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nibbins the cat's avatar

Nice work - nice changes of pace that keep the reader on their toes

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Jackie Dana's avatar

Thanks! But you meant toe beans, right? 😹

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nibbins the cat's avatar

Very good, I see what you did there. After a bit of googling I found out what toe beans are, I think its may be a transatlantic two nations divided by a common language thing. My mother never said to us Come inside now and wash that blood off your toe beans before dinner. She just called them paw pads.

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Scott Ocamb's avatar

Cool story, lots of twists and turns.

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Donna Peters's avatar

The story read well. I was intrigued but honestly did not understand it’. The meaning of the license plate? . Maybe it’s because I read no fantasy. I do read fiction but I read more non fiction. . Anyway I have a desire to understand this story. I need help

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Jackie Dana's avatar

G4M30VR = GAMEOVER

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Geoffrey Golden's avatar

Great worldbuilding and pinball specifics. I had a lot of fun reading this. And I recently played Captain Fantastic!

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Jackie Dana's avatar

thank you! I had to do a little research for this one.

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Don Crozier's avatar

That was a fun read!

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V.L. Augustin's avatar

> But the ball returned, trapping him in a dead space as it rebounded against the bumpers near him, a deafening bing-bing-bing-bing bumper frenzy.

You've certainly made being trapped in a pinball machine terrifying!

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Jackie Dana's avatar

Yay! That was one of my intentions! :D

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Postcard Inkblot's avatar

Wow, so many visuals. Very Tron-esque in an analog sort of way. Nice work.

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Jackie Dana's avatar

Thanks!

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Nicci Kadilak's avatar

Oh, there was so much to love about this!

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Jackie Dana's avatar

Oh wow, I'm glad you enjoyed it!

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Craig Armstrong's avatar

Very cool story. That definitely "transported" me.

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Jeff Jaeger's avatar

Nicely done. You had me for whole ride

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Jackie Dana's avatar

Thanks!

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Jayant Neogy's avatar

Very interesting, to imagine being sucked into a pin ball game. Why not think of a more non-conventional setup instead of a pin ball game?

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