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	A workplace dramedy set at a business known as TTM, INC, LLC, the story chronicles middle-manager Jim navigating office politics.		A workplace dramedy set at a business known as TTM, INC, LLC, the story chronicles middle-manager Jim navigating office politics.

	This is the only Duty Calls story to date where the future juror (in this case Nathalie Trace) is a supporting character vs. the protagonist.		This is the only Duty Calls story to date where the future juror (in this case [[Nathalie Trace]]) is a supporting character vs. the protagonist.

	It also has the largest cast of characters for a Duty Calls tale.		It also has the largest cast of characters for a Duty Calls tale.

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Sent Packin' is a Duty Calls short story originally released on December 30, 2019.

A workplace dramedy set at a business known as TTM, INC, LLC, the story chronicles middle-manager Jim navigating office politics.

This is the only Duty Calls story to date where the future juror (in this case Nathalie Trace) is a supporting character vs. the protagonist.

It also has the largest cast of characters for a Duty Calls tale.

==Cover Artwork==
[[file:Sent_Packin_Cover.jpeg|border|thumb|right|The ebook cover art depicts construction paper train cars atop a file folder, illustrating the actual "sent packin' train" from the story.]]

Designed by the same artist as the [[Copper on Parchment]] cover, this was intended to bring Brandon's secret arts and crafts project honoring departed startup employees to life.

==Connections to Other Stories==

* Donuts at the all staff meeting were catered from [[Doug'N Donuts]]
* The CEO makes reference to restaurant [[Dalla Mia Camera]]

==Behind the Scenes==

* [[TTM, INC, LLC]] started as a thinly veiled amalgamation of all of JL Civi's day jobs before evolving into a more universal workplace sendup.

* TTM stands for Talk to Me, named equally after obscure songs by Nirvana and M. Ward.

* The term "sent packin' train" was coined by a former coworker of JLC named Brandon, though a physical incarnation of this train never existed in real life.

* Sent Packin' was the name of JLC's bowling league at Hollywood Star Lanes in Los Angeles.

Sent Packin' - Revision history

JLCJLC: Wikilinked Nathalie Trace

JLCJLC: Initial page creation using standard story template.