Two Stories: Welcome to the Safety Zone

"What did you expect Jo? You know you cant say that anymore!" Quinn exclaimed between stuffing his face with ranch flavored Chitin Bites. "I know, I just will never get used to how sensitive these new Democracy Assurance terminals are." Jo was of course referencing the audio surveillance system updates that were just rolled out to every residence within Safety Zone 14.

"Well, you're up the creek now, how long is your account timeout for?"

The chewing had become too much, things were bad enough as it, but the sound of idiocy coupled with the crunching were just too much to bear during the current circumstance. "For crying out loud Quinn, eat or talk, you have to choose one!"

Quinn meant well of course, he shared the smart unit next door to Jo. He liked her, he had never been with a human woman, but in his most honest moments he would ditch his Companion Module in a second for the opportunity to feel the warmth of Jo's hand.

"I'm sorry Jo, I am starving. Rations wont be delivered again for two days, and these chips are all I have left." Just seeing that pale, pudgy, face with its salty lips quivering at the sides was enough to shift gears from frustrated to a slight feeling of guilt quicker than she expected. He means well, she thought, poor guy spends all of his time in his unit with exception of the time he spends checking on us. Its not easy on him, the guy cant make it from his door to hers without running out of breath.

"I'm sorry, truthfully. The timeout is for 1 week, and we really were looking forward to buying those eggs on Friday. My frustration has nothing to do with you, I promise."

"Eggs!" Quinn said with an unmistakable look of disgust on his face "Jo, for all those greencoins you could get some chocolate or even some extra energy credits...imagine the bath you could afford!". A bath, Jo hadn't thought of the idea of enjoying a Bath since Phillip's passing. They used to have the best times in their old bathtub.

"I am going to do some extra volunteer work this week, perhaps one of the Regional Chancellor's require some help with one of their baths this week." Hopefully one of their kids, would be great if it was one of their daughters at least.

She felt the disgust crawling up her spine again, disgust quickly found itself replaced with shame, then anger. Time to wrap this up, before I hurt his feelings again, she thought. "Thanks for stopping by Quinn, I have to go pick up Michelle from school, I will see you later yeah?" "You better get to it then Jo, the E-bus is still down, you're going to have to walk." "I have a date with the guild, the new expansion of "Democracy Hero" drops today, they added Zelensky as a playable character in this one!".

To be continued.....?

I am working out an idea for a story that I want to tell, its ambitious to say the least. I definitely want some feedback from you all in this regard. This style of writing is definitely not in my comfort zone, and I am probably fighting above my weight class here. That said, you don't grow in the absence of challenge. So definitely hit me up with your thoughts, and I will add more if you all dig this introduction.

Thanks for reading, as always. Definitely don't hate likes, follows, and retweets. This blog is growing every week, and I only have you all to thank for it, so thank you! Until next time, Jack.

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