FTL Is Magic - 02/Sep/2012
Dora looked at her pony, Bella. She knew she might never see her again. Mummy and Daddy had explained - they were "going up". And Bella couldn't come.
Daddy had tried to explain. He was an engineer, a really good one, but there weren't any jobs for him. Mummy was a teacher, and she was working as hard as she could, just to keep them going.
"I know you love that pony, sweetie. But, she's not really yours, she's shared with a lot of other kids. You only get to ride her because Auntie Gwen is a family friend. We can't afford to pay her, these days."
They were taking the family camper van, and Daddy's old SUV, loaded up with engineering stuff. Daddy had "waved" them up. Their first stop was somewhere called "Stellvia", that Dora had never heard of. She couldn't find it in Mummy's old atlas, either, so it couldn't be very important.
She'd heard Daddy and Mummy talking, about what to take, what to leave behind. About something called a "second mortgage". About a "magic green gunk", that was for use if they had a really emergency.
Leaving Bella behind was a real emergency. So, Dora had soaked some slices of apple, in the magic stuff. Bella ate them up. Now everything would be alright.
Dora didn't know what happened. Just before they left, she kept looking out. Nothing. There was a phone call from the stables. Bella had fallen ill and they were calling a vet. Mummy and Daddy wouldn't let her go and see. They had to leave.
...
"Noah?"
"Would you mind coming down here?"
"I think this is is one of those 'executive decisions'."
"There's a pony knocking on the outside of the airlock. I think she wants to come in."
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"It is the business of the future to be dangerous" - Hawkwind
Dora looked at her pony, Bella. She knew she might never see her again. Mummy and Daddy had explained - they were "going up". And Bella couldn't come.
Daddy had tried to explain. He was an engineer, a really good one, but there weren't any jobs for him. Mummy was a teacher, and she was working as hard as she could, just to keep them going.
"I know you love that pony, sweetie. But, she's not really yours, she's shared with a lot of other kids. You only get to ride her because Auntie Gwen is a family friend. We can't afford to pay her, these days."
They were taking the family camper van, and Daddy's old SUV, loaded up with engineering stuff. Daddy had "waved" them up. Their first stop was somewhere called "Stellvia", that Dora had never heard of. She couldn't find it in Mummy's old atlas, either, so it couldn't be very important.
She'd heard Daddy and Mummy talking, about what to take, what to leave behind. About something called a "second mortgage". About a "magic green gunk", that was for use if they had a really emergency.
Leaving Bella behind was a real emergency. So, Dora had soaked some slices of apple, in the magic stuff. Bella ate them up. Now everything would be alright.
Dora didn't know what happened. Just before they left, she kept looking out. Nothing. There was a phone call from the stables. Bella had fallen ill and they were calling a vet. Mummy and Daddy wouldn't let her go and see. They had to leave.
...
"Noah?"
"Would you mind coming down here?"
"I think this is is one of those 'executive decisions'."
"There's a pony knocking on the outside of the airlock. I think she wants to come in."
--
"It is the business of the future to be dangerous" - Hawkwind