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    Westley D.
  • Westley D.
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  • 03/28/2021
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Stories posted in this category are works of fiction. Names, places, characters, events, and incidents are created by the authors' imaginations or are used fictitiously. Any resemblances to actual persons (living or dead), organizations, companies, events, or locales are entirely coincidental.
Note: While authors are asked to place warnings on their stories for some moderated content, everyone has different thresholds, and it is your responsibility as a reader to avoid stories or stop reading if something bothers you. 

Tuct Side - Prologue. Prologue

Hey, er… Hello.

This is, uh, West speaking. Damn, I am not good at this thing. This is my first, uh… documentary, I’d like to call it. Maybe a mockumentary? That’s what Kas would call it. Archive? I dunno. Jesus. My last thought before this was to always stay professional, but look at me now. I guess I was never really good at that kind of thing.

Justin’s really rubbed off on me, hasn’t he? If you’re listening to this, wherever you are now, I miss you, buddy.

We all do.

Anyway, unprofessionalism aside…

My name is Flori Westford Kuttner. A twenty-one-year-old college student at Oakwood University majoring in Journalism and Film. And whose also on a basketball scholarship. I am a male German American, can speak both German and English fluently, basketball player, and pretty much in love with tacos. So, all you taco haters out there can bite me. You’ll be tasting nothing but tortillas anyway.

I was born in Gelsenkirchen, Germany but moved to Tuct Side, Idaho with my cousin five years later.

Yeah. Tuct Side.

I understand that that place has kind of a bad rep nowadays, but that’s what I came here to talk to you about. Or, at least, explain it in better detail. Most towns have their big, bad secret. Their ancient mystery. The old, haunted church at the edge of the street or the abandoned house in the middle of the woods.

Tuct Side… well, let’s just say it’s neither of those things.

It’s more along the lines of the townsfolk and the things that happen without us knowing. How everyday life might seem mundane, but is completely orchestrated to be so in order to keep eyes off the things that happen below.

Sounds a bit unsettling, I know. We won’t get into it just now. For me to flesh this story out, to explain everything that happened, I’m going to have to illustrate my own life, or rather, where I believe it all began.

My side of things.

A story of success, deception, recovery, suffering, and… love.

It’s a hilly ride, and while things may go uphill, eventually they’ll go down. So, brace yourselves.

Der einzige Weg nach oben ist nach unten.

Copyright © 2021 Westley D.; All Rights Reserved.
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Stories posted in this category are works of fiction. Names, places, characters, events, and incidents are created by the authors' imaginations or are used fictitiously. Any resemblances to actual persons (living or dead), organizations, companies, events, or locales are entirely coincidental.
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JeffreyL
13 hours ago, Talo Segura said:

"The only way up is down." Cryptic!

Thank you. I was going to compliment this prologue, and then complain about the untranslated quote at the end. Although I know bits and pieces of other languages, I am, sadly, a typical American only speaking English.  But I am digressing. Your story is intriguing. I am hooked. On to chapter 9ne. I expect this will be a good read! Thanks. 

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JeffreyL
Just now, JeffreyL said:

Thank you. I was going to compliment this prologue, and then complain about the untranslated quote at the end. Although I know bits and pieces of other languages, I am, sadly, a typical American only speaking English.  But I am digressing. Your story is intriguing. I am hooked. On to chapter one. I expect this will be a good read! Thanks. 

 

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Talo Segura
On 3/29/2021 at 10:15 PM, JeffreyL said:

a typical American only speaking English

We live in a techno age and (for me, using Android and a Chrome based browser) a long press on a highlighted word or phrase brings up - cut, copy, paste, share, dictionary, and TRANSLATE. You don't need to speak German, you could copy and paste into an online translator if needed. Often I have to look up words in the dictionary because I don't know, or I am not sure, what they mean, translate is the same. I should add, I kind of like it when the author makes no concession and you have to work at it a little. 

I read one story where the author refers to an elevator and then a lift, it made me wonder why use elevator when the book was by a British author writing about England and he used British English and lift throughout. Was it a concession to Americans, which would seem odd, because most British and American English variations are well known. Anyhow, I digress, just hit that translate button, the result is usually understandable.

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JeffreyL
2 hours ago, Talo Segura said:

We live in a techno age and (for me, using Android and a Chrome based browser) a long press on a highlighted word or phrase brings up - cut, copy, paste, share, dictionary, and TRANSLATE. You don't need to speak German, you could copy and paste into an online translator if needed. Often I have to look up words in the dictionary because I don't know, or I am not sure, what they mean, translate is the same. I should add, I kind of like it when the author makes no concession and you have to work at it a little. 

I read one story where the author refers to an elevator and then a lift, it made me wonder why use elevator when the book was by a British author writing about England and he used British English and lift throughout. Was it a concession to Americans, which would seem odd, because most British and American English variations are well known. Anyhow, I digress, just hit that translate button, the result is usually understandable.

Thanks for the tip! I never thought about using translate. I guess no more whining for me.  😆

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