200 Words: "Timelapse" Part 6

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"Think big?" Jim asked. "What's that supposed to mean?"

"Well," Carla replied, "you said your character is ten years in the past, so think about disasters or atrocities that have happened in the last ten years."

"Oh," said Jim, becoming very serious.

Carla continued, "So, he could try to warn people about one or more of them."

"How?" Jim asked. "Would anyone believe him?"

"There's your story," Carla said smiling. "Answer that question and the thing'll write itself.

Carla noted that Jim's mind seemed to have moved elsewhere as he was now staring off into space.

"Well," she said, "I really should be getting back to work. Thing Two and I were going to check out that bar on Pearl tonight, wanna come?"

"Huh," Jim replied distractedly, "uh, no, I've got too much to work on." As an afterthought he added, "Maybe some other time."

"Oh, okay." Disappointed, Carla disappeared into the bookshelves.

Jim sat down at a table and pulled out paper and pen from his bag. He wrote:

To Whom It May Concern:

I know this sounds unbelievable, but I have advance knowledge of the next ten years. The following events will occur on or around the following dates: