Horror

JAYWALK

There is a way to live well beyond your appointed
time. You need a car, preferably something late-
model, with a strong body. Newer cars tend to be too
light and not do enough damage. Next, you need to
find a candidate. It has to be a pedestrian, and it's
best to pick younger people, as they have more time
left, but not always. You'll have to watch them, if it's
late just drive slow and pretend to be lost, but if you
have to, make a second sweep by going around the
block.
You have to do this on a black asphalt road with a
clear yellow line. You can ONLY hit a candidate that
does at least one of the following:
1. Crosses directly across the road at a run, without
looking around.
2. Walks for more than eight feet on the road itself
without touching the sidewalk or curb.
3. Stops walking or sits on the yellow line for more
than three seconds.
4. Trips or falls on any pothole or uneven surface in
the road and bleeds because of the fall.
5. Drops a personal item (key chain, phone, etc.)
that shatters, with all the pieces remaining
between the yellow line and the sidewalk.
If a candidate does any of these, it's an indicator that
they are temporally detached from their "time". If you
hit and kill them with your car before they reach the
next cross street, you can swap your time for theirs.
If you were going to die tomorrow, but hit a valid
candidate who won't die for eight years, you now
have their remaining time instead of yours. It's
unclear what happens to the candidate's soul, but it's
probably not good.
There's a group, mostly old folks, who do this all the
time. The founder says he's over two hundred years
old, and he looks it. The name is like, White Sunrise,
or something similar. They had a web page for a
while, but it appears to be gone now. I remember
browsing the forums once, and the name George
Russell Weller was being discussed. He apparently
screwed up an attempt, and was being kicked out.
Just be careful out there. I've noticed a lot of older
folks skimming around suburbs lately, watching kids
rather closely. Stay on the sidewalk, and keep your
head down.