said
she found that, although there was a momentary pause, she had made the right

decision, albeit influenced by a silly astrology app, because the moment she touched that dance pole she knew she was one of the Teslans who could broadcast energy to all the people of Earth without a monthly bill, let alone taxes or surcharges. Unfortunately,

@kevin-eleven said
decision, albeit influenced by a silly astrology app, because the moment she touched that dance pole she knew she was one of the Teslans who could broadcast energy to all the people of Earth without a monthly bill, let alone taxes or surcharges. Unfortunately,

the portal was temporarily blocked by a misplaced, rare, American two dollar bill the gentleman in the Zoot Suit tried to

@great-big-stees said
the portal was temporarily blocked by a misplaced, rare, American two dollar bill the gentleman in the Zoot Suit tried to

insert into what he thought was a Fizzy Drink dispenser...

Yes, Fizzy Drink is cool and refreshing with no bitter after taste. So forget all your troubles and grab a bottle of Fizzy Drink today.

... only to discover it was actually a portal that looked like a soda pop dispenser. He managed to get his money back after

@kilroy70 said
insert into what he thought was a Fizzy Drink dispenser...

Yes, Fizzy Drink is cool and refreshing with no bitter after taste. So forget all your troubles and grab a bottle of Fizzy Drink today.

... only to discover it was actually a portal that looked like a soda pop dispenser. He managed to get his money back after

… a few minutes of rocking the machine.

R Giskard dropped the returned coins into the head of the plastic Labrador which was collecting for a blind charity and coincidentally placed right next to the fizzy drinks dispenser/portal.

He had seen these portals before, off-world. Cheap travel and highly dangerous, often used by villains and unregistered migrants trying to escape pursuing authorities. He looked down at his watch noting the time for future reference and stepped into the portal using the same settings as the previous user. Blackness.

R Deneel twirled his fidget gadget and took in the view. The horizon dipping away in both directions, its arc steepening as the shuttle accelerated out of orbit to rendezvous with the Corellian cruiser “Amadeus” whose filthy tatty massive hull was already looming ominously like a dark space-shadow blocking out a third of the stars. Deneel glanced at his watch noting the time for future reference and dropped some coins into the shuttle’s fizzy drink dispenser.

@divegeester said
… a few minutes of rocking the machine.

R Giskard dropped the returned coins into the head of the plastic Labrador which was collecting for a blind charity and coincidentally placed right next to the fizzy drinks dispenser/portal.

He had seen these portals before, off-world. Cheap travel and highly dangerous, often used by villains and unregistered migrants trying ...[text shortened]... oting the time for future reference and dropped some coins into the shuttle’s fizzy drink dispenser.

Unwittingly he had mistaken what he thought was indeed the shuttle’s fizzy drink dispenser but was in fact the very complicated and brand new, untested, portal that might have been his only hope of returning to the present. Shrugging off, in a cavalier manner, the possibility that he might never

@great-big-stees said
Unwittingly he had mistaken what he thought was indeed the shuttle’s fizzy drink dispenser but was in fact the very complicated and brand new, untested, portal that might have been his only hope of returning to the present. Shrugging off, in a cavalier manner, the possibility that he might never

See his beloved aunt ever again, unless he decided to play the Blood red game & watch the crimson river wash over the shores of death one more

@badradger said
See his beloved aunt ever again, unless he decided to play the Blood red game & watch the crimson river wash over the shores of death one more

time, he again glanced at his watch noting the time for future reference, but in a momentary flash of clarity he realized his watch, although he didn't know when, had stopped, and the second hand was dangling loose and ready to fall off at any, uh...
second. And so it was at that moment he realized the Fizzy Drink dispenser was not a portal at all, but was in fact

@kilroy70 said
time, he again glanced at his watch noting the time for future reference, but in a momentary flash of clarity he realized his watch, although he didn't know when, had stopped, and the second hand was dangling loose and ready to fall off at any, uh...
second. And so it was at that moment he realized the Fizzy Drink dispenser was not a portal at all, but was in fact

… just a fizzy drinks dispenser!

R Giskard caught sight of his reflection in the space viewing portal and rolled his eyes at himself “wrong shuttle”; his positronic memory recalibrated for future reference and he left the sugar free, heroin-substitute free, flavour free, cosmo-friendly packaged, “Shuttle Express” own-label, serving of reconstituted H2&O on the little side table as the NEXT-Gen Series of Apple iRobots didn’t need water.

Giskard sat down and for a moment allowed his positronic mind to drift aimlessly. Hari Seldon’s face appeared! Not in his mind but in the doorway as the shuttle air lock hissed noisily open.

“Mr Seldon” R Giskard exclaimed.

“Hello Robot Giskard” Seldon exchanged. Followed with “I’m looking for R Daneel … have you seen him?”

“We are both .. looking for him” Giskard underlined.

“We need to talk privately” Seldon said in a lowered tone which Giskard immediately recognised as carrying urgency and danger.

“I have a cabin on the Amadeus, we can talk there … Giskard paused … “do you still have the ….. “

@divegeester said
… just a fizzy drinks dispenser!

R Giskard caught sight of his reflection in the space viewing portal and rolled his eyes at himself “wrong shuttle”; his positronic memory recalibrated for future reference and he left the sugar free, heroin-substitute free, flavour free, cosmo-friendly packaged, “Shuttle Express” own-label, serving of reconstituted H2&O on the little ...[text shortened]... have a cabin on the Amadeus, we can talk there … Giskard paused … “do you still have the ….. “

watch repair kit I left with you?"
"You also borrowed my nose hair trimmer, slide rule, garden sheers and two pair of socks. Can I expect to get any of those items back sometime in the near future?"

Taken a bit aback by Giskards sense of propriety Seldon curtly replied, "What do you need with those things you dingbat? You're a robot!"
"We have bigger fish to fry. The Empire is on the verge of collapse, the supply lines are severely compromised and my ex is making my girlfriends life miserable. We need to act quickly before

@kilroy70 said
watch repair kit I left with you?"
"You also borrowed my nose hair trimmer, slide rule, garden sheers and two pair of socks. Can I expect to get any of those items back sometime in the near future?"

Taken a bit aback by Giskards sense of propriety Seldon curtly replied, "What do you need with those things you dingbat? You're a robot!"
"We have bigger fish to fry. The Em ...[text shortened]... everely compromised and my ex is making my girlfriends life miserable. We need to act quickly before

Aramis decides that coffee would be better for

@kevin-eleven said
Aramis decides that coffee would be better for

Christmas than glögg, the otherwise much preferred, traditional season's beverage which incidentally also