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“Really?” Adam asks “Is there a way to contact her?”
“U But her last status update says she’s at work and her profile has the nao there?” Her eyes widen “We can go talk to her My sister, in the future”
Adanize you Especially with your blue hair”
“I guess,” Zoe says, her shoulders drooping “But you guys could talk to her forinto shock and brain dae and all that?”
Zoe chews on her nail for a minute and then nods “I have to know”
02:53
Zoe’s sister works at some place on Hollywood Boulevard called Blue Moon We use the ra distance that will take us into the city This Metro line doesn’t exist yet in our ti to work or wherever they’re going in the city
Almost everyone on board wears a flexi, some clear but most with patterns, and it’s hard not to stare at their clothes that look al sleek with a touch of shine, and sos are all electronic, and one guy even has an entire advertise on repeat It’s as if their clothes—suess—are all computerized too
The five of us spread out so we don’t look suspicious in our , old-fashioned outfits I sit by round on raised bridges over the freehere hundreds of egg-shaped cars zoo the sa is different now—
It takes two trains and about two hours to get to the Hollywood and Highland Metro exit We e at an Elvis iold Walk of Fame stars in the sidewalk The place looks alo on a school trip Although I guess it would be thirty-four years ago now
The street is lined with T-shirt and souvenir shops selling randoeles” Old neon signs hang below palm trees, and the air smells like piss and incense Street entertainers and people in costuet so has that sas that stand out as different are the strange cars and the lit-up clothes people wear And none of the tourists are taking photos—probably because the flexis have a ca around the crowds and trying to stick together Dark-gray clouds cover the sky, the air thick with the promise of rain Adam stares down at the Walk of Fa the celebrities’ na into multiple people in the process “Who are all these people? I’ve never heard of any of them”
“Actors who haven’t been born yet probably” I yank hiuy in a Darth Vader costu”
“Sorry It’s just so odd It’s like nothing’s changed in the future until you look at the details Like that” He points at adisplay with dozens of different T-shirt styles for soo, but others have a guy wearing typical superhero gear with a blackwith a pink tutu “What is that?”
“Never heard of it Must be a TV show orbut then I nearly run into Ada in front of us
Outside the Ripley’s Believe It Or Not with the T rex on the roof, a man is completely covered in fire The flames ripple up and down his body and shoot off the top of his head, but there’s no heat from the fire As alk by, he hands us a ticket for 10 percent off admission, and Adam and Chris debate how the effect is done for the next five minutes