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Reductive Roadtrip

The drive to the house they rented should have taken them five hours. Six hours after Farokh and Nia had unanimously decided to take the (slightly longer) scenic route. It should’ve been a smooth couple of hours. It almost would’ve been, had they not underestimated the weekend traffic around bigger cities. The first third of the journey went smoothly indeed. Since they left shortly after noon, they were able to get ahead of all the traffic coming from their city and beyond. It wasn’t until they were close to the Austrian border that they encountered a traffic jam. Some overworked long distance hauler had attempted to overtake another overworked long distance hauler, and it had not gone well. The drivers were okay, but both their cargo was spilt across the entire motorway and blocked the direction in which Farokh and Nia were travelling. They had heard about it early enough to be able to leave the motorway before getting stuck in the traffic jam, but the country roads added another