protagonize: interactive fiction & collaborative story writing community
Get more out of Protagonize! Login or sign up as member.
Show Previous branch Teaser
...damn problem; making someone else's damn 'mission' his own.

He should have foreseen it from the interview.

'I'm looking at your CV Mr... er... Bauer... and, despite, ahem, impressive academic credentials.... I'm struggling to see exactly what qualifies you for the tedium of night reception work.... if anything your CV is already a testament to over-educated restlessness...'

Smug, dispassionate, sarcastic... fine. That didn't distinguish this interviewer from any other middle-management malcontent or video-rentals clerk; he'd rented enough videos and worked enough dead-end jobs to know the form on one of those guys. But there was something different about this fat prick. Jack offered his own best sacharine smile. 

'I guess I'm hoping to find a role where I can ground myself'

'Well, you can't sink much lower than our basement mortuary. When can you start?'

Questions he wasn't ready to answer

Uh oh. No one's written this branch yet. :o

Have questions about writing a new story, branch or chapter? Check out the posting rules to the right for an idea of what you should and shouldn't do.

Feeling brave? Login and post a new story below!

POST A COMMENT

Wanna say something? Make yourself heard!
We reserve the right to delete spam, flames, or other nasty stuff.

Please login or register to post a comment.

7 COMMENTS ABOUT THIS STORY RSS

Just Chatting
JJ1979 "Go on... I feel some fledgling interrogation-under duress may be imminent..."
Just Chatting
ganga "Like the idea, Jillian, about starting with a simple phrase like this one, and seeing where it goes!"
Just Chatting
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 : )
"
Just Chatting
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)!
"
Just Chatting
jait "I'm sure we can see to that... Perhaps a literary triptych of necrophobic suggestion."
Just Chatting
redhat "I'll have to mull this one over. I'm sure there's something very bizarre going on here."

POSTING GUIDELINES

STORY TAGS

STORY POPULARITY

RELATED STORIES RSS

Miranda

Nostalgia is overrated.

5 branches | 3 | 2

My Boys

The Last Bus Home

the begining of the endmature

THE GOODS

Start writing now! Register for a free Protagonize account

STORY CATEGORIES

Support This Site

SPREAD THE WORD!