Review – Souvenirs
Souvenirs of time travel can really do a number on Rick Daniels.
Background
Temporal souvenirs.
For a prompt about remembrances, I wanted to clarify a bit of time travel lore that I had been rather vague about. In A Long, Long Time Ago, I refer to temporal tourists who take various souvenirs. Helen Walker grabs the quarter flipped right before the plane takes off on February 3, 1959, resulting in the deaths of the Big Bopper, Ritchie Valens, and Buddy Holly.
Therefore, it made sense to me that Rick would take similar souvenirs from each of his honeys. Hence I had him steal a pair of quarters from Windy, plus he had a photograph of Milena that Noemy had taken, but nothing else.
Plot
So the story is about how Temporal Agent Richard Daniels remembers his conquests.
Note: this story breaks later fan fiction.
However, the main reason it breaks it is because of a slight confusion in the dates, nothing more.
And in a way, it leads right up to The Stranger. Richard Daniels has a lot on his plate, and he meets a lot of women. But he also has to allow any number of good people to die. I believe that this would horribly mess with just about anyone’s head. I feel even in the deep future we would not have quite gotten over the guilt many people would feel at having to sit back and watch innocents suffer. Hence he comforts himself by bedding women in time. But Milena Chelenska is different from all the rest.
Story Postings
Rating
This story is rated K.
Upshot
I think the concept is a good one although I am a little annoyed at myself for getting the dates wrong in my own time travel story!
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