Gas City

Some Questions as reply to but right now

Drew
Gas City Bloomington, IN
Joey got in the car. What was that song Kevin liked he thought. Something by Biggie. 

He queued a few then that one from college. MGMT then he drove. It was like a what 40 minute drive. How many times had he seen Kevin the past 5 years? Once? Twice...

She Was as reply to marianna at airport

Drew
Gas City
Marianna’s flight wasn’t so long. People all over the world flew much longer, taking a whole day just to get somewhere else. Burning barrels of gas to get somewhere else. Marianna’s flight was three hours, which is reasonable, she paid a reasonable price too, but to her it felt like...

Westcity
visiting sis as reply to In his time

Abraham Kim
Spacecity American Gas City
This was his first time at his sister's new place. It wasn't so new. She'd moved there two years ago. But he hadn't had time to visit. well that was a little unfair. He literally couldn't have come. He had been up in  Spacecity the past four years. Now he...

For Good as reply to goodbye. hello

Drew
Gas City
He past signs for Gas City so he knew he was close. He rolled down his windows and familiar air and smell surrounded him. This bypassed his cold calculations. Suddenly tears streamed down his face. He had to go back he thought, for Sammy. He didn’t even know I was...

Magic as reply to the right person

Drew
Gas City
Keith felt like Max was important. Like he knew something that Keith didn't. Like he knew Keith was looking for someone.

Max worked at a restaurant. They did Italian food but americanized to something completely different. Sometimes he be on bread sticks. He liked those days, easy and he could...

Westcity
old school as reply to By the Way

Abraham Kim
relationships Spacecity Gas City
In his time back on earth he hadn't made a single friend. He didn't work. Didn't have roommates. If he wanted to he could avoid people altogether besides for his run to the grocery store. But it became clear to Keith that without any routine commitments like work or school,...
Table tennis for three
Lol why do you feel like you're interrupting?

We both imagined how cool it might be to have a story that is built by more than two people.

This story goes way back. Some of the threads are broken because we didn't reply directly to a prior post.

The original post that started it all was this one: 
Passing Time Drew
 

There's also this other thread: 
The Blue Man returns Yours Truly
 

The best thing about writing together has been the different worlds and characters we've explored together. Like there's the story of Keith and Marianne living in space via 
Spacecity
 

There's been Denver and Blue driving across the country in a 
Hyundai
.

There's the man in the expensive suit.

The diner in 
Gas City
. Maxxx with his vanity license plates. The 
Vietnamese
restaurant. The 
school shooting
. etc etc etc

drewbaca_
and I joked how we would be doing this for decades. The story compounds in value over time becaues when you look back at it... it's not whether the writing was good or not that matters. But rather the fun and giggles and meaning had along the way.

PS this drew is different than the other drew 
drewb
 
Abraham Kim

Westcity
two men found dead as reply to HUSTLE

Abraham Kim
Gas City murder
Two men found dead in an upscale neighborhood outside the city limits. The bodies were murdered professionally. Clean gunshot wounds front to back straight to the heads. The killer did not attempt to cover their tracks. Bullet casings were left on site.

Police tried to trace the bullet casing serial back...

Westcity
answers as reply to He Had to Go

Abraham Kim
Gas City answers ephemeral buddhist new age
People seek answers throughout life. Some realize answers are  ephemeral .

An answer correct today will be less tomorrow.

Is there an answer that lasts? Weren't there discussions of such a thing. By buddhist and  new age thinkers?

Love thought about this while driving. His gas tank was near empty now. He usually...

He Had to Go as reply to woman found dead (2nd attempt)

Drew
Westcity Gas City
Marc shifted his weight in his cot. He had been awake since 4am, now the first sign of light. Was trickling through the stain glass windows. He for the past 6 months felt good when he woke up, like he was part of these walls. He cleaned the glass, he...

Westcity
woman found dead as reply to A few seconds

Abraham Kim
Westcity Gas City
He gathered his thoughts. Reflected on what he had gone through the past six months. Finally realized that he had in fact stayed in this new town for six months. He had been going to  Westcity beforehand. Made a big rush to get there too. But once he found this...

Case of the Yips as reply to imagining

Drew
Gas City
Marc brought it up to the waitress and the Gas City diner.


Have you seen that one guy, you know the. He made gestures with his hands. The guy that always plays loud music. 

Ohhh, Max? Yeah he wasn't feeling so good. Had to take a few days. 

Ah, okay, just...

Westcity
cheap houses as reply to Back down to Earth

Abraham Kim
dishes Gas City Youtube California Westcity soap
Manufacturers put scents into dish soap because research revealed that it made the washer think their dishes were getting cleaner than when using unscented soap. Technically the scents weren't required for the cleaning. Max knew this. But he still enjoyed scrubbing it into the plates. He also enjoyed wiping them...

Westcity
old as reply to Fresh Air

Abraham Kim
Gas City Technology
He counted how long he could live like this. Using the cash. Did the math in his head. 120 years he could last. But with inflation he could probably last until the day he died. Of course he wasn't planning to live in the shadow forever. Eventually the people who...

Fresh Air as reply to food as fuel and beyond

Drew
Gas City eggs
Marc Love cruised the streets of  Gas City stopping at four way stops, letting the pedestrians cross in front of his car, giving them a nice wave. He had a small apartment, paid for with cash. It was cheap so no one questioned where he got all that cash. He...

Terminally Chill im the illest as reply to years later

Drew
Gas City
He was bumping Eminem in his car. The license plate still said Maxxx. When he was like 35 he thought about getting a normal one. But at the same time he thought fuck it. Let me do what I want. So it stayed Maxxx.

"I was born with a dick...

She Waved as reply to years later

Drew
Gas City Spacecity
Cal had a hard time getting there. I mean he had his van, but he hadn't travelled further than ten miles from his house in awhile, like 5 years. So he was worried, not about the travel, but more about what he'd find, and if he was honest with himself...

Westcity
years later as reply to Felt like the Sea

Abraham Kim
Spacecity Gas City
She was nervous to meet him. She wasn't even supposed to be alive anymore.

Her mom was gone. Keith was gone. She hadn't even known Cal that well. Short time they spent in Spacecity .

But now that the time has passed. She saw that she hadn't made many friends after returning...
Felt like the Sea
She was nervous to meet him. She wasn't even supposed to be alive anymore.

Her mom was gone. Keith was gone. She hadn't even known Cal that well. Short time they spent in 
Spacecity
.

But now that the time has passed. She saw that she hadn't made many friends after returning to earth.

It was harder to make friends at this age.

So when an old spacemate reached out to her of course she was going to meet up.

She was still in 
Gas City
. She hadn't planned to be here. Did she ever have a plan? No. But she had a feeling she was going somewhere. And it all made so much sense even though she didn't know the details. It wasn't supposed to be like this. She thought.

They were meeting at the diner that once had the perfectly cooked eggs. The cooks had changed long ago. Changed many times over. And the eggs were never cooked as well. She still enjoyed going there though. Fond memories. She hoped they'd never close down.

Cal. Would he show up on time? In space there was no place to go. So tardiness wasn't a thing that distinguished people. On earth. It did.
Abraham Kim

Home as reply to first retiree

Drew
Gas City eggs
Marianna had sunk into life on solid ground. Her savings taking a hit as she put down a deposit on an apartment near the cafe.  Gas City , she never thought she would work there, but she needed a job. She thought about driving off. She considered going all the...

Westcity
open life in gas city as reply to Debbie

Abraham Kim
Gas City diner Spacecity
"Welcome to the  Gas City   diner !"

No one replied. The face in the reflecting glass stared back. Marianna pretended she was the waitress at the diner. She liked talking to herself like that. Pretend that she was at the diner. She would say it over and over again. "Welcome to...

He Didn't Mind as reply to gmc utility van

Drew
Gas City
Marc Love felt free in  Gas City . I mean he was free in most places, but here he didn't feel like anyone knew who he was. He didn't hear the word blue ever. He thought that even if he painted his body and danced around, people wouldn't bother him....

Westcity
gmc utility van as reply to Cracks

Abraham Kim
Tesla Hyundai Gas City gasoline waitress GMC
Every car on the street was white. This made Sally think everybody who lived on the street was pragmatic. She wondered how long a cargo utility van could last. A lot of people made their living in them. Plumbers. Electricians. Carpenters.

What lended to these utility vans lasting so long? Sally's...

Westcity
moving as reply to You Gotta See This

Abraham Kim
Chipotle beer diner Nicolas Cage wine Gas City
"Why's this son of a gun drive all that way?"

"Mexican food."

"What?"

"Chipotle."

"Keith. You know that ain't damn Mexican food."

"Whatever. I don't care if  Chipotle is Mexican or not. Look at this."

"What am I looking at?"

Keith pointed to the bottom right corner of the dashboard and began to explain.

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Dave never thought he'd...