The Pulse of Kato Whip: 07
Excerpt:
Tucking the paper wad in a pocket, he continued down the corridor, which had an unmistakable downward slant. He walked for several hours. He walked for a day, a week, a month. And still he had not reached the end. To help pass the time he pulled out a rubber band and worried it between his fingers until it broke, then another, and another, to the point where he dared not waste any more. After several months, wearied from so much walking and getting nowhere, he leaned against the cold corridor wall and listened to the scribbling of pens on paper, the tapping of fingers on keys, the blup-blup, clank, gulp, and splash of coffee being brewed, stirred, drank, spilled–
“Excuse me,” he called out. “Excuse me. Have I reached the hacks yet?”
Screams of outrage issued from the offices. All form of object sailed out into the corridor, slamming the wall about him. He dodged a coffee-maker, ducked a monitor stringing a keyboard, leaped over a shattering mug, and hurried onward.
The adventure continues…
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