Read the Zapfic serial #GHAWG on LeoThreads to follow the transformation of a courier into a Harley-riding tool of God.
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TL;DR
● What is GHAWG?
● Zapfic Entries 169-180
1️⃣6️⃣9️⃣ 2023-August-24 00:03:18
1️⃣7️⃣0️⃣ 2023-August-25 00:13:24
1️⃣7️⃣1️⃣ 2023-August-26 00:06:03
1️⃣7️⃣2️⃣ 2023-August-27 00:19:39
1️⃣7️⃣3️⃣ 2023-August-28 00:11:54
1️⃣7️⃣4️⃣ 2023-August-29 00:17:54
1️⃣7️⃣5️⃣ 2023-August-30 00:02:12
1️⃣7️⃣6️⃣ 2023-August-31 00:02:03
1️⃣7️⃣7️⃣ 2023-September-01 00:06:00
1️⃣7️⃣8️⃣ 2023-September-02 12:17:15
1️⃣7️⃣9️⃣ 2023-September-03 00:45:00
1️⃣8️⃣0️⃣ 2023-September-04 01:48:39
● Story Arc So Far
● Next Week
Zapfic Entries 169-180
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What Is GHAWG?
#GHAWG is short for "God's Hog: A Watchful Guardian." This fictional story tells how David Guardia, a courier and business owner from Bayonne, New Jersey, US moved into the next phase of his life after spending the final ten years of his ailing father's life helping him.
More details can be found in the first post of this weekly recap.
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Zapfic Entries 169-180
1️⃣6️⃣9️⃣ 2023-August-24 00:03:18
| Rhonda took a coat for herself and removed the sleeves. Sanjay, Lionel, Hank & Frank did the same. Just as The Mongols had their motorcycle club vests, now we had ours. For now, no design; just shining bold light into darkness. |
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| 🏍️ There are coats worn by maintenance workers and contractors who work outdoors. These coats are mostly safety yellow with phosphorescent stripes and a dark bottom. Many come with removable sleeves, so they can be worn like vests. Many stores which cater to this class of laborer sell them, including Army & Navy stores. |
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1️⃣7️⃣0️⃣ 2023-August-25 00:13:24
| The next day we began our ride out. Just as we were passing through the Capitol Hill district we were met by a group of people curious about us. These were people ignored in favor of those attention whores hogging the spotlight. |
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| 🏍️ For several weeks in the summer of 2020 part of the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Seattle, Washington, US was occupied by radicals who declared the area an autonomous zone (CHAZ) and later an organiozed protest (CHOP). The zone was taken back by the City of Seattle after several shootings took place, two of which were fatal. By the time GHAWG takes place, it is an area for the down-and-out just keeping to themselves. |
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1️⃣7️⃣1️⃣ 2023-August-26 00:06:03
| Thanks to the people curious about us, we discovered a block party was taking place on our route out of Seattle. At this block party were the city's elected officials, including the mayor. My new clients had a message for them. |
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| 🏍️ This zapfic sentry sets the stage for David Guardia's work as a prophet reminding government officials of their obligations and the consequences for failing to fulfill them. It came to this point since they failed to listen to their own people. |
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1️⃣7️⃣2️⃣ 2023-August-27 00:19:39
| "We have more guests," announced the mayor. Everyone turned to us. "Tell us about yourselves. What brings you here?" "We're just riding back to San Diego from STURGIS, baby!!" shouted Harry, with a loud roar from his Mongols. |
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| 🏍️ This is how it begins. |
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1️⃣7️⃣3️⃣ 2023-August-28 00:11:54
| "However," continued Harry, "my associates"-- pointing to my crew-- "have a message for you." The mayor began to look concerned. Then I began speaking. "I'm here to deliver a message of love and peace"-- the crowd went wild. |
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| 🏍️ The mayor and other revelers at the block party seemed happy that The Mongols were just passing through. They had second thoughts when Harry Hoqualogue directed the people to David Guardia. |
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1️⃣7️⃣4️⃣ 2023-August-29 00:17:54
| --"Love one another and love yourselves as I have loved you, says The Lord." The crowd began to murmur. "This includes respecting the rights of all the people calling Seattle home. ALL OF THEM-- not just those whom you favor." |
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| 🏍️ Over the years, many classes of people have been calling sidewalks and public spaces home. Many of these people can be considred the neglected of society. Some of these people had been favored by the political an activist classes for many years. Recently, the political and activist classes shifted their favor to other members among the neglected. Combine this with economic conditions not seen since the late 1970s, and the social outcry is hard to escape. Into this situation we find David Guardia fulfilling his mission as a Prophet of The Lord. |
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1️⃣7️⃣5️⃣ 2023-August-30 00:02:12
| --"Thus says The Lord," I continued. "Your people bear unbearable burdens, things to which they have rights were instead given to those airdropped into town-- and what did they leave in their wake?" The crowd became silent. |
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| 🏍️ A dragnet of taxes; increasing consumer price inflation; shifting of public resources from the cities' native underclass to an underclass arriving from over the southern border; .... These effects of bad policy-- among other bad policies-- are felt by those "where the rubber meets the road," where the policies take effect. Meanwhile, proponents of bad policy feel good about themselves for promoting policies which sound good but are in fact bad (if not evil). |
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1️⃣7️⃣6️⃣ 2023-August-31 00:02:03
| --"An empty shell in ruins. Garbage in, garbage out"-- Boos began to be heard. "Those who could leave, left. Those remaining just want to be left in peace. BUT NO!-- they are left to deal with bad decisions made all around." |
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| 🏍️ Many cities were cleaner in the late 2010s than they are in the late 2020s, the time when GHAWG takes place. Cities which had been known as shining examples of civilization had become dirty and smelly due to decay and neglect by their elected officials, the bureaucrats, and the activists tied to both. People who could flee these cities left, but many who remained did so to simply live their lives minding their own business to eke out enough to pay taxes and then pay for room and board. |
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1️⃣7️⃣7️⃣ 2023-September-01 00:06:00
| --"I make no threats of any kind, that I can tell you," I said. "But heed my words: Serve your people as they need to be served, not as you wish to serve them. At the same time, let them live in peace; they'll produce for you." |
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🏍️ "If p, then q (or else r)-- This is perhaps the main principle of the discipline called logic: Do something, then expect some consequence; don't do it, then expect some other consequence. Prophecy isn't always about predicting the future; it's about reminding people about this fundamental principle of logic. This zapfic entry features the "If p, then q" clauses of that logic principle-- |
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1️⃣7️⃣8️⃣ 2023-September-02 12:17:15
| --"If you continue as you have, the people of this town will put you in your place. What that place is, I cannot say. Among the places they can put you are behind bars or in a pine box. Whatever you decide, the choice is yours." |
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🏍️ -- and this zapfic entry features the "(or else r)" clause of that logic principle. David Guardia made his prophecy. The leaders of Seattle had been warned. Not exactly Moses telling Pharoah to let The Lord's People go, but it's appropriate for the times in which we live. |
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1️⃣7️⃣9️⃣ 2023-September-03 00:45:00
| --"We were on our way our of here; out of here we will go. Thank you for your time and for this forum. May The Lord bless you in your decision making. Hasta la vista." We revved our engines to resume our egress from Seattle. |
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| 🏍️ David Guardia gave the leaders present at the block party an opportunity to make he right decision regarding how they run their city. Will they heed his words? Will they continue as bafore? We shall see. |
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1️⃣8️⃣0️⃣ 2023-September-04 01:48:39
| The people at the block party were too confused to stop us from riding out of town; we rode out as fast as we could within speed limits. We took Interstate 5 past Tacoma, Camp Murray, & Olympia. Grand Mound was where we stopped. |
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| 🏍️ Our Heroes resume their ride to San Diego, California, US. Their stop in Seattle was unexpected, but it afforded David Guardia an opportunity to fulfill his mission as a prophet. |
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Next Week
Zapfic Entries 181-189
With the unexpected stop in Seattle behind them, Our Heroes continue toward Portland, Oregon, US where David Guardia and his riders-- escorted by Harry Hoqualogue and his Mongols-- will ride through the city slowly at night. Just as at STURGIS and in Seattle, David will encounter some difficulty.
(Since 12 zapfic entries were used for this weekly summary post, 9 will be used next week to bring the series back to balance at 7 per post {unless bonus entries are present}.)
At LeoThreads
The serial rolls on at LeoThreads where Our Heroes-- now plus 1-- continue riding south on the Oregon Coast Highway (Oregon Route 101).
At the same time, we see events unfolding back in Seattle in the aftermath of the prophecy delivered by David Guardia to city officials at the block party.
NOW AVAILABLE! -- GHAWG, Uninterrupted for those who want to binge-read the daily zapfic serial one Act (or Interlude) at a time.
NEW! -- The GHAWG Diaries for those who want to witness the formation of The GHAWG Universe and how it's taking place. Published on Mondays when there is no GHAWG, Uninterrupted post.
Catch the latest zapfic entries for GHAWG at LeoThreads. Get caught up with GHAWG with these weekly summaries at LeoFinance InLeo and at the Scholar and Scribe community.
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GHAWG Navigation
To find other weekly summary posts such as this one-- or to read the serial without annotated commentary-- use the GHAWG Navigation threadstorm at LeoThreads. Within LeoThreads, hashtag #GHAWGnav brings up the navigation.