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|enemy = [[Alien researcher (Flickering Flame)|Alien researcher]] | |enemy = [[Alien researcher (Flickering Flame)|Alien researcher]] | ||
|setting = [[Plymouth]], [[2020]] | |setting = [[Plymouth]], [[2020]] | ||
|writer = | |writer = Andy Lane | ||
|editor = [[Hunter O'Connell]] | |editor = [[Hunter O'Connell]] | ||
|publisher = Arcbeatle Press | |publisher = Arcbeatle Press | ||
|release date = | |release date = 28 October 2020 | ||
|series = ''[[Cwej: The Series]]'' | |series = ''[[Cwej: The Series]]'' | ||
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== Plot == | == Plot == | ||
[[Chris Cwej]] is sent on a mission by his [[Superior]]s. He meets the individual who he is working with on the project, a renegade Superior named [[Iris Wildthyme]]. | |||
== Characters == | == Characters == | ||
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* In Chris's time as an [[Adjudicator]], he mostly ate [[foodimal]]s, [[algae]] and [[fungus]] that lived beneath the [[Overcity|Overcities]]. | * In Chris's time as an [[Adjudicator]], he mostly ate [[foodimal]]s, [[algae]] and [[fungus]] that lived beneath the [[Overcity|Overcities]]. | ||
* Chris meets Iris in the [[Salt Lamb]]. | * Chris meets Iris in the [[Salt Lamb]]. | ||
* [[Iris Wildthyme]] is performing [[community service]] for the [[Time Lord]]s. | |||
* According to [[Iris Wildthyme]], there has been a "''thinning''" of the ranks of [[interventionist]]s recently. | |||
* The [[Hoothi]] is a [[fungus]] that Iris' people had to deal with once. | * The [[Hoothi]] is a [[fungus]] that Iris' people had to deal with once. | ||
* [[Charles Dickens|Dickens]] wrote about [[spontaneous human combustion]] in one of his novels. | * [[Charles Dickens|Dickens]] wrote about [[spontaneous human combustion]] in one of his novels. | ||
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== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
* Chris was once a companion of the [[Evil Renegade]]. | * Chris was once a companion of the [[Evil Renegade]]. This was shown in the latter half of the [[Virgin New Adventures]], beginning with {{cs|Original Sin (novel)}}. | ||
* Chris had a mission recently in [[Deptford County]] | * Chris had a mission recently in [[Deptford County]], as shown in ''[[Fountain of Youth (short story)|Fountain of Youth]]'', the previous story in the anthology. | ||
== External links == | == External links == | ||
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{{Iris Wildthyme series}} | {{Iris Wildthyme series}} | ||
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Revision as of 16:06, 1 October 2023
Flickering Flame was the third short story in Down the Middle.
Plot
Chris Cwej is sent on a mission by his Superiors. He meets the individual who he is working with on the project, a renegade Superior named Iris Wildthyme.
Characters
- Chris Cwej
- Iris Wildthyme
- Attendant
- Frederick Garness
- Receptionist
- Elaine Padgett
- Pathologist
- Blond attendant
- Bearded attendant
- Alien researcher
Worldbuilding
- In Chris's time as an Adjudicator, he mostly ate foodimals, algae and fungus that lived beneath the Overcities.
- Chris meets Iris in the Salt Lamb.
- Iris Wildthyme is performing community service for the Time Lords.
- According to Iris Wildthyme, there has been a "thinning" of the ranks of interventionists recently.
- The Hoothi is a fungus that Iris' people had to deal with once.
- Dickens wrote about spontaneous human combustion in one of his novels.
- Iris has a yo-yo, a bag of mints, a 28th century plasma pistol and an Orthogonal Dimensional Retensioner in her bag.
- There is a jacuzzi and a mini-bar with Venusian Tequillas in the upper level of the Celestial Omnibus.
- Chris uses Google Maps.
- Neuralgia means having pain in one's nerves.
- Frederick's body is found in a Lexus.
- Iris is friends with a local Community Policewoman.
- Frederick left behing a wife and three children.
- Frederick worked at the Plymouth Oceanographic Research Institute
- Elaine Padgett is the Human Resources Manager at the Institute.
- The Institute conduct DNA-lever research on marine animals.
- It is believed that sharks never died of old age.
- One of the animals in the Institute is a frilled shark. They are usually found a kilometer and a half beneath the surface.
- Dr Garness' speciality was communities viling in the abyssopelagic zone of the ocean.
- Padgett uses atmospheres as a unit of measurement.
- Chris and Iris rent a small SUV.
- Hyperbole is greek for exaggeration.
- The Swiss psychologist Carl Jung and the Nobel Prize winner Wolfgang Pauli called synchronicity the force in the universe what looked like coincidence.
Story notes
to be added
Continuity
- Chris was once a companion of the Evil Renegade. This was shown in the latter half of the Virgin New Adventures, beginning with Original Sin [+]Loading...["Original Sin (novel)"].
- Chris had a mission recently in Deptford County, as shown in Fountain of Youth, the previous story in the anthology.
External links
- Official Flickering Flame page at Arcbeatle Press
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