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Kirsten Clark: A Short Story

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Kirsten paid the barista at her local coffee shop for the drinks she purchased and headed out the door. The warm taste of fresh coffee was what drove many people to get up and get moving in the mornings. The drink had a knack for turning it’s drinkers into more awake, morning people. However, it never seemed to work for people like Kirsten Clark. As she has said before, she wasn’t a morning person, nor was she much of an anytime person. Due to her condition, temporal dysplasia, Kirsten had no perception of time whatsoever. The condition usually didn’t affect her all that much, but on some days, it did happen to make her late for work if she hadn’t allotted enough time for herself to get there. On days when that happened, she would often get …show more content…

Kirsten, what’s wrong? What happened?” Cameron worried into the mic. Without taking the time to say anything, Kirsten typed in her exit pin code and bounced herself from the memory, gasping for breath and trying to ignore the newfound stinging pain in her torso. Sitting up in the fish tank as soon as she was out of the memory, Kirsten breathed heavily and looked down at her own abdomen, where the two bullets passed through. There were no gaping holes, nor any sign or damage. Cameron rushed to the edge of the tank and climbed the ladder until he was eye level with Kirsten. “Are you okay? What made you bounce so suddenly?” “T-the bullets went right through me. It felt like I actually was shot,” she stammered, trying to slow her breathing as she climbed out of the water. Cameron offered her a hand to keep her steady, which she gratefully took. His eyebrows were furrowed together in concern. “That… shouldn’t have happened. I mean, you aren’t physically there. There’s no way for you to actually feel the bullets.” “Well, I did,” Kirsten snapped, a tinge of panic in her voice. Cameron seemed to back off at that point, leaving Kirsten to go get changed. Camille watched her leave before looking to Cameron. “What was that

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