Derek's dad was quiet in the car. Normally around this time they would turn the radio onto something he liked. The parent cartoons. Derek and his brother would always make faces, and pretend to be asleep when these came on. Sometimes he would be excited about the game. Or sometimes...

Freddy fake hands, and some of the other influencers had had enough. There wasn't any protection for what they did. Their work conditions were horrible, they turned their lives inside out, just to film videos and for what, no one protected them. Clicks and advertisements and user views. Freddy had...

Cal waited for another assignment. At first he thought about asking them immediately. Like Yo my guy disappeared can I have another. Then for some reason he didn't. He imagined Spacecity wouldn't care if he didn't have a guy. As long as he seemed to have a guy. He waited,...

Dave thought about telling Max about his past life. Maybe eventually he would. But then Dave would have to remember his whole family left him. Or was he at fault all the time he let slip away. He was excited now though, the place he lived was fine. It wasn't...

Keith's target finally came through, although they call it more of match, Keith in his head always says target. Cal first started saying target acquired, and Keith never said it out loud but he always thought it and it made him smile. Whose is this person. It's a man  at...

Keith when he was younger did stupid shit, not that he was stupid, just all the things he did were. If you added them up, and told someone objectively, they would think that was a bad kid. There was the codeine, and then pot, then the selling of both. He...

Marianna at noon went into the diner. It smelled the same as the day before, she thought about sitting in the same booth, but didn't want to draw suspicion. She sat so she could see the kitchen door. The waitresses would go in an out, and she was hoping for...

Whats your guy like Keith? Chris asked to change the subject.

My guy, uhhh. He looked around, no other groups were looking at them so he assumed they couldn't hear.

My guy is doing better, at least he didn't die, but usage definitely different. Way lower. Calls a lot of...

Marianna was in the parking lot of the  diner the next day. She got there around noon. She wanted to come earlier, but she felt it would be too weird. Rather to slip in while it was busy. The same Subaru was in the lot. This time it was parked...

What you having? A middle aged woman asked Marianna. She said it slow and drawn out. Different than people in Spacecity who were trying to be efficient. 

Coffee I think, and uh. The flapjacks, and scrambled eggs. 

Marianna thought about tell the lady, from her name tag Suzie, about how...