Public Health and Public Safety are not the same thing. No, it was not at all my responsibility to make sure Analion products didn’t kill people. I’m here as an ambassador to Mother Earth. I’m supposed to make sure that we protect the environment, and use sustainable methods in all facets of our operation. As it stands, I’ve been able to accomplish about three percent of what I wanted. That’s just an estimate, because I know I’ve had more than zero impact, but not by that much. If I had it my way, our new headquarters would have been constructed to be completely self-sufficient. We would have generated solar and wind power, recycled our urine, cultivated an herb garden on the roof, and done a ton of other things. 21st century building codes helped make some of my dreams a reality, but our real problems can be found in our construction. We go through wood like it grows on trees. Well, I mean…of course it does; that was a stupid thing to say, but you know what I mean. I don’t want you to kill a tree and then replace it with another—which, by the way, Analion does not do—I want you to not kill the tree in the first place. Wood and glass windows have no place in the modern world. Carbon polymers are more than capable of supporting the whole planet’s construction needs. This technology is cheaper, easier to handle, and much quicker to assemble. So why do people, including Analion executives, insist on remaining in the dark ages? I imagine it has to do with a distaste for change. Why did people fall out of our windows and die? They were made of unreliable wood and glass, which I was unable to stop them from using. Once I get past this whole thing where people are under the impression that it was my job to inspect the products for flaws, I’m going to quit. Ain’t nobody got time for these philistines.
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My name is Nick Fisherman III. It's not my real name, but that's not because I'm trying to hide from my former agency, or something. I named myself after someone I've known for most of my life, and he chose it in honor of his late best friend. I took up writing when I found myself failing 8th grade science, and realized I might never reach my dream of becoming a biochemist, a meteorologist, and a quantum physicist. I started developing my canon after a scouting trip to an island inspired what I thought would be my first novel. I founded this website upon the advice of many people, who told me I needed to get my work out there, and not wait for an agent to accept my manuscript. You can expect one new story every day. Weekdays are for microstories, which are one or two paragraphs long. They're usually only thematically linked, so you won't have to read one to understand another, but they do sometimes tell a combined story. Sundays are for my continuous longer story, The Advancement of Mateo Matic, which I started in the beginning, and won't end until 2066. Saturdays are for long series, most of which take place in the same universe as Mateo, and add to the larger mythology.
Friday, October 7, 2016
Microstory 425: Floor 18 (Part 1)
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