paying the utility bill
for gen_drabble challenge 8: precious
No scheduled blackouts yet, but give it time.
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On Earth, power hadn’t been an issue, not really. Even in Antarctica, more generators could always be requisitioned, and the ZPM was there as a (very) last resort.
Now, though, on Atlantis, Rodney finds himself keeping a running tally of how much used, how much available and how much more needed-the gap between those last two growing ever greater. Some days it’s like trying to traverse the Sahara on foot, with a single canteen of water and absolutely no protection from the sun, not a camel in sight.
So he goes off-world with Sheppard and hopes to find an oasis.
No scheduled blackouts yet, but give it time.
*
On Earth, power hadn’t been an issue, not really. Even in Antarctica, more generators could always be requisitioned, and the ZPM was there as a (very) last resort.
Now, though, on Atlantis, Rodney finds himself keeping a running tally of how much used, how much available and how much more needed-the gap between those last two growing ever greater. Some days it’s like trying to traverse the Sahara on foot, with a single canteen of water and absolutely no protection from the sun, not a camel in sight.
So he goes off-world with Sheppard and hopes to find an oasis.