The Cliff Over Nothing: Fantasy

[penthius]

We live on the edge of the Cliff Over Nothing. I know, I get massive cool points for saying that. I also know you just took massive cool points away for me using the phrase "massive cool points." It's okay. I like watching old shows from Before and reading teenager's books from Before, and unfortunately that means I think things are hip or tight or groovy. Yeah. Well, it's still comforting to pretend that nothing changed before my parents had me, that there isn't anything new or scary about being a teenager. Yeah, right. My parents are Watchers. They volunteered for the position, went through all the training and passed with flying colors (and don’t even get me started on what that did to their expectations for me), and got assigned way out here on the edge. Me, I was a bit of a surprise, but they love me, and they talked their supervisor over to their side and managed to keep their positions and the house even though I didn’t go through anything near the screening process that they did.

Every morning I go and throw things over the edge, before anybody wakes up.

Inspiration: "Hyper-Ballad" - Bjork
Story potential: High.
Notes: Yeah, so...something's been paying attention. And something else may or may not happen to "modern" teenagers when they got through puberty.