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  • solobasssteve says
    as rats scurried from behind bins and rain fell, a groan was heard from beheath a pile of rubbish...
  • philc // me.dm
    scrabbling between the litter a lonely man with a weathered face emerged..
  • jennybee
    holding a half empty tin of peaches and a clutching a pickaxe...
  • solobasssteve
    it's amazing what you find in bins these days he said, removing the thong from his tangled hair
  • philc // me.dm
    the peaches shimmering under the streetlights were taking on a form all their own as he came around.
  • jennybee
    his thoughts turned from thongs into how the hell he came to be in this dank side street on a Friday evening in March 1973
  • solobasssteve
    ...given that he was sure the previous night's party was on July 6th 1967... where had the 6 years gone in between?
  • philc // me.dm
    concealing the pickaxe, the man turns bleary eyed towards the main street, the soft green glow from he casio watch.
  • solobasssteve
    He looked at the watch, bemused - what on earth is that? It looks like it's from... THE FUTURE!!
  • philc // me.dm
    the man quickly ripped the watch from his arm casting it away as he stumbled onwards towards the lighting of the street..
  • jennybee
    how can it be? he was certain the time machine had malfunctioned... he decided to seek coffee and a newspaper...
  • ricgalbraith is
    he strode away from the watch with regret, glancing over his shoulder and remembering the inscription she had put on the back
  • benjamin says
    knowing that it would be years before there was a Starbucks nearby.
  • jennybee
    perhaps the system had re-booted at the last minute after all, perhaps he really was a time bandit...
  • jennybee
    he stumbled into a cafe on the corner of Herbert Street... 'strong black coffee' he growled
  • jennybee
    towards the unsuspecting waitress
  • solobasssteve
    'we haven't sold coffee here for years' she said with a surprised look
  • jennybee
    he froze as he realised the cafe was packed. and all eyes were on him...
  • philc // me.dm
    from behind the curtain came a stock gent who looked like a candidate for a russian shot putt team..
  • jennybee
    'Cynthia, is that you?'. He could barely believe it
  • philc // me.dm
    the room goes deathly quiet, the borrowers run across the floor and vanish into a hole. a plate is dropped...
  • solobasssteve
    "I'm Clive now" she growled, like a butch woman, impersonating an effeminate man...
  • jennybee
    s/he gestured towards an empty booth and ordered 2 bloody marys 'you look like you need it' s/he whispered and laughed
  • jennybee
    by now the rain was falling like bullets from the grey midlands sky. They sat facing each other, waiting for the silence to be broken
  • solobasssteve
    "So, Cynt.... Clive, where have I been?? What's happened? I'm so confused"
  • jennybee
    'So what's been up with you Jonny?'. Clive was the first to fold... Jonny fidgeted and wondered how to answer that question...
  • solobasssteve
    "I was at the party... the one at your brother's place... and then...nothing..."
  • jennybee
    he wished he hadn't thrown his digital watch away... 'I'm so... disorientated right now'...
  • solobasssteve
    "You mean, you know nothing of the uprising, Jonny?" Cynthia looked shocked, and it wasn't just the badly plucked eyebrows
  • solobasssteve
    "uprising? What uprising? What are you talking about?? I don't remember anything from the last 6 YEARS!!"
  • solobasssteve
    "Oh Jonny... You're going to need another drink" mumbled Jonny's mannish companion
  • philc // me.dm
    suddenly his pocket starts to vibrate and play noise in a god awful manner..
  • jennybee
    'what *is* that, Jonny?' his suprise at Clive not recognising 'Umbrella' by Rhianna turned to horror as he realised...
  • solobasssteve
    "I'm the only one here who knows about the time machine!" he mumbled, his inner monologue clearly damaged by the party
  • cwrc11 is
    as he realized he was wearing
  • solobasssteve
    but he couldn't remember anything between the party at Cynthia's brother's and now... was it time travel, or a coma?
  • solobasssteve
    ..and why was he wrapped in a St George's Flag??
  • solobasssteve
    "But I'm Scottish!!" thought Jonny...
  • philc // me.dm
    a strange shady hooded character enters.. .
  • philc // me.dm
    . . he is asking the locals for "the ring" the atmosphere shifts once again..
  • redduffman
    It's an Alabama State college basketball championship winners ring he thought. How did that get there?
  • philc // me.dm
    . . he shivered. he hated that school.
  • redduffman
    He quickly looked out the window to double check which Birmingham he was in.
  • philc // me.dm
    the room starts to spin, the voices blur. he hits the floor with a thud.
  • yellowpark
    As if by magic, the shopkeeper appeared where he was led to a changing room
  • yellowpark
    the changing room looked strangely familiar.
  • redduffman
    It was the same room he'd tried to nick a Sergio Tacchini shell suit when he was a teenager back in the 80's. He wished he could forget that
  • philc // me.dm
    . .. he hears the stone roses playing on what seems to be some kind of futurstic grammerphone. where am i?
  • redduffman is
    He wonders if he's wandered into an old episode of Sapphire & Steel...
  • waynesutton
    and then he flashes to the year 2010 and realizes that...
  • yellowpark hates
    he came out wearing his slippers and dressing gown.
  • redduffman
    ... and reaches for the laudanum.
  • yellowpark
    Suddenly, he hears voices.
  • yellowpark
    "Kipper tie mate?", "No, I'll have a coffee." "O, r." He knew then which Birmingham he was in and felt scared
  • kapil
    no time for fear now, he thought to himself. i have to keep my mind clear for the battle ahead.
  • DaveDev
    He looked out of the window and thought "Well that brings a whole new meaning to to the phrase 'Broad Street'".
  • sschablow
    there on the street, bustling about were hundreds of supermodels.
  • jennybee
    Jonny realised that if this was actually just a dream he really needed to wake up out of it for the sake of his sanity
  • btocher says
    and so he slapped himself hard
  • jodygnant
    and took a cold shower.
  • jennybee
    The cold shower revived him a little, although by now the rain was easing, delivering yellow sunshine to the grimy pavement
  • jennybee
    feeling rejuvinated, Jonny finished his bloody mary, nodded 'goodbye' to Clive and headed out onto the street.
  • IAmKat
    which suddenly went hot...OUCH, turn that tap off he shouted
  • IAmKat
    as for a moment he thought he was back in the shower
  • btocher
    and made "hoppo" sound like "hippo", which was a shame.
  • jennybee
    but what was this? closer inspection of his digital watch revealed a set of co-ordinates inscribed on the back... the plot thickened...
  • redduffman
    ... into a creamy paste which was quite tasty when mixed with cheese on crackers.
  • rojopelo
    the spoon, i forgot the spoon he thought
  • JONxBLAZE
    then remembered he had a fork instead.
  • redduffman
    ... which was attached to a pen knife that had a magnifying glass. With that, Jonny read the coordinates and was amazed to discover that...
  • davepeck
    they were the coordinates of his soon to be ex wifes home, the very place were she had shouted for all his friends & neighbors to hear...
  • rojopelo
    you tried to nick a Sergio Tacchini shell suit when he was a teenager back in the 80's
  • artbizness
    and wondering if that "accident" in a time machine with a contraceptive had created as sort of inverse lagging effect
  • bryan
    boots crunching in the gravel, a whiff of cigar smoke in the air, skin crawls
  • bryan
    a man in a torn white coat appears
  • redduffman says
    Jonny's portable sewing machine/ashtray combi and says "Can I borrow that?"
  • davepeck
    not knowing what else to do.. he hands to the man, who quickly...
  • philc // me.dm thinks
    relives himself taking a big sigh and cracking a smile as he does so..
  • markmedia says
    revealing the cracked stined and uneven teeth of..
  • laurawhitehead
    He hated his gnashers, but always wanted to invent a toothpaste with the strapline of "say ta-ta to yer tartar" but never did. He saw...
  • jennybee
    the watch inscription, reminded of his quest... 52.038333,-4.578611 and hailed a passing cab
  • jasonjarrett
    the power socket port openon his cheek
  • markmedia says
    these damned butt cheek power sockets he thought
  • jennybee
    but was instantly reminded of their worth as he plugged in his ailing iPhone and watched the battery icon glow
  • redduffman
    and felt an uncontrollable urge to stick to his quest as though under control by some hidden hand or hands.
  • jennybee
    took a deep breath as the cab driver asked 'where to mate?'
  • jennybee
    but he brushed it off and replied 'head west'...
  • redduffman
    "That's probably for the best" said the cabbie.
  • girlarsonist
    It was then the sky opened up to reveal...
  • jennybee
    Jonny wondered whether this was the infamous rhyming cabbie of the west midlands and panicked as he remembered the stories...
  • markmedia
    of the scummy brummie
  • jennybee
    but then the hot air balloon that had appeared caught his attention... 'DON'T GO WEST, JONNY!' was being screamed through a megaphone
  • jennybee
    It was the beegee from earlier. It explained the high pitched scream...
  • redduffman
    go to MAAAAASACHUSETS!
  • girlarsonist loves
    Perhaps Boston? But there was something about Boston that bothered him...
  • jennybee
    The hot air balloon disappeared as quickly as it arrived. 'Take me to the airport' Jonny growled to the rhyming cabbie
  • girlarsonist
    "The airport?" said the Cabbie."Not to shabby."
  • jennybee thinks
    As the metrocab slipped through the city streets towards the terminal, Jonny reflected on the last few hours...
  • jennybee thinks
    the coordinates, Clive, the lack of coffee, 6 years missed, time travel? an uprising? the ring from Alabama State college, the beegee.
  • jennybee
    Jonny wondered what Boston might hold as the taxi pulled into the departures parking bay.
  • jennybee
    END OF CHAPTER ONE

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