{"sf1_id":617065,"sf2_id":null,"title":"A Furry Life: Chapter One","author":"Aiden Pearce","words":449,"posted_at":"2013-11-22T21:57:00.000Z","tags":["Anthrocon","Fiction","Stories"],"url":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/617065-a-furry-life-chapter-one","original_url":"https://sofurry.com/view/617065","image_url":"https://www.sofurryfiles.com/std/thumb?page=617065\u0026ext=.jpg","description":"","content":"Chapter 1: Graduation, every person's worse time\nbecause they don't have their shit together, well, mainly everyone. I was told\nfrom day 1 that after graduation, I was on my own. Nothing but a 2004 Dodge Ram\n2500 HEMI, $5,000 in cash, my belongings and a destination. Where? Well,\nPittsburgh of course. I applied for a local machinist shop about 1.5 miles from\nthe David L. Lawrence Convention center, and worked a 5 day week, 8 hours a\nday, $22 an hour. I got sick and tired of my daily commute of 60 miles, and 50\nbuckets per day in gas that I decided to make room and board at an apartment in\nthe Steel City. Now, remind that Pittsburgh is just a small city, and a truck\nis no place for a city of small sizes. I pulled up with my possessions in a\nsmall 4x8 enclosed trailer. Just barely clearing the parking garage clearance of\n6' 6\", I parked close by. I got out, walked to the apartment, paid my first\nrent, and moved in. After setting up mostly everything I had in that tiny\ntrailer, I sat down and looked out at the balcony. I sighed and drank some\npeach tea and passed out in a recliner. The clock read 4:00 in the afternoon so\nI got up, grabbed my truck keys, a bit of gas money and my sweat shirt. I, again,\nmade my trek back to my truck, when I noticed something very strange. A guy,\nabout 6' 2\", 140 pounds, slender, and in a noticeable green and black fursuit\nstarted walking in my direction. Now I am a fellow furry myself, but I never\nmet one before. I carried my Browning fixed blade knife with me and was ready\nto draw if nessicary. Closer he came, 200 yards, 100, 50, 25; he looked me in\nthe eyes and said, \"What? Haven't you seen a furry before?\" I replied with \"How\nabout I am a furry...\" He commented with \"Oh, I was going to mistake you for a Brony,\nno don't give me that look, it's just something with you that says you are a\nBrony. Any rate, the name is Jacob; most call me 'Duke'. Yours?\" I was taken\nquite aback. I got tongue twisted and replied with a \"Uhhh my name is Barnes,\nno, Bridget, NO, Barrett! My name is B-barrett, D-duke.\" \"Jesus, it's like you\nhave a snake in your mouth dude, just chill. Its not like I'm going to mug you\nor anything, even though this is the ghetto...\" That's great; make me feel a\nhundred fucking times better telling me I'm in the ghetto.End of Chapter 1To be continued!"}