The engineers building the floating cities of Pacifica go on strike. Mr. Frost responds ruthlessly.
96.
"I know, but what can we do? We took this deal to get a better life for our families. Now, they're effectively the Boss' hostages. We're at his mercy."
— Wild Speculation Studios, Andrew Reising 🌈 (@WSpeculation) July 6, 2019
"He won't touch our families. It'd wreck his little utopia if he did. We should strike."
"You sure?"#microfiction#scifi
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97.
Here is our demand: Allow us to split our time between the factory and our families, or reduce the total number of cities to be completed to eight.
— Wild Speculation Studios, Andrew Reising 🌈 (@WSpeculation) July 10, 2019
Until one of these happen, we are on strike. You will not receive cities 6 and 7.
We await your response.#microfiction#scifi
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98.
"What the hell happened in there?!"
— Wild Speculation Studios, Andrew Reising 🌈 (@WSpeculation) July 10, 2019
"I thought they had a bomb!"
"That was just a camera, idiot!"
"Shut up, both of you. They had a bomb."
"They did?"
"That's what my report'll say. You gonna contradict it?"
"No, sir."
"Good. Then let's blow this place."#microfiction#scifi
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99.
Unfortunately, everyone in the factory perished in the blast.
— Wild Speculation Studios, Andrew Reising 🌈 (@WSpeculation) July 11, 2019
Cities 8 and 9 will be postponed until new workers are hired and a new factory built.
Families of the deceased will receive their loved ones' pensions.
Our thoughts and prayers are with them.#microfiction#scifi
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100.
Mom was gone for work a lot, and we'd write secret messages to each other hidden in letters.
— Wild Speculation Studios, Andrew Reising 🌈 (@WSpeculation) July 11, 2019
Her last letter's message told me about the strike, about holding cities 6 and 7 hostage.
But cities 6 and 7 survived the raiders' bomb?
Something's not right.#microfiction#scifi
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101.
It was a raider attack!
— Wild Speculation Studios, Andrew Reising 🌈 (@WSpeculation) July 12, 2019
It was an accident!
The Artens did it!
The workers were on strike!
Frost blew it up!
The workers aren't dead, they're being detained somewhere!
Some of the rumors are clearly nonsense, but that isn't stopping them from spreading.#microfiction#scifi
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102.
"It became terrorism when you blew up the factory."
— Wild Speculation Studios, Andrew Reising 🌈 (@WSpeculation) July 12, 2019
"What?"
"The factory. Blown to bits by one of you. We brought survivors here."
"What happens now?"
"You have a choice. Rebuild the factory and maybe see your family again. Or, rot away in this cell."#microfiction#scifi
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103.
"Yeah. There's no way raiders attacked the factory right after all the valuable city platforms were trucked out."
— Wild Speculation Studios, Andrew Reising 🌈 (@WSpeculation) July 13, 2019
"The message also said nothing about the workers' strike."
"If not raiders, what caused the explosion?"
"That's what we're gonna find out."#microfiction#scifi
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104.
I don't care if the explosion happened during a strike, as this group claims, or if it really was raiders.
— Wild Speculation Studios, Andrew Reising 🌈 (@WSpeculation) July 15, 2019
I just want peace and stability in Pacifica.
If people believe them, or if they find something, it will destroy us.
Sincerely,
Jeremy M, from city 4#microfiction#scifi
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