Fledgling Scribbler

Er… so ignore that last post, since I hadn’t really put much thought into what I was going to write.

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Eddie arrived at the Sunshine Motel. It seemed a little run-down, but that was to be expected of a motel of moderate means in the middle of nowhere. He arrived at the front desk to see a woman who flashed her brightest smile at him. Eddie figured that he must be a welcome sight for a motel that hardly saw any visitors.

“Hi there! Welcome to the Sunshine Motel. My name is Arlene Conroy. How can I help you?”

“Hi. I’d like a room please,” Eddie said. He looked around and saw that this place had no staff that he could see.

“How does room 10 sound?” Arlene cheerily said after filling out a little paperwork and retrieving a key from the wall behind her.

“Sounds fine,” Eddie said briefly. He didn’t feel in the mood for conversation, so he went straight to the room.

He went inside the room and found the accommodations sufficient. Compared to some of the dumps he had been to before, this was quite a cozy place. There was a television, a nightstand, and a somewhat comfortable looking bed. He took his wedding picture out of his jacket pocket. He hated having to leave his wife all the time, but he always carried the picture with him. His absences were hard on his marriage, which was just approaching its second anniversary. But, that was part of the job. He hadn’t thought much about love and building a family when he decided to be an investigative journalist. He was working freelance when he met Mabel while doing a story. After some time dating, he realized he couldn’t bear a future without her, so they married after only a few months of dating. Now, however, he was wondering whether this was hard on her, with him being gone so often, chasing some story to support them.

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He was meeting a contact at the local diner. He put on his tie and took his glasses. Not that he needed them. He just found that people got uncomfortable talking to him after a while because his glass eye didn’t really move naturally, and that freaked people out. He had lost his right eye in a childhood accident. The glasses sometimes helped distract them somehow, got people to be more willing to speak to him. As he was about to leave however, the Event happened.