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...ked and after scanning the data sheet a moment longer, Tyler nodded. Greer dropped the data sheet in Tyler’s lap and stood. He fished a small remote from his pocket.

"Remember, there is no pay out for taking down a Patchwork. It really is a shame what happened at the boardwalk, but I beg you not to let your personal vendettas interfere with the task at hand. Afterwards, if you must take a swing at your brothers' killer I will not personally hold it against you." Tyler nodded again when Greer had finished speaking. To himself Greer almost laughed. This punk, crossing out a patchwork? Highly improbable.

Greer activated the remote and the electronic cuffs binding Tyler’s arms snapped open and he massaged his bruised wrists.

“Go along now.” Greer said as he walked back to his car. “Play nice with the other kids.” Tyler was left standing in a cloud of dust as the two cars peeled away down the highway in the sunset glow.

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Kooch "What I'm looking forward to is if I remember correctly, Aaron still has one item left that he pulled from his pocket. I thought that was a cool concept, I already used one of them though so I'm not touching the last one"
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somebodysomeday83 "Nice-work Nick, the one thing I'm myself wary of is writing fast-moving action scenes! You do it well :)"
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Gaelythe "Looking forward to seeing what you bring to the story when you have time, Kooch. :)

I know what you mean about not having time. Finals week is coming for me, so I only stop in periodically to do a little reading when I need a break. No time to write these days!
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surreal78 "I'm feeling inspired. New chapter incoming. :)"
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Kooch "Haven't had time to read the newest chapter yet, I realize its been up for quite a while. But once I get a feel for the story again I'll add something."
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Kooch "Do you really want to limit yourself to just a couple?"
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Gaelythe "I was also thinking that there are hints of Running Man - more the book than the movie. Thankfully, this massive pastiche of themes is working so far!"
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surreal78 "Nice one, Gaelythe! I'll see if I can post a new chapter in the next day or two, that gave me some great material to work with. :)

This is turning into a crazy hybrid of The Fugitive, Terminator, Blade Runner, and Smokin' Aces... and potentially Minority Report. Let's see what else we can fit in here.. hehe.
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Kooch "Yeah man, there's definitely some of the Tremor brothers in there for sure."
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Kooch "He's a resourceful guy, I think he'll be okay. And I hope I didn't rough the Patchwork up too badly this early, but I think he'll be alright too."
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surreal78 "Do it! It's someone else's turn here, I wrote the last two branches.

Don't let this awesome story die. :D
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Kooch "This story has been sitting for almost a week now, perfect. Let me read it all again from the beginning and then I'll add something in the next day or two. Yeah, cuz I'm lazy."
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surreal78 "Hmm, might have to check that one out... thanks for the tip, Kooch."
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Kooch "Yeah, its a wicked book. He's got a bunch of other ones set in the same world. I've got 3 of them I think, but I've only read the one."
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Gaelythe "Hi, Kooch! I'll take your comment as a recommendation to read Altered Carbon. I'll have to try and dig up a copy.

And yes, please, come add a piece. Always happy to see more folks come out and play. :)
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Kooch "And I have to say, after reading the rest of the chapters, I was formulating something like your patchwork to throw in there! Well done, love the concept. Better than I was coming up with. I'll see what you guys do next and then maybe add a piece?"
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Kooch "This definitely reminds me of a book called Altered Carbon by Richard Morgan. That's not a bad thing either."
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lampoon123 "excellent!!"
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surreal78 "Awesome, Gaelythe! I'm going to have some fun with that Patchwork, I think. :)"
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Gaelythe "Gentlemen, these chapters are excellent, and so much better than I'd have done. Now I need to come up with a contribution that doesn't bring down the quality you've introduced here. :)"
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surreal78 "Okay, I couldn't resist. I figured I'd let Gaelythe flesh out the main plotline a bit while I took a stab at the daughter sub-plot. :)"
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Gaelythe "Ummm... homework... yeah... *looking over at pile of reading that's been put off in favor of Protagonize*

Homework? What homework?

Oh. That homework. *sigh*

;)
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calliope "Very neat. I might have to come up with something for this later on (after homework and such!)... I love the subplot of his daughter already."
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Gaelythe "I'm looking forward to seeing what you come up with, Nick. I really enjoy your writing. :)

And the fascination for me in collaborative fiction is seeing which direction the next writer takes it. It's almost never where it would have gone if I wrote it all, so I'm always happy if someone wants to come play.
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surreal78 "This really is spectacular... I love the notion, very Blade Runner-esque.

I'll have to think long and hard to come up with something good, because I really want to add to this one. :)
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Gaelythe "Thanks, Juniper! I'm glad to know someone enjoys the concept. :)"
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juniper "oooh...love the concept of Joyride"

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