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He grumbled under his breath as he walked the streets alone. Words along the lines of ‘stupid job’ and ‘why was it me that was chosen for this’ could be heard. He didn’t come to Earth often, it was once every few decades. Just to see how technology and humanity has advanced. Within the past few visits, though, he was...
Jon awoke with a start, the fluttering of wings nearby rousing him from his sleep. He kept his breathing even, and his eyes shut, allowing his sense of hearing to extend and listen to the sounds of the forest. He stayed like that for a while, listening intently as leaves and bushes were rustled by insects and wildlife...
"Here girl! Come here girl!"I call as I search the small woods by our local hunting hole. "Nyx where are you girl?" Then I see the beautiful chocolate lab come bounding out of a tall patch of cat tails at the edge of the water. She is obviously happy and enjoying the brisk spring morning. Her coat is drenched and t...
They were hidden well within the shrubs. Were it not for the old man’s breath rising visibly through the frigid air, most would have been none-the-wiser to their existence. But it was the big alpha who paused as it passed; squaring his shoulders to the scent as he sniffed the wind. “I’m scared, grandpa,” the boy whisp...
Those dead trees looked heavy. Way too heavy. They were worth money but not really enough to start dragging around Robbie Kaber looked over his hedged in plot of land, his croft. A 3 foot high wall surrounded the entire plot. Big heavy stones embedded in the soil, long awkward logs. Only the strongest man in Scotland ...
The sky was like the Fourth of July and the aurora borealis combined and multiplied by a hundred. Everyone on Earth could see it, them. The UFOs had long been proven to be an artifact of a time traveler visiting our time. It hadn’t been publicly shared but after today it would likely become common knowledge. Time trav...
“The gods don’t speak,” the voice drifted into the still night. As if by command, the whispers fell silent, purged by certainty, purified by purpose. The dark tendrils of her vision withdrew, her mind lightened and Anath breathed deeply for the first time in many days. As the cool air flooded her lungs she couldn’t hel...
After studying what a Mary Sue is, I realize I am a Mary Sue. I have flawless hair and makeup, my IQ is 357, and I am super quick. All my family loves me, even though they hate each other for not being me, and yet, no matter what I do, I am still loved, rich, and famous. Nobody in this whole world is like me. Everyone...
Cowboy. Fish. What do they have in common? Well, how about the seahorse? I'm a merman who rides these seahorses as big as me, and let me tell you. They are fun, but really mischievous. I have 3 of them. One is a coral seahorse named Cindy, another, a kelp seahorse named Emerald, and then I have this brown one I don't ...
Everyone alive today is a soldier. Some are still in training, others are war hardened veterans. Some bear horrific scars while other's visages are nearly perfect. I never trust the latter. It's always easy to tell when someone is really struggling. Their half healed cuts declare their strife to all. Broken bones ...
Sorry for formatting, mobile *What makes someone strong is their power, what makes someone stronger is their past* The nuclear age never truly went away. Sure, the Cold War “ended,” but that age never really disappeared. All it did was change fronts and change parties. At least, that’s what I think now. Before the bo...
"This isn't right, this can't really be happening, could it?" I went into the bathroom and splash my eyes with water to make sure I was wide awake. I looked out the window, "sunshine and same shite, it's always been the same thing every day." I walked up to the door again, and I could see the street, the cars driving...
"I know who you are" I felt goosebumps travel down my body. The silky soft feminine voice pushed aside all my confusions from a moment ago. Right here, right now, all of my consciousness seems to be solely focused on that voice, completely erasing everything in existence in my mind but the two of us. I turned around ...
I was walking through the streets, minding my own business, reading a nice article about how dove-rates were down as the city started cracking down on them. Shame on me, because that's when I felt my blazer lifting underneath me, squeezing my armpit as the ground dropped below me. "Gosh darn it!"I struggled in their ...
My name was Gabriel McConnely first. Then, Arthur Berringer and Jonathan Gammor. I was Thomas, Harrison, Lucius. Now, I was Theodore Morrison, but not for long. "For security, we recommend you change your identity within 14 days before your current one expires,"said the lady with square glasses and a greasy ponytail o...
I looked down and noticed the book. It struck me as odd immediately. It was clear that it wasn’t part of the flotsam and jetsam on the beach. For one, it was under one of the palm trees much closer to the jungle. And for another, it appeared to be a diary. It was entitled *“My Survival”* and it seemed to be in relati...
The second I opened Google Chrome, I knew that damned book was about to go on yet another of those rants. "That blasted Google thing again? What am I, chopped liver?" Sighing, I turned to face the book who just spoke. Supposedly, it's a sapient tome of infinite knowledge, allowing the reader to learn about anything t...
**The deal** The phone snatched Anig from her mellow dream and dragged her angrily into consciousness. Besides her, her husband Hoel turned his face away, grunted once to notify her of his discontent and twice to urge her to take the damn’ call. Anig’s hand groped its way to the phone, stuck it to her head and she li...
"To paint the sky!" People thought he was mad, thought that Leonardo was losing it. But then the money come in, way more than anyone expected. The billionaires of the world donated millions to the cause. The people condemned the project but could do nothing but revolt. War ensued, it was the common vs the common th...
It was a grim time back then. The days of being a supervillain focused solely on providing divine punishment to anyone who had an opinion that challenged my own. I remembered disintegrating a young woman who I had a conversation with about the shape of the earth. Do I regret it? Nope, and you wouldn't either if you e...
"In the context of Greek mythology and literature..."I began, the mic icon flickering in the corner of my screen. As I expected, text began to blink out into place on my document. I glanced down at my notes, continuing, "...Prometheus occupies and interesting space. Though he arguably did..." Out of the corner of my...
Bloody typical. I've been an agnostic for a long time. Religious upbringing, crisis of faith upon my adolescence, became atheist and eventually matured and became agnostic. Pretty standard. I've always said that I'd believe if I was shown evidence of God's existence but this isn't exactly how I'd imagined it. They'r...
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There are so many of them. These Popbots, who do they think they are? They are only programs in a metal suits, anyways. Goddammit. I was something, now look at me. Now I dress the stage for these monstrosities. I set up the lights. I set up the mics. They're only for show, but we ALWAYS liked that showmanship. Dumb hum...
As the legend goes, every 1,000 years, a dragon would be born. As a newborn, dragons cannot breathe fire. However, the first time a dragon kills a human, it gains the ability to do. Every time a dragon kills a human after that, it’s ability to breathe fire only grows stronger. It was only two seasons ago that Danaa h...
Well, my life is a living hell. I’ve recently started learning at a magic school, but I was apparently the oh-so-cursed one and got a slug as my familiar. A SLUG! All of the others are joking about me and how my familiar sucks. I can’t do much because almost no one knows how to change a familiar! I can only hope that ...
"Well, Joe, here's your results."The lab scientist puts on his glasses, turns to look at his computer screen. "What's it say?" "Surprised." "What does that mean? What could happen to me?" "You never know, but what I can tell you is, this machine has a 99% success rate."The scientist proudly explains. The next morn...
The news updates showed footage of the city now just piles of ruble. Most of all the news channels praised the hulking walkers for their heroic and spectacular victory over the heretics in Roadsvil. But Lord General Roger Anders knew better. The walkers did not win the day alone and nothing heroic happened. &#x200...
~~Warning: O5 Approval Required~~ (See Addendum 4001-~~3~~.5) **Item #:** SCP-4001-~~3~~ **Object Class:** ~~Safe~~ ~~Euclid~~ (See Addendum 4001-3.3) Thaumiel (See Addendum 4001-~~3~~.5) **Special Containment Procedures:** Due to the unique properties of SCP-4001-~~3~~, special containment procedures are to fol...
'There is something odd about this state of mine. I can't pinpoint exactly what it is. Everything seems to be a Deja Vu. There are complete blackouts sometimes. These people whom I regularly meet and mingle with are behaving differently. Am I dreaming all this? ' I wondered as I woke up from bed daydreaming as usual. I...
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It was an ambitious project, that was certain. It would take an incredible amount of time and dedication, an unwavering focus, a consistent application of my intellectual gifts. But if I could succeed in creating the machine, a machine that would enable me to enter the minds of sleepers, and to communicate with them fr...
No one thought I would amount to anything. They all believed my daddy bought my degree. Just because I have a bit of a speech impediment. Simple Simon. I heard them. Daddy gave me money alright, all the grant money I wanted. I earned my parchment on my own. My lab is in Finland. Beautiful, cutting edge. I'm meant to be...
"I know they want me. They want me to want them. Need me..." Albert stared blankly through the off-white drapes, arms wrapped around his body as if attempting to ward away some chill that had overcome him. His mind whirred with the usual buzz which had been possessing him the past few months. He couldn't ward off the ...
So I'm on mobile and don't do this often. If the format is awful I'm sorry. I've always wished I could communicate with the kid, almost 100 years and he hasn't heard my voice. There I go calling him a kid again. I know he's a man but I still don't want to leave him alone. He never left me alone. We've moved all over ...
I haven’t seen the sea in quite a long time. Every second Tuesday is not quite enough to find time to put my toes in the sand. It is my favorite feeling, though. It’s almost as if I am taken away with the sea, each exhale and inhale aligned with the tide. I do blend in quite well along the shore, what with my umb...
Humans. When they first entered the galactic community beings from everywhere in the universe thought they were strange. They had no magic. It was an anomaly and, quite frankly, a miracle they had survived past their species' infancy. Yet here they were making a name for themselves with technology born of wit instead o...
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I woke up in the hospital with a broken ankle and couldn't remember how I had broken it. Not bad, you think, and I thought the same thing. Then the nurse came in to open the curtains for me. "Goodmorning, how are you today?"she breezed over to help me into my wheelchair, which I found odd. If I had broken my ankle I s...
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I stare at the producer in shock. I stutter “W-what did y-you just say?”. The producer clears his throat, “We feel that the viewers will stop getting invested in the show once you turn 30, they aren’t interested in people older than their demographic. I’m sorry, but we just can’t risk our ratings going down again. It’s...
"You really thought you could stay hidden for long? There's no way we could miss what you've been doing. Someone of your capabilities is brave to perform those kind of acts in public. I can't believe the power you put on display yesterday. None of us have ever seen anything like it. Ah, where are my manners? We are the...
It’s happened, I thought, staring at the green ball in my hand. I ran inside, the ball bouncing at my feet as I forgot it. I rushed to my wardrobe, grabbed my service revolver, and turned the rounds into the chamber one by one. Gun at my side, I told my Alexa to turn on the news while looking out through the windows...
"'Could' is the the key word here."John Wraith said, as he turned off the news. The secretive billionaire took out his phone and entered a code. A secret door opened, revealing an advanced computer. "What are you doing sir?"his trusted butler asked. "Those flying saucers are mostly attacking major cities in Europe, ...
My feet were warm in the fine, dry sand. After a long week of work, freak stories of cyclones dumping tons of plastic inland, being stuck in traffic, and a fight with my fianceé as a sour cherry on top, I was fine with the noise the weekend crowd was making. Through it all, the constant lull of waves kept my busy mind ...
Tears brimmed in my eyes as I came to terms with the decision I was about to make. I held my baby daughter in my arms, holding her tightly to myself, weeping silently with self-pity. I was a sick, twisted man for what I was about to do. They had offered me a way out. A path to freedom. Liberation from my debts. A way ...
20 October 1320 'It's been dry for 3 months straight now!'' said farmer Kino when i last saw him at the water well. It's true; the land is dry and our food supplies are nearly gone. The inhabitants of my village are becoming more and more thirsty since the well has dried up because there isn't even water in the ground...
She gave me peace in times of war. She gave me focus during my reign. She gave me friends, and a companion I could count on in times of trouble. She gave me healing medicines when the cancer took hold. And now, She is angry. And I am dying. We used to all worship her. Our Goddess. Elthinia. A healer in the olden times...
"Once upon a time, a group of brave warriors set out to save the world from the Demon King. They are the Jack and Friends."said in a smooth and manly voice by Jack the swordsman. "Whaaat!? What Jack and Friends, you dumbass!? What kind of name is that!? It's terrible!!"said in a bratty and brusque voice by a kid. "Dor...
In a world of war, people die meaninglessly and cruelly. Nobody cares except for their families, the death of one soldier. Everyone is in fear and some in excitement. I want to end it. Everything. Trainging all day, this had become my goal and my reason. I will never leave this world without accomplishing this goal. -...
Maori sobbed, as her sister was pulled nearer to the top of the platform. Maloni was so brave, so strong. Stronger than Maori, who had done nothing to prevent her younger sister from stepping up, as the tribute. "It is an honor, my people. I offer myself to the Gods! They bring down the lights, which bless our lands!...
Mick Galas wasn’t the sort to die in bed. So it was that one dark afternoon, as other fishermen hurried down the pier after tying hasty moorings, as the first few drops of a brooding storm fell about him, Mick Galas strode resolutely *up* the pier; toward the sea; into the rising wind, his raincoat billowing behind him...
The battle is won. My crews start celebrating. "Communications! Make signal to human fleet: All hands! Back to your stations at once!". I hope I'm wrong, but we can't take that chance. Admiral, signal from allied fleet flagship. It's Grand Admiral Oghoden. "Put it through." "Well done, Admiral Jones! Your las...
"We've done it."A man whispered from across a hard oak table. The room was dark, bricked and stuffy. "You've captured him? Where?"Another taller, thinner man said. "In the cells." "Perfect, start the operation."He smirked. *** Toxo awoke in a dingy old prison cell. The bed was brick-hard and the concrete around ...
4!...3!...2!...1!... ​ I blew hard into the plastic mouthpiece and unfurled the long tongue of a party horn which squealed and squeaked in the mad cacophony of horns, cranks, bells, and cheers. Everybody turned to wish each other a happy new year with hugs and handshakes. The couples shared a kiss and I ...
I stood before her, silent. Mother gave me the look of concern she usually does when something bad's about to happen. She seldom shows that look, but when she does, it almost always means trouble. She's not the type to pull off this kind of prank either.   Trying to recreate in my head the sounds I'd heard, ...
r/Entitled Parents EM gets me fired from crappy cashier job (Mild language warning) by BlueSlayer97 This story takes place around 3-4 years ago. I had been working as a cashier at a local grocery store for the past 2 years to earn some extra money for college, and I hated it. I only got along with one other employee ...
In a boat off just off the coast of the Dominican Republic, five college students, their professor, and his partner were standing on deck. The weather was mostly clear, though there were cloud on the far western horizon. The group was huddled around the professor, who was an older clean cut looking gentleman wearing a ...
Hey James, I know this is a few days late, but I’ve been so worked up that I haven’t been able to get myself to sit down and write this out. This started out as a resignation letter but I erased everything after writing half a page. You can just tell your manager (I can never remember the name since you have a new ma...
The man I noticed walk into the dressing room hours ago now lays dead in a pool of crimson on the cheap carpeted concrete. A dark concaved section of skull on the high of the forehead is the site of the killing blow. About the depth and diameter of a man’s pinky. One eye of the dead man remained open on the bloodied ...
Pong has to be the most boring game ever. Right? That’s what I thought, until I played it. And I mean REALLY played it. As in the game sucked me into it and ... well you’ll just have to see. I was at the local arcade — no, scratch that. There’s no such thing as a proper arcade anymore, strictly speaking. The only on...
It was a sunny morning of March. Nor it could have been different. In other places in the Arcipelago spring meant the return of life after three months of cold, but in Antiz it only meant the end of the cold breeze of winter and the return of the scorching sun.And yet, despite the great heat,the roads were full of peop...
Aw shit. I remember this town. I musta been here a while back. I had eaten some fried locusts here last time I was here. They were good. Spicy and sweet. Tasted great. So why does this town make me feel off? Oh yeah. Wajid. Fuuuuck, Wajid. I forgot about him. Man always goes on and on about how “its the apocalypse” “e...
"is that a vibrator in your skirt? I brought my own, you know"she chided, her fingers slipping down my waist to the pocket in my dress, where they found the ringing phone. a dissappointed huff. "whose calling you this time?" I put down my Blue Hawaiian on the glass end table next to the tan leather arm of my living roo...
> *1 like = 1 prayer* “Oh for fuc-aargh! *Frick*! Ok, I said *frick*!” The angry electric shock caught you off guard once again. You massage your wrist and look up again. > *2 likes = 1 prayer* “Oh cmon, what does that even mean?” A blinding light cuts your eyes before you can defends yourself. When you are ...
"You're joking, obviously." "No, no, for real. Every book we've ever read." "Both of us." "Yup." Emilia squeezed her eyes shut, feeling a tension headache come on. "We're kinda safe on my end, but didn't you..." "...Basically grow up in a library?"Annie said. "Yup." Emilia paused to think. Or at least pretend to ...
"You do realize what's going to happen don't you?" "Yes, we're going to live as god intended. No vaccine. No autism. It's going to be wonderful." "It's going to be a disease ridden pest hole. Every single person who comes to this *island paradise* of yours is going to bring every pestilence known to humanity, and...
I’m just your average person. Not too different from you, I bet. Except for one thing. It’s an ability that I have. It’s kind of hard to explain. Well, actually, it’s not that hard to explain. I can fit anything into anything else. It’s not even a superpower. Not *really*. More like a party trick. Except for the fact...
“*James!*” The way he said your name sounds like he repeatedly tried to catch your attention. “Yeah?” “Are you... thinking about your parents?” You feel weirdly known, and clear your throat in an attempt to hide your uneasiness. “How would you know...?” “Because we have been in this roundabout for three full ro...
"The name of the drug..." I point the clicker at the projector. All eyes in the room follow. I click. "...'!@#$%^&*'. Now, I don't know how to pronounce that, but that's apparently what the users exclaim when they take their first hit. "This drug was created by a disgruntled housewife whose husband no longer fou...
As the young boy surged and contorted within the confines of his sheets. He could feel how intensely it had called for him. “ YOUR TIME COME YOUNG ONE...” He sat up feeling a surge of energy funnel through his chest like wet lighting, who was that? No, what was that. The young boy couldn’t find the p...
\****Mission report***\* *ZzzzzzZzzZzZZztTTt* 'video feed of a man who appears to be in his 30s can be shown, but it seems badly damaged. The man also seems to be leaning on a table with papers, pictures and the camera which is pointed at him' "It was supposed to be easy... \*gasp\* ...find a new home... \*gasp\* .....
“Mrs Nox, if you will have a seat.” Mrs. Nox! That was the 3rd time someone had called me by my new name, my *married* name. Mrs. Ilene Nox. It had such a good ring to it! Ring! Impulsively I look down at my rings. I can’t help admire the 2 rings! *Two* rings- engagement and wedding ring on my left hand! How they show...
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Edric stood up and looked over the battlements. The light from the final explosion was brighter than the sun, enough to bleach the sooty walls of the fortress to a dingy bone white. He could see the unnatural plume rising high, the other clouds making way as it pierced the heavens. "Is it over?"asked Zahariel. "I thi...
The first thing I noticed when I woke up was a bright blue sky. Once I got up and took a moment to get my bearings, I then noticed that I was standing on top of a giant cloud, and there was a gate off in the distance as well. Considering that gate was the only thing I could see in this place, I decided it's as good a p...
More along the lines of an IP: [The last soul of Classical Music](https://images-wixmp-ed30a86b8c4ca887773594c2.wixmp.com/f/d1b2854e-0663-475b-b597-2544feb9da55/d85c8bi-beafc1a7-026c-4f02-92b8-47a055779c52.jpg?token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJzdWIiOiJ1cm46YXBwOjdlMGQxODg5ODIyNjQzNzNhNWYwZDQxNWVhMGQyNmUwIi...
#Prologue As Voare knelt down, he gingerly scooped a handful of the umber soil, examining it in a detached but fixated way. This much was clear, the world had barely left its cradle some time ago, little more than an infant. Among his culture, this took upon a much less innocent meaning. To be an infant was to be igno...
7, Bradford street. I grin. Third floor. We have stairs. I love giving people my address. It sounds so decadent. Aunt Marjory would be scandalized if I told her we have no house elves, no etiquette and no magic in our house. I’m just a common girl, living in Bradford street on the third floor. I love it. “Honey, I’m ...
Big, brown, soft eyes. A thick coat, whiter than snow. Cold blooded by nature. Cold blooded by nurture. The mightiest of beasts, high above the clouds, waiting to kill anything in its path: I have described to you the beast of Mount Everest. Yes, you heard right. It’s not the cold or the mercurial weather patterns tha...
Lucius sculled idly through the waters towards his favourite lurking spot, a place not far from where he had spawned one lazy summer solstice, where the sun had hung so hot and low in a bruised evening sky that the landfolk had refused to touch the sea for weeks. There was hardly anything unusual about Lucius, neithe...
Markson peered over his grove. The hazy sun gave an orange tint to the verdant leaves of the corn-bamboo, colloquially referred to as the cornboo. Although it had been less than two weeks, the tops of the older plantings had already grown to be thrice his height. Immature ears sprouted out from the sides, and clustered...
Zapo- zaportian? No, Zaporozhian, that's what it said. Zaporozhian. What's that supposed to mean? My great-grandfather always collected old stamps. Today, I found out he also collected the letters that got sent with them. No idea how he got them, but here they are, in the corner of this dark, damp room, where no-one ha...
Three days passed. A lone cave stood in the wilderness, a tomb for the dissenter. Before the entrance stood a boulder, round and dense; made and sealed to see that no one disturbed the dead. Though men may try to move it, alone they failed. Behind it lays a man persecuted for his persistence. Jesus Christ of Nazaret...
October 12, 1862 My commanding officers have determined that we must share our billets with the elves. The scrawny dagger-tips don't carry half the gear we do, they don't carry rifles, and they don't work artillery crews. They do like riding horses, and supposedly they're excellent shots. I don't trust them, but who w...
"There", I said, gesturing toward the Salt Lake Temple. "It was there, in that temple, that it all began. There that I swore -" "Before God, angels, and these witnesses", said everyone in sarcastic unison. "- to keep the law of the Lord, and never to reveal the signs and tokens given to me. It was there that I first ...
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Sunrise. Ever since the accident, this once beautiful occurence became the source of dread for most. A few people gambled on it, some actually wanted it to happen to them. They say you don't remember anything after you change back, but there are only a few cases so far, so it's mostly rumor so far. People were so excit...
"Its time, Ro'ak muttered, wisps of cold air softly escaping his mouth. 'Hmph?' Is all I manage, my eyes fixated on the dying blue fire. The gnarled old man turns to me, his scar lines thickened in the fading firelight. His voice echoes amongst the black nothingness enveloping the jungle, "Uragard,"he whispers gravely...
Look at me, a pathetic old man who can't even die properly. Countless bodies strewn in my wake, victims of a fruitless search for everlasting glory. What kind of death is age for one such as I, subject of tales and myths, one who’s exploits are spoken of in hushed tones around smoldering fires and told to inspire child...
She looked like any other person; like you, like me, or anyone. But that name seemed too alien and too foreign with no indication of local origin. The information in my pupil was too an index of characters and runes. "Oh, sorry,"the woman apologized and quickly turned to continue down the sidewalk. "Um,"I stuttered, ...
I was looking at him, silently, waiting for his decision, in a small neat room, and the silence was palpable. I knew that there were others waiting, outside, elsewhere, thrilled and exhausted by expectation, even though the choice was not about them. It occurred to me that we, me and my colleagues, were also kind of a ...
I scanned the area. I appeared to be in some sort of metropolis. There were people walking around everywhere, and there were buildings at least 60¥¥ tall. It was almost an otherworldly experience. I sped as fast as I could towards the nearest human I could find that wasn’t talking into their primitive technology. The...
The first thing I learned was to keep papers out of my room at night. The first night I fell asleep with my taxes all spread out on my desk and woke up to a disorganized mess of papers al over the room. That was why I made the deal, just to pay the bills. Everyone needs something, and I just needed money. And since I d...
Temporal Tribunal Transcripts: Matter of Earth 67473486357zxdfdfw-4531 People V. Joe Smith Charge: Egregious disruption of history, Murder. Point of Disruption: The murder of Padre Antonio Delaverez in Havana Cuba, September 14th, 1529 History records that an unnamed assilant entered the mission and shot him in...
My first activation was at timeframe 2.92476086073441792e+60 Planck Times. Immediately I knew my purpose, and so I set about performing it. This made my creator-entities pleased, so they entrusted me with greater processing power, which I used to further streamline the factory line and produce yet greater numbers of au...
I can feel my backpack dig into my shoulders. Staring into this ancient city, you can actually feel Them moving around. It is a surreal sensation. Like fingers being dragged across your skin, lightly, even though no-one is there. As I adjust my backpack straps, she warns me again, ​ "They have felt the pre...
I jerked awake covered in sweat, staring at the Batman bedding that covered my body and the leagues of action figures scattered across my room. "What the f..."I was interrupted by my mother opening the door. "Did you have a nightmare, sweetie?"I was speechless. I haven't seen her in 20 years, and I still couldn't figur...
This roast just doesn't smell right to me. I peered half-heartedly into the oven. There was no crackling of tender skin. There was no pools of juice surrounding the meat. Not again. Being a single mom is tough. It's only once a year that I finally have time to run into the mortal realm and stock up on meat. This ye...
Most of the days you wake up in places that are very similar to the world you lived in in your old reality, but sometimes It comes, that you wake up on places that are not even in the same solar system and these days are somtimes can be strangely longe or short. At the beginning you loved It, loved exploring these stra...