Back to High School in 1971

Time to do it right

Chapter 1 by robyna robyna

The earthquake, followed by a loud alarm sent everyone running--everyone but Rot Daemon who had the worst and most boring job at the Palo Alto High Energy Research Institute--shutting down the system in case of emergency. He opened the emergency hatch to the accelerator and dragged down the emergency stop lever.

Naturally it was broken.

Tempting as it was to quit, Rot needed the paycheck. He slid his scrawny body into the hatch, and stretched across the empty space for the system's power supply. This emergency procedure was really just a standby... like the rest of his life. So, there should be no danger.

He reached his arm across the gap but couldn't quite grasp the power cord. Not until he wriggled his shoulders through the hatch. He REALLY didn't want to put his head where the anti-protons would normally be cycled but if he wanted to reach the cord he...

A quick sharp pain seemed to come from everywhere. "Damn," he thought. "My life sucked and my is a joke. I wish I could take a do-over."

This was my first story here on Chyoa and one I enjoyed. I've spent more time lately on The New Kid, another high school transformation story (one I've done as a game to allow more choices). If you'd like me to come back to this story, please let me know. Also, I've created a Patreon to allow readers to support my creativity. If you're financially able, please consider supporting. Here's the link: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=33173948

Does Rot get a do-over?

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