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When time slips, at first you don't notice it. You don't think anything's changed--most of the time. Most of the timeslips are small enough to shrug off. They mean you'll get a ticket for leaving your car parked too long, or have to explain to your boss why you didn't show up one day--just say that you're horribly ill with something that kept you so busy vomiting you couldn't make it to a phone. That's usually enough for them. You may find yourself in one of the bigger timeslips. That's actually what we're hoping for. If that happens, rest assured, the company will provide well for any family or designated beneficiaries that you have left behind--or ahead--and you will also receive very generous compensation. Of course, that's why we insist that you always carry with you the--

Inspiration:"Our Surprise Decision" by Burnside Project
Story Potential: High, actually. At least medium-high.
Notes: An interesting idea for story set-up, that could go any number of places, future or past. Past would be, I think, more interesting--but also would involve more research. Also, must decide how to play corporation--"Corporations Are Evil" would be too easy.
He was ticking along a-okay, just fine, peachy keen, diving into his archives of Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew, finding wonderful paradigms of the times, wearing a poodle skirt and practicing on roller skates, planning for the time that his decade would come around, rejoicing in the fun they would have. It would be swell, he thought, and that was when they arrested him for the murder of the 23rd Century. They should have known better, he thought resentfully as he was pulled upstream and into the Current, where he was stripped of his roller skates, though they let him keep the poodle skirt. They should have known that the time he loved wasn't a violent one. Just the gangs and the greased back hair, the--

Inspiration: "aver"
Story Potential: High.
Notes: I forget what this style of writing is called. There's a word for it, though. I like the notion of people being assigned to a decade or a century, to keep it in the Current, maybe space, just really super-futuristic which of course means reflections of the past as well. And a murder. And a guy in a poodle skirt. I do like this one, though I don't know if I could sustain the tone or figure out an appropriate plot. Not my usual bag, baby, but I could try....

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