Hello, my name is Charles

by on February 8, 2015 at 12:01 am
Posted In: Diaries

The 1960s also saw a rise in the Civil Rights movement where hundreds of thousands of Blacks stood up in protest against the Democratic Party’s practice of Segregation in the Southern States of America. Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. became the recognized head of the non-violent protestors and everyone in America saw the fire hoses and attack dogs sent to stop their protests via the new television system. It was a wakeup call for America and King’s “I Have a Dream” speech is still required reading in every American school. America became better because of him.

 Comment 

Hello, my name is Jack

by on February 7, 2015 at 12:01 am
Posted In: Diaries

One of the biggest things I remember after The War was coming home to find people demanding that I and mine wear something on our clothing to mark us as Ageless. So people would know who we are. There were many symbols they suggested. For some reason no one ever suggested a yellow Star of David, but the symbolism of what they demanded was not lost on us. They were being driven to fear us and protests became…violent.

 Comment 

Hello, my name is Betty

by on February 6, 2015 at 12:01 am
Posted In: Diaries

Elizabeth had quietly taken up residence in most of the central data networks long before the English Blackout of 2048. She was able to reboot most of them within minutes, enabling communications throughout the British Isles. The primary power grids took far longer. With the public support of her daughter Victoria the English managed to bring up many of the city grids in hours. But there were regions of the British Isles that would remain dark for weeks. It is impossible to overestimate the effect the blackout had on the British economy.

 Comment 

Hello, my name is Charles

by on February 5, 2015 at 12:01 am
Posted In: Diaries

The American government drafted young men of fighting age for the Second Indochina War. Some burned their draft cards as the war became more unpopular back home. Others fled to Canada. Protesting the draft and the government that conducted it became a popular tactic amongst young socialists. Others were more militant. Waves of bombings and fires destroyed or damaged draft offices and ROTC buildings. Most occurred at night when the buildings were vacant, but some groups specifically sought to kill the “capitalist pigs” in government or the police.

 Comment 

Hello, my name is Jack

by on February 4, 2015 at 12:01 am
Posted In: Diaries

People didn’t know what to think of Ageless before The War. We were different. Things didn’t change much after The War. Not for a while at least. We were still different. And those who had powerful reasons to want us neutralized had very powerful business empires of their own to spend on making us look bad. Isolated shenanigans by lone wolves became reasons to distrust us all. Distrust turned to fear and that escalated badly.

 Comment