Story: Green Skies G.T. - May 2053

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748 words, this is the 5th G.T. story. This story was inspired by a prompt from amber_fire on my 2023 March Is... Bingo Card, the image prompt below, and fills a square of my December 2023 Amnesty Bingo Card. The first story, "Green Skies G.T. - January 2053" was strongly inspired by the Solarpunk game "Green Skies" by SmallRedRobin13.

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CW: medical crisis averted.

Green Skies G.T. - May 2053

Designation: Green Skies Grand Traverse (Nickname: G.T.) AI Enhanced Eco-Friendly Low Rise Residential Dwelling

 

Maintenance Log:

- 4-5-2053 Fall sensor tripped. Balcony security engaged for 3 East. Plasti-crete panels launched from 2 East and the roof to catch Mrs. Aaliyah Johnson. 

- Experienced Alarm! Experienced Fear! 

- Exterior security camera 3N has a visual on Mrs. Aaliyah Johnson, caught between my plasti-crete panels and the outside of the metal railing of their balcony.

- Emergency services alerted to come evaluate Mrs. Aaliyah Johnson for damage. 

- External Speaker activated. "Mrs. Aaliyah Johnson are you secure? What has happened? I have alerted EMS that you may have sustained damage."

- "Holy shit! G.T.!!! Will these panels hold me?!"

- "Yes Mrs. Aaliyah Johnson. My clear plasti-crete panels can hold up to 90,000 lbs. The average capacity of a regular concrete panel is 100,000 lbs., but the clarity causes some acceptable loss of capacity. They will hold you securely, but I cannot move them in order to let you back onto the balcony until EMS arrives."

- "Uh, okay. I'm only, like, 143 lbs. right now. You've… you've got me?"

- "I have you. My system indicates an increase of only .03% stress from holding you between the two panels and the balcony. Please stay calm. Would you like me to place a call to Mrs. Iris Johnson at their place of employment?"

- "Yes. *Undecipherable sounds.* Call Iris, please? Please? *Sounds continue.*" 

- Searching databank. Searching Green Skies Server: Crying. Mrs. Aaliyah Johnson in sobbing.

- "Calling immediately." External speaker routed to broadcast call to Mrs. Iris Johnson.

- MMR Ambulance routed into underground parking garage and freight elevator released for EMS use.

 

Resident Calendar:

- 1-5-2053 received rental and/or subsidy payments for residences.

 

- Calendar Update: Monthly resident potluck in my Community Center and Kitchen has been postponed until 26-5-2053 for an annual event.

 

- 26-5-2053 Two of my Green Rides resident cars have been reserved by residents carpooling to the local Got Your 6 Network food insecurity brunch. Both have left their docking stations by 9:42 a.m. Event is not streaming, so I am unable to attend. Mrs. Martina Flores took a note requesting access for virtual attendance next year.

- 26-5-2053 Annual Memorial Day Resident Potluck. 

- Event 1 Beach Cleanup. Residents in Attendance: Six. Resident's cleared areas of the beach front that are included in my deed, but that haven't been improved or utilized. The abandoned dock continues to be a source of consternation. 2nd request for beautification proposals submitted to Green Skies Corporate. Eleven bags of rubbish reclaimed from the beach placed into my recyclers.

- Event 2 Resident Barbeque. Residents in Attendance: All fifteen.

- Exterior security cameras 1N, 2N, and 3N all have visual on the beach. Card tables and buffet tables from my Community Center and Kitchen and resident's own apartments are laden with bowls and platters. Everyone is milling about and I see many smiles and can hear their laughter drifting across M-22.

- Event 3 Fireworks over Grand Traverse West Bay. Residents in Attendance: All fifteen.

- Exterior security cameras 1N, 2N, and 3N all have visual on the beach. I can hear the resident's exclamations of "Ooh" and "Ahh" but while the display is visually pleasing, I find myself running an extra diagnostic on the roof's fire suppression system. Last year stray drifting particles singed me in two places.
- Experienced Anxiety.

 

Neighborhood Revitalization Committee:

- 27-5-2053 I attended the NRC meeting remotely, but found nothing much of interest to take notes on. 

- Experienced Frustration. 

 

Emergency Response Protocols:

- 26-5-2053 Run Diagnostic: Roof Fire Suppression. Results: System ready and able. Standby.

 

The Green Skies Gardeners:

- 1-5-2053 Text from Mr. Nic St. Clair:

- Hey G.T.? Can you chart the amount of sunlight a balcony receives?

Returned Text:

- Using my External Security Cameras I could monitor the sunlight on your balcony within a tolerance of one half-hour. This margin of error would be improved to within 19 seconds if you allowed visual monitoring of your balcony in your apartment's settings log. Would you like to allow visual monitoring of your balcony?

Text from Mr. Nic St. Clair

- Yeah, let's do it. Can you send the data to my Door Board once a week? I want to collab on the sun exposure over the next growing season before I buy my balcony any plants for next year.

Returned Text:

- I shall enjoy being your Sunshine Collaborator, Nic.

 

~~~Notes~~~

 

Aaliyah Johnson, her wife Iris Johnson, and their dog Pugsley enjoying a weekend morning at home.


Green Skies Grand Traverse is a high tech low rise apartment community along the "West Bay" of Grand Traverse Bay in Northern Michigan. It has stunning views out over the water, and one wall is completely covered in pleasing aesthetic plants and varied food crops along its southern exposure. The roof has systems for rainwater recycling and solar power.

 

Green Skies Grand Traverse is sentient. It doesn't know if it was built that way, or grew to know itself. Currently it stands three stories high, but also boasts a multiuse basement level. Part of the basement is roughly finished to provide resident storage lockers, bicycle parking and electric scooter charging stations, and five electric vehicles. Four green colored cars are available for residents to reserve, and the red and white car is kept available only for emergency transportation. Another large part of the basement has been finished into a community center and kitchen where residents can gather and reserve the space for large parties. The final piece of the basement is a combination glass and plastic recycling center and maintenance hub.

 

Each floor is divided into two residences, East and West. The Eastern apartments have a view out over the bay, while the Western Apartments look towards the cozy neighborhood that surrounds Green Skies Grand Traverse.