Carlie’s Chapter 4—Dear Tiger: I Don’t Think I’m Human Anymore
LAST WEEK, Simone was working her way through her treatment. This week, things start to get interesting for Tiger.Chapter 4 – Things Look Bad
Hi Simone
Wow! Cool! And scary.And I’m not sure I’m really an Alby Waffle, but, whatever, okay? Do you really think they won’t find out you’re talking to me?At least there weren’t any black bits in your email, this time. I really liked that.You can relax, okay? I would never talk classified stuff with you. We both want our parents to keep their jobs, right?I am kinda worried about you, though. It almost sounds like you’re becoming a psi, and, if you become that then I don’t think the company will ever let you go. I hope this email is as secure as you say, because they will make me disappear, too, just to keep you secret.Be really, really careful, okay? And I will be, too.I don’t know how you’re going to keep them from getting into our mail. I hope you have time to warn me, if they do, but don’t worry too much, I have put things in place that will keep me, and my mum, and dad safe.I’m trying to work out if I can do something like that for you and your parents, but it’s not happening, yet. Give me time, okay. I’m doing my best.The planet my parents are on is Deskeden, and there really arefossils here. I am so excited! But I’m starting to get worried, too.You see, we found ruins, here, and I remember you saying that your parents found ruins, too. You know, way back before you got that parcel, and your world went all sorts of sideways. And I’m just a little bit worried.I looked into the company files, and Deskeden isn’t listed.It’s a bit like that wall in that school, you know? Where there was no expedition listed for Sharvin? Well, Deskeden and Sharvin have one thing in common—they’re not in the company database. They’re not on its website, and they’re not on any of its star maps.I tried to raise it with my parents, but you know how they get when they’re in the middle of a big find. They’re away from camp from first light right up until dark, and there’s nothing I can do about it. When they doget back, they’re almost too tired to eat, or they’ve got to file reports.If I’ve got something hot and waiting, I can get them to sit at the table and eat. I just can’t get them to talk to me about anything I need to talk about. They ask how my studies are going, and then they make me go over what I learned, and, by the time we’ve done all that, they’re done, and they’re back into their files.Honestly! I’d kick over their sample boxes, if I thought it would make a difference. Well, that would make a difference, because I’d be grounded, and by grounded I mean confined to my tent for the rest of the trip. I don’t want to be stuck in my tent when I turn twenty-one. That would be… just horrible.Anyway, sorry. I got side-tracked. I looked up Deskeden and Sharvin. They’re not in the company records, any more—or not that I can access, and I’m scared.And I’m scared for you, too. I want you to be okay, but I don’t think you are, and I don’t think the company is helping you. I think they might even be experimenting on you, and I don’t know what to do about it.I feel so far away.I also don’t want to leave my mum and dad. I think we’re all in trouble, and I’m stuck.But I won’t give up.You wouldn’t give up, so I won’t.Let me know if you think of anything that can help, okay?And I will do the same for you.
hugs and all that kind of stuff
take care
Tiger.-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Hi Simone
Wow! Cool! And scary.And I’m not sure I’m really an Alby Waffle, but, whatever, okay? Do you really think they won’t find out you’re talking to me?At least there weren’t any black bits in your email, this time. I really liked that.You can relax, okay? I would never talk classified stuff with you. We both want our parents to keep their jobs, right?I am kinda worried about you, though. It almost sounds like you’re becoming a psi, and, if you become that then I don’t think the company will ever let you go. I hope this email is as secure as you say, because they will make me disappear, too, just to keep you secret.Be really, really careful, okay? And I will be, too.I don’t know how you’re going to keep them from getting into our mail. I hope you have time to warn me, if they do, but don’t worry too much, I have put things in place that will keep me, and my mum, and dad safe.I’m trying to work out if I can do something like that for you and your parents, but it’s not happening, yet. Give me time, okay. I’m doing my best.The planet my parents are on is Deskeden, and there really arefossils here. I am so excited! But I’m starting to get worried, too.You see, we found ruins, here, and I remember you saying that your parents found ruins, too. You know, way back before you got that parcel, and your world went all sorts of sideways. And I’m just a little bit worried.I looked into the company files, and Deskeden isn’t listed.It’s a bit like that wall in that school, you know? Where there was no expedition listed for Sharvin? Well, Deskeden and Sharvin have one thing in common—they’re not in the company database. They’re not on its website, and they’re not on any of its star maps.I tried to raise it with my parents, but you know how they get when they’re in the middle of a big find. They’re away from camp from first light right up until dark, and there’s nothing I can do about it. When they doget back, they’re almost too tired to eat, or they’ve got to file reports.If I’ve got something hot and waiting, I can get them to sit at the table and eat. I just can’t get them to talk to me about anything I need to talk about. They ask how my studies are going, and then they make me go over what I learned, and, by the time we’ve done all that, they’re done, and they’re back into their files.Honestly! I’d kick over their sample boxes, if I thought it would make a difference. Well, that would make a difference, because I’d be grounded, and by grounded I mean confined to my tent for the rest of the trip. I don’t want to be stuck in my tent when I turn twenty-one. That would be… just horrible.Anyway, sorry. I got side-tracked. I looked up Deskeden and Sharvin. They’re not in the company records, any more—or not that I can access, and I’m scared.And I’m scared for you, too. I want you to be okay, but I don’t think you are, and I don’t think the company is helping you. I think they might even be experimenting on you, and I don’t know what to do about it.I feel so far away.I also don’t want to leave my mum and dad. I think we’re all in trouble, and I’m stuck.But I won’t give up.You wouldn’t give up, so I won’t.Let me know if you think of anything that can help, okay?And I will do the same for you.
hugs and all that kind of stuff
take care
Tiger.-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
The complete series is available as short, individual ebooks, and will become available as an omnibus, later this year. In the meantime, you can find them on this blog, until one week after the last chapter in the last book of the series has been posted, at which point this series will be taken down, and a new series serialised on site.
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