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...himself up for what he was about to do.

"Umm...I can explain!"  Jack really couldn't explain; the situation was just too bizarre but he couldn't think of what else to say.

"Yeah, whatever, man."  The lab kid entered the large refrigerated square that was the morgue. He slapped his clipboard down on a shiny metal gurney in a self-important sort of way.  Jack couldn't help but shudder thinking about the number of dead people that had been on it. 

The kid leaned up against the frosty wall.  "I'm busy, so would you mind...?"  He motioned to the door.

In shock, and relief, Jack nodded vigorously and scuttled towards the door of the morgue.  He threw a last glance back at the white sheet behind him and at what (or rather, who) lay beneath it. 

Disappointed for failing his mission and terribly perturbed that he would have to attempt it again, he thought to himself, This isn't over.

The story of the dude under the sheet

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JJ1979 "Go on... I feel some fledgling interrogation-under duress may be imminent..."
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ganga "Like the idea, Jillian, about starting with a simple phrase like this one, and seeing where it goes!"
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Jillian "Go for it, ganga! I'm still trying to think of something to add on too.

Sometimes I'll start a story based on just a word or phrase alone, as with this one (here, the first line was the metaphorical match, as it were). Anyway, I had absolutely no direction or even possibilities in mind for this; just the opening scene, so I'm still trying to work on something : )
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ganga "Interesting.. I want to post a follow-up to this one, but don't want to ruin a good flow! Will see if I can think of something!

Jait - Us simple folks need a dictionary (at least I needed one!) to figure out what you meant by a "triptych of necrophobic suggestion"! I like that you've mentioned Vancouver locations in your stories (like St Paul's hospital here)!
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jait "I'm sure we can see to that... Perhaps a literary triptych of necrophobic suggestion."
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redhat "I'll have to mull this one over. I'm sure there's something very bizarre going on here."

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