Happy Birthday teaser

It's Ash Carpenter's birthday, and I don't have a story ready, but I am working on another sequel to Property, so I thought I'd post a teaser for it.  The story was originally going to be two separate stories, but they've merged together just today, even though hardly any of either of them is written down yet.  Also, each time I think about it, this story gets bigger and longer (heh heh) so it could easily be Ash's next birthday before I start posting!

( Happy Birthday teaser )