Tin Universe Daily #218
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brian c.williams
Operation My Barbwire: Part 3
Gator
Raid, Mary Shelly Words, and Tesla Kevin Electricity were walking into the
graveyard of Smile Down, a small town right in the middle of Texas, right in the
middle of being a typical Texas town.
Being
typical, and I’m being a little stereotypical here, there were the 8 guns shops,
the drugstore, the independent newspaper (calling for succession), the 37
churches (all Christianish), a sheriff’s office, the hardware store (with an
old man who is always in the back because he trusts people not to steal), the
grocery store, a bar owned by a former sheriff, a settlement of Native Americans
just outside of town, and one huge fucking cemetery.
That
last one is for white folks only ok.
It’s
tradition.
Our
three heroes stood out quite a bit in Smile Town. Not as much like sore thumbs
as like a shredded bloody giant thumb.
Or
three giant shredded bloody thumbs.
Telsa
Kevin Electricity was dressed like a Sex Pistols/steam punk mashup. His laptop bag
had fibers running through it that made it look like something out of Tron and
he smelled like ozone.
And
paired with him was Mary Shelly Words decked out in her young London banker white
tightly fitted suit and red trainers. Her hair was cut so short it looked like
an old Marine buzzcut. She was never seen without her smart one; which
constantly gave out a low frequency whistle that she said kept her mind clear.
Gator
Reid stood out too but not as much as his team members. He stood out in appearance
like someone working too hard to fit in. Camo hunting boots, blue jeans, a
confederate flag t-shirt, and a Vietnam era Army jacket.
The
Viking Section field team had stopped just inside the cemetery so Gator could
give out final mission details, ‘The founders of Smile Down died here. Six
family members where the first laid to rest here and are buried here together
in one grave. It’s said if you lay on the grave you will be grabbed by The Holy
Spirit and shown the light. Locals are scared shitless of going near the grave
site.’
‘My
information says it’s located at the very back of the cemetery,’ Mary Shelly
Words.
‘Yea,
after the family each grave since has been dug further away from the Smile family
grave. It’s why this town has the largest planned cemetery in the world,’ Gator
told her, ‘Words come with me, Electricity stay here and get all the readings
you can and guard the front gates.’
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