Journey
Copyright© 2015 by Old Man with a Pen
Chapter 4
The Powers put their heads together ... it's their normal mode of existence, unless Seven is off somewhere doing sevenish things. Then the Six usually separate and party ... they're famous partiers. Seven is the stuck in the mud one. Tradition, tradition, tradition. She harps on Rules, Regulations, Codes of Conduct and manners constantly.
TPTB raised quite a dust ... pushing and shoving ... arguing and complaining ... until Junior said, "You gave me a new one."
"But that was because Too needed ... no ... wait ... That's right ... you needed a new watch because Wendy was going to die September 11th. How did that work out?" Such concern.
"Ask her."
The combined looked at Wendy. That she didn't die was taken in stride as easily as if she did.
"I lost David ... but I've been doing my best to see that ancient history conforms."
Seven said to her minions, "Give Gary a watch ... emergency use only. Vee doesn't need one ... she's THE PRINCESS."
So, Gary got a watch. Emergency Use Only printed across the dial. It was an old fashioned wind up with very few functions. It was a lot like the original Family Watch ... a keepsake ... but this one was in a cheap brass Westclock case. Big old clunker ... next size up sat on the mantle over the fireplace.
It would wind clockwise to go and depressing the stem winder would send the user back to the exact place they started from ... one second later. Wind it counterclockwise and you went back but were invisible in both line of sight and touchy-feely.
Once in the past the watch kept vehicles full of fuel and changed currency to fit the local time ... clothes too. 22000 years back and 2000 forward but it stopped with the end of the world. Since the end of the general population was now less than 100 years, Well ... you know. Why bother.
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