By Emma Burnett
We regret to announce that the 13.04 shuttle connection to the 16.45 elevator base station that meets tomorrow’s 10.19 lunar transport is delayed by approximately 22 minutes.
This is due to a member of staff being delayed on the skipper from Antarctica to Abu Dhabi, which was obstructed by a late release of drone deliveries due to an unexpected volcanic eruption in Iceland triggered by an ice sheet collapse.
Unfortunately, routes off-planet are in high demand, and the next availability to Counterweight Station is in three days’ time.
SwyftEscäp bears no responsibility for schedule changes.
We acknowledge this is inconvenient.
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Emma Burnett is a researcher and writer. She has had stories in Nature:Futures, Mythaxis, Northern Gravy, Radon, Flash Fiction Online, Apex, Utopia, MetaStellar, Milk Candy Review, Roi Fainéant, JAKE, and more. Her favourite story this month is The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Teleporter by M.J. Pettit in Flash Fiction Online.
You can find Emma @slashnburnett.bsky.social or emmaburnett.uk.
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