A Swarm Cycle Story
Episode 9 in the Outpost Series. Frances continues to tell the story of Heinlein Station. In this story she doesn't tell her own story so much as take a break from reliving the past. In doing that she reaches a turning point.
A Work Experience Story Nicole is a young university student studying accounting. She is offered an opportunity to assist in an audit of a luxury tropical island resort. Her boss is much older and slow to pick up on her desires to be seduced by him so she takes matters into her own hands.
James III established a racehorse breeding operation in Kentucky. He did well before family problems. Then, he had issues with his son, James the Fourth, who wouldn’t follow in his footsteps. The Fourth had a son, James the Fifth, who made the Military his career. When the Fifth’s career ended, James the Third gifted me, the oldest known grandson, 80% of the horse farm to James the Fifth. The remaining 20% of the farm went to Molly, possibly a child of James the Fourth.
On a routine business trip, John meets Asami, a stewardess on the flight. With the plane barely half full she sits down to talk with him for a bit. On the return trip John hopes to meet up with her again, but it doesn't happen. Then on another trip, he finds Asami working on that flight...
Suki is a young Japanese-American girl. Born in Japan to a Japanese mother and an American father, she comes to America to live after her mother dies. She gets a job and falls in love with a man who works for another company when their firms join on a project. It seems like the perfect arrangement until one day fate throws them a curveball...
In a single workday, two people navigate the same system from opposite sides of the screen. Roger is racing a spreadsheet, a cracked phone, and a clock that won’t negotiate. Chelsie is making her first solo hire while pressure pushes her toward the wrong kind of “vision.” Between filters, buzzwords, missed calls, and cold coffee, a quiet alignment forms. This isn’t a story about getting the job. It’s a story about being seen, and choosing accuracy over noise.
Stag & Vixen couple visit car dealer friends office. Vixen joking offers to "trade" for a hot little roadster on his lot. The couple are surprised by his response.