Tek Kill
“Night was closing in, sweeping across the beaches and filling the jungles. Lights were blossoming in the houses, hotels, and condos. All the lights in the NewTown facility just downhill came on at once and the complex seemed to come bursting out of the darkness.
Reaching into the pocket of his jacket, Burdon slid out a model of NewTown Pharmaceuticals’ newest Mood Mist Dispenser. “Very depressing night,” he observed as he inserted the plaz barrel between his teeth.
A touch of the trigger squirt...ed a cold-feeling swirl of spray. For a few ensuing seconds his mouth and tongue felt fuzzy.
He swallowed a few times. “We’ll have to improve this damned delivery system.” Burdon crossed to the Entertainment Sector of the large room. “And the spray sure hasn’t pepped up my spirits one hell of a lot.”
After settling in one of the low armchairs that ringed the holostage, he picked up the voxselector. “Shakespeare,” he said into it.
“Very well, sir.”
The wide circular stage began to glow faintly.MoreLess
Reaching into the pocket of his jacket, Burdon slid out a model of NewTown Pharmaceuticals’ newest Mood Mist Dispenser. “Very depressing night,” he observed as he inserted the plaz barrel between his teeth.
A touch of the trigger squirt...ed a cold-feeling swirl of spray. For a few ensuing seconds his mouth and tongue felt fuzzy.
He swallowed a few times. “We’ll have to improve this damned delivery system.” Burdon crossed to the Entertainment Sector of the large room. “And the spray sure hasn’t pepped up my spirits one hell of a lot.”
After settling in one of the low armchairs that ringed the holostage, he picked up the voxselector. “Shakespeare,” he said into it.
“Very well, sir.”
The wide circular stage began to glow faintly.MoreLess
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