'23kpc' Chapters 17-18: Charm Can Take You a Long Way...

...but not equally far with everyone

Nov 09, 2024

∙ Paid

From Chapter 18, below: "...a solidly built but graceful, very dark-skinned woman in a uniform which I felt (doyen of style am I, you know) to be unflatteringly functional. It was a jumpsuit, made of some simple dark-gray fabric, zippered up the front, with a web belt around her waist. From the belt, on a ring, hung what appeared to be a couple kilograms of keys and swipecards, as well as several smaller electronic devices." — *[Image: I just fed the AI image generator the character’s description from Chapter 18. Not sure this is exactly what I had in mind, but then, it IS only an* artificial intelligence which produced this.]

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