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Out in Baudway, Dot was overseeing the construction of her first business. A data crane was carefully lowering down the D light to finish up the sign saying 'Dot's Diner.' On the ground, binomes helped to carry in the booth walls, seats and lighting. She checked over her organizer again as Enzo hopped in place next to her, tugging her dress.
"Sis, hurry up! We'll be late!" How could she be working? They were going to miss it! The little sprite kept hopping around, making the propeller on his beanie spin.
"Enzo, I'll be finished a lot quicker without you pestering me," she chided him gently, glancing at him.
"But Dad's experiment!"
"We've got plenty of time. It's only -" she dropped off, checking the time in her organizer, and her face went from calm to oops in less than .001 nanos. "Oh No! Jimmy, take over! We're late! I'll be back ASAP!"
The binome named Jimmy waved back. Dot nodded to Enzo and then... heard something. As she raised her glasses a bright light appeared on the horizon... right above where her Dad's lecture was. Then...
The light fell back down into the center of the second system. When it hit, a shockwave went out in a circular wave away from its center. The shock waves tore apart buildings and threw vehicles into the air like children's building bytes. Dot could feel herself being hit by the wave and thrown into the air as it hit her Diner and everyone around her. She dimly registered the noise of all the windows breaking before...
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She woke up crying out in her sleep from the nightmare in the middle of her empty office. Dot looked around the silent room, glad no one had seen her break down like that... and saw the synchonizer on her wrist was beeping. Crash it! No one had bothered to wake her up for this...
"Sis, hurry up! We'll be late!" How could she be working? They were going to miss it! The little sprite kept hopping around, making the propeller on his beanie spin.
"Enzo, I'll be finished a lot quicker without you pestering me," she chided him gently, glancing at him.
"But Dad's experiment!"
"We've got plenty of time. It's only -" she dropped off, checking the time in her organizer, and her face went from calm to oops in less than .001 nanos. "Oh No! Jimmy, take over! We're late! I'll be back ASAP!"
The binome named Jimmy waved back. Dot nodded to Enzo and then... heard something. As she raised her glasses a bright light appeared on the horizon... right above where her Dad's lecture was. Then...
The light fell back down into the center of the second system. When it hit, a shockwave went out in a circular wave away from its center. The shock waves tore apart buildings and threw vehicles into the air like children's building bytes. Dot could feel herself being hit by the wave and thrown into the air as it hit her Diner and everyone around her. She dimly registered the noise of all the windows breaking before...
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She woke up crying out in her sleep from the nightmare in the middle of her empty office. Dot looked around the silent room, glad no one had seen her break down like that... and saw the synchonizer on her wrist was beeping. Crash it! No one had bothered to wake her up for this...