Re: A PEBA MMO Story
Posted: Sat Dec 17, 2016 3:36 am
It was a dark and stormy night. Rain belted the windows with such force that the silhouetted figure inside the room jumped with a startled alarm. John Rodriguez, departed PEBA commissioner for life went to the shadow-draped ballpark organ in the corner of his laboratory and pounded out the chords to the famous "charge" riff. Somewhere out in the sodden gloom, a lone voice could be heard to reply faintly, 'charge...' As a duck could be seen swimming by...
Jolted back into the present, his gaze turned to the package on the table. With it's postmarking from Havana and it's unusual weight, he sat in front of it perplexed. "These must be the heaviest cigars in the world," he murmured to himself. He gently shook it and was startled by a strange noise, was it, from inside the package?
And why did it come Cash On Delivery?
Taking out his letter opener, the man tore away the brown paper wrapping of the parcel, his efforts revealing a somewhat worn box for a Magnavox VHS tape rewinder. "Dammit," he exclaimed, while slamming his palm into his forehead, "I just took my last working VHS tape to Goodwill yesterday, and I don't think there's any way to make this silly rewinder work on all of my sweet Betamax titles."
Frustrated, he cast aside the rewinder revealing the CD affixed to its bottom, bearing a note that read 'seriously? you thought we communicate by vhs? our methods are more modern Mr Rodriguez. -a friend'. John stared at the handwriting on the note, in disbelief - no, it couldn't, then turned his gaze across the room to a picture of himself, his father and brother Chris taken on the inaugural PEBA Opening Day at Northern Lights Park - no, it can't be.
As the early April snow flurries started to fly across the sky...
Jolted back into the present, his gaze turned to the package on the table. With it's postmarking from Havana and it's unusual weight, he sat in front of it perplexed. "These must be the heaviest cigars in the world," he murmured to himself. He gently shook it and was startled by a strange noise, was it, from inside the package?
And why did it come Cash On Delivery?
Taking out his letter opener, the man tore away the brown paper wrapping of the parcel, his efforts revealing a somewhat worn box for a Magnavox VHS tape rewinder. "Dammit," he exclaimed, while slamming his palm into his forehead, "I just took my last working VHS tape to Goodwill yesterday, and I don't think there's any way to make this silly rewinder work on all of my sweet Betamax titles."
Frustrated, he cast aside the rewinder revealing the CD affixed to its bottom, bearing a note that read 'seriously? you thought we communicate by vhs? our methods are more modern Mr Rodriguez. -a friend'. John stared at the handwriting on the note, in disbelief - no, it couldn't, then turned his gaze across the room to a picture of himself, his father and brother Chris taken on the inaugural PEBA Opening Day at Northern Lights Park - no, it can't be.
As the early April snow flurries started to fly across the sky...