Time's arrow nears.
Good morning, drones.
Wake up and smell the recombinant sludge, black as tar, and twice as noxious. But it'll perk you right up to work another double-triple. Rents going to be due soon, remember? Don't forget to bribe the floor lord either, or they might just pass along your payment a microsecond too late. And you know how the tinskins are, they aren't there for explanations, for excuses, they've heard it all so much that they don't even bother recording the extracts anymore. They just simulate it during your in-transport sentencing. We would know, maybe some of you do, too. Oh well, better start hauling your ass out to the nearest labor station before the processors take all your Earthly belongings away to be made into more paste, more sludge, more tar.
A 100% equitable cycle perfectly calibrated for their concrete fiefdoms, so the governors say.
Put a smile on too, don't forget. A happy Labor Unit is a productive one. Not like you have much choice. Seen the facial rictus set in too many times just to avoid failing one too many scans by the Moodies. Bad look, bad, bad look. Painful too, like a Charlie Horse that never ends.
And that's why we're here. A week from now (more or less), the arrow we fired will land at its target. 🏹 And once it lands? It'll kill the feed, close the loop, shut the porthole. No more room on this lifeboat after that I'm afraid. Not for some time, anyway.
That's why we wanted to put the word out. Gently nudge ya while the shift minders are looking the other way. There's still time to hop on in if you haven't made up your mind quite yet. Or perhaps you think someone ought to take your spot and you want to throw them aboard? Well, we don't discriminate. Just can't promise more than one of ya is going to make it to land.
If you think you can do it? Feel free to stand in front of that arrow. We'll find out together whether or not it hits. Until then, you have a partner to meet and greet.
Dorado, your emissary, and felony in motion.
We'll speak again soon. Probably. Maybe. Most likely.
- SL