Day 141: 5 Minute Freewrite: Friday - Prompt: grocery list

The Year 2041

Sarah and Jim road the mag-lift express to the health and science block, from there, they passed through the clear flexi-tunnel on the people mover belt and paid no attention to all of the hover taxis and scoot-cats zipping by above them. They waited with a small crowd for ninety seconds in the bio-seal under ultraviolet and air-cleansing agents. The seal to the plush main lobby finally opened and they were able to then follow the prompts in front of them that displayed their names and marked the path that they needed to take to their appointment.

When the couple arrived hand in hand at the small office, which consisted of nothing more than a room with three chairs, they were instantly greeted by their counselor who had simultaneously entered thru the opposite door. Mr. Dunbar looked over what everyone called the genome grocery list or simply the grocery list because the real name was something like Greater Genome Selection List or GGSL and that just didn't roll off of the tongue well. The list of choices that they had been given was not a complete list, it was just an up to date list of the choices that were currently available for them. They could always wait a few months or a year if they were not satisfied with what was currently available.

The counselor was a kind and sensitive man who carefully went over their choices and what that would mean for their future child and the career paths that the child might expect to be funneled into. He then discussed the risks and things that could go wrong and verified with them that they were properly covered by insurance if something were to happen to the fetus. After the details were completed they used the electronic signatures embedded in their hands to sign the documents releasing the corporation from any liability in the process, this completed the meeting. Now they would just have to wait for the long nine months before they could return for their child. The counselor had expressed over and over that they should make absolutely sure of their choices because if successful, and 99.7% of the results were a success, they would never have another opportunity.

Leaving the facility the couple was very happy with their choices, but they were also a little apprehensive. By law, they could only have one child, so they only had this one chance to get things right. They had chosen a child that would have a 67.38% chance of becoming a Freewriter, in five years of waiting those were the best odds that they had seen. Freewriters were so sought after in the modern world that openings were rare and not guaranteed. The two talked little on their way home, both lost in their own dreams and imaginings. But they each had great hope for the future and the prospects of having their own little Freewriter running around the eco-friendly bio pad that they called home.

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**Disclaimer: I often use the freewrite prompt to tell a story instead of doing a pure freewrite, so they sometimes take longer than 5 minutes and usually have some editing. But I try to do my story straight through at one sitting without any unnecessary breaks.
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Prompt: grocery list

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