Each Tuesday, rather than a POSSIBLY
IRRITATING ESSAY, I'd like to both challenge you and lend a helping hand. I
generate more speculative and teen story ideas than I can ever use. My family
rolls its collective eyes when I say, "Hang on a second! I just have to
write down this idea..." Here, I'll include the initial inspiration
(quote, website, podcast, etc) and then a thought or two that came to mind.
These will simply be seeds -- plant, nurture, fertilize, chemically treat,
irradiate, test or stress them as you see fit. I only ask if you let me know if
anything comes of them.
F Trope: good
versus evil
Current Event: http://www.wired.com/2014/06/googles-new-satellites-have-amazing-potential-and-potential-for-abuse/
Nivi Critchlow
said, “How,” her voice screeched a bit, so she cleared her throat and started
again, “How are we supposed to do magic when something like this is watching
all the time?”
Krish Zeeb shook
his head, saying, “You worry too much. Satellites have been watching us
forever...”
“Yeah, government
ones. This is a commercial satellite. ‘Profit knows no boundaries’. Governments
have to follow laws, businesses only have to appear to. With this thing, who
knows...”
Krish shook his
head and dropped his tablet computer on his lap. With complex gestures he
started his computer, connecting to the mundane internet instead of the broader
connections of enchantnet. Hunching,
he shook his head after several minutes. “Lots of mundane chatter about the
good an evil of GOOGLE being able to have a peek at whomever they please.” With
a different motion, he cleared the screen and shut it down. A moment later,
skirls of light began to spin around the tablet. When the screen lit, it was
liquid silver, rocking slowly back and forth. He swiped a finger through it,
speaking a spell for his favored search engine. He spoke then typed. After a
time, he looked up, “Lots of magic chatter about it as well.”
“What are we
going to do?”
“What do you
mean by ‘we’ and ‘do’?” he said, leaning back and squinting at her.
“We can’t just
let GOOGLE take over!”
“Yes, we can.”
Nivi looked at
him, scowling then finally said, “Aren’t we supposed favor good over evil?”
“‘Favor’ good,
yes; fight evil, absolutely not!”
Nivi stood up
and said, “I guess I’ll have to find a new best friend then.”
Names: ♀
Greenland, Guyana ; ♂ Guyana, Greenland
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