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Pastimes : Muffy's Story: A Short Story Game for Would Be Authors
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To: Carolyn who wrote (752)4/2/2020 1:51:53 PM
From: TEDennis  Read Replies (1) of 766
 
As we have learned to expect over the decade+ of Muffy's escapades, her well-thought out plans were interrupted by events over which she had no control.

The cruise ship she had chosen for her 137 day around-the-world cruise was re-routed when the next country on the itinerary refused to let them dock. Why?

Will she get a refund? What about the excursions she had reserved?

The ship had blacked-out all outside news for about 10 days, without informing the passengers of the reason.

What gives?

Some passengers were looking sickly.

Perhaps an outbreak of the flu? Probably not. It's not flu season.

The cabin attendants had all started wearing masks. It's not Halloween, is it?

Muffy began to worry that the Captain's mandate to black-out all news was intended to cover something up.

Fortunately, Muffy had brought along her Radio Shack budget two-way radio. If only they would get close enough to shore, she might be able to get a signal so she could catch up on world news. Surely there was somebody from the global short-wave radio club in this area somewhere.

But, wait.

The ship changed course several days ago, so Muffy doesn't even know where she is, or which country is close by.
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