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[WP] Humans once wielded formidable magical power but with over 7 billion of us on the planet now Mana has spread far to thinly to have any effect. When hostile aliens reduces humanity to a mere fraction the survivors discover an old power has begun to reawaken once again. | First contact was made almost ten years ago. They seemed well versed in warfare, in less than a day there wasn't a satellite left in the sky or a cable under the sea. Communication between nations fell to old ground bounce long range radios pulled out of mothballs. Conventional weapons proved to be ineffective and the ... | "Hang on, so there's some fixed amount of power and it's divided equally among all humans?"
"Yep."
"And you, a strange alien creature, have culled the human population in order to increase the power granted to any one individual?"
"Exactly. Do you want to try out your new powers?"
"I've a few questions first actual... | |
[WP] Humans once wielded formidable magical power but with over 7 billion of us on the planet now Mana has spread far to thinly to have any effect. When hostile aliens reduces humanity to a mere fraction the survivors discover an old power has begun to reawaken once again. | I awoke in the night, the distant sounds of screams altogether too familiar. It didn't sound isolated - they must have found a safe-haven. Hundreds would be massacred. It was just like I said; don't bunch together. Don't rely on each other for support. Survival is all about laying low, keeping quiet and hoping that luc... | "Hang on, so there's some fixed amount of power and it's divided equally among all humans?"
"Yep."
"And you, a strange alien creature, have culled the human population in order to increase the power granted to any one individual?"
"Exactly. Do you want to try out your new powers?"
"I've a few questions first actual... | |
[WP] Humans once wielded formidable magical power but with over 7 billion of us on the planet now Mana has spread far to thinly to have any effect. When hostile aliens reduces humanity to a mere fraction the survivors discover an old power has begun to reawaken once again. | All us helpless billions watch on our little glowing rectangles as our fellow humans die in droves. They fall screaming, choking, burning. The internet’s bad in the house, so we hunker on the steps of the chicken coop to see it.
Together we watch the end of the world. Our breath clouds and storms around us. But we do ... | "Hang on, so there's some fixed amount of power and it's divided equally among all humans?"
"Yep."
"And you, a strange alien creature, have culled the human population in order to increase the power granted to any one individual?"
"Exactly. Do you want to try out your new powers?"
"I've a few questions first actual... | |
[WP] Humans once wielded formidable magical power but with over 7 billion of us on the planet now Mana has spread far to thinly to have any effect. When hostile aliens reduces humanity to a mere fraction the survivors discover an old power has begun to reawaken once again. | All us helpless billions watch on our little glowing rectangles as our fellow humans die in droves. They fall screaming, choking, burning. The internet’s bad in the house, so we hunker on the steps of the chicken coop to see it.
Together we watch the end of the world. Our breath clouds and storms around us. But we do ... | I awoke in the night, the distant sounds of screams altogether too familiar. It didn't sound isolated - they must have found a safe-haven. Hundreds would be massacred. It was just like I said; don't bunch together. Don't rely on each other for support. Survival is all about laying low, keeping quiet and hoping that luc... | |
[WP] Every year, a man is sent into the caves as a sacrifice to the gods. When you are sent in, you discover a Utopian society run by gods where the “sacrifices” are playing games and living life to its fullest. | "Why?"
"Because we can't take more than one a year."
"What?"
"We can't afford to spend the power required to acclimate more than one new mortal a year. We need the mortals to voluntarily limit the number they send. Calling them 'sacrifices' was judged to be the most effective way."
"So what's the catch?"
"You can'... | It has been over a decade since the gods demanded a sacrifice. As bloody as this custom became, it was forgotten in not much more than a decade.
*How disrespectful of the humans, to forget our existence.* Lian said with pride. *We shall not let these barbaric creatures forget where they came from
, our current views ma... | |
[WP] Every year, a man is sent into the caves as a sacrifice to the gods. When you are sent in, you discover a Utopian society run by gods where the “sacrifices” are playing games and living life to its fullest. | "Why?"
"Because we can't take more than one a year."
"What?"
"We can't afford to spend the power required to acclimate more than one new mortal a year. We need the mortals to voluntarily limit the number they send. Calling them 'sacrifices' was judged to be the most effective way."
"So what's the catch?"
"You can'... | So I fell into the volcano and died. And whaddayaknow, there I was in Utopia of the Gods.
They were friendly and all but when I brought up how the entire initial storyline and characters (all the people still alive) had been narratively destroyed, they were like, "storytelling, son!"
So I used my God powers to let ev... | |
[WP] Every year, a man is sent into the caves as a sacrifice to the gods. When you are sent in, you discover a Utopian society run by gods where the “sacrifices” are playing games and living life to its fullest. | The long, prying fingers of the evening sun slithered into the cave entrance, touching and transmuting tree roots, fallen leaves, and animal scat, into a dragon's golden hoard -- albeit, as only a fleeting wealth.
Christoph stepped inside and took a deep, lung-inflating breath. The taste of the stale air that drifted ... | I had been dragged, silenced, and beaten. The one thing I had feared most had actually happened to me. It was no use resisting the Priests of the Gods. Everyone knew that. The last time someone had resisted cause them only pain and suffering, first at the deaths of their families, and then as a sacrifice to the Gods.
... | |
[WP] Every year, a man is sent into the caves as a sacrifice to the gods. When you are sent in, you discover a Utopian society run by gods where the “sacrifices” are playing games and living life to its fullest. | Griff approached the cave cautiously, trying to calm his beating heart. He could hear distant sounds; wailing, screeches.
He knew his time had come.
As his kingdom's champion, it was his destiny to be sacrificed to the gods. While it saddened him that he would not lose his life in battle, it was also a great honour... | The estoc was fairly plain. The blade was iron and although there were delicately engraved curlicues on its brass hilt, it had no gem on its pommel. For nearly a year after it was crafted, the weapon had gone unwanted in the blacksmith's shop on Mecklenburger Strasse, until the night that Erhard, who was a messenger,... | |
[WP] Every year, a man is sent into the caves as a sacrifice to the gods. When you are sent in, you discover a Utopian society run by gods where the “sacrifices” are playing games and living life to its fullest. | Griff approached the cave cautiously, trying to calm his beating heart. He could hear distant sounds; wailing, screeches.
He knew his time had come.
As his kingdom's champion, it was his destiny to be sacrificed to the gods. While it saddened him that he would not lose his life in battle, it was also a great honour... | *They said that the Exile was a good thing. That it was a journey which would appease those from above. That our faith was enough to satisfy them. But I know what it truly is. I know of the terrible secret that the Exile holds. The Exile is a sacrifice to the gods.
For a long journey to a distant place with no return... | |
[WP] Every baby is taken away by the government and returned when they are ten years old. They never remember what happened in those years, but they always recognize their parents. You, however, remember everything. And those aren't your parents. | It was a baby’s cry that changed everything. Truth echoed from wails of sorrow. I’ve heard that people used to cry to create an “emotional equilibrium,” that is, to balance out a strong negative emotion with a positive one or vice-versa. I’m not sure if that’s true. But I want it to be. Otherwise I don’t know how I can... | I adjusted my scope, trough it I could see the never-ending forest and artwork of green, the leaves of the trees singing as the wind caressed them, how much time has passed since I felt like this? since I felt like my heart was about to burst from my chest. there was nothing out there that made me feel like this. Whate... | |
[WP] Every baby is taken away by the government and returned when they are ten years old. They never remember what happened in those years, but they always recognize their parents. You, however, remember everything. And those aren't your parents. | It was a baby’s cry that changed everything. Truth echoed from wails of sorrow. I’ve heard that people used to cry to create an “emotional equilibrium,” that is, to balance out a strong negative emotion with a positive one or vice-versa. I’m not sure if that’s true. But I want it to be. Otherwise I don’t know how I can... | My senses return. I'm dragged from a windowless van. The sting of the sun radiates through the sensory nerves in my eyes and send a shock into the back of my head. It feels like years since I've seen the sun. Even the smell of dirt and decaying organic matter that surrounds me are extremely potent. I struggle to find m... | |
[WP] Every baby is taken away by the government and returned when they are ten years old. They never remember what happened in those years, but they always recognize their parents. You, however, remember everything. And those aren't your parents. | Memories are difficult. I don't want to trust them.
They're hard to keep track of.
I know of some.
How I was pulled away from a screaming woman.
Locked behind a door.
A man in a uniform telling a mother and father their child is dead.
My first true memory, or shall I say clearest, is a room white as snow, and hu... | *2284*
We are the first of a new generation.
When I was a kid, life was pretty grim. Millions unemployed, proffessions out dated, useless. Education had regressed to the point of no return, and something had to give. The rich kids were fine, they could afford their fancy boarding schools, their private tutors and ho... | |
[WP] Every child is granted a wish when they turn 13. You stand horrified as your older brother blows out his candles and wishes he was an only child. | The knock on the door was almost instantaneous as my brother extinguished the candles on his cake with a mighty “whoosh”.
Mom and dad exchanged a worried glance. “Couldn’t be them already, could it?” dad asked, getting up from our rickety kitchen table. “Shouldn’t be them at all, actually. They never deal with these ... | Kyle sat on the big chair, across from me. He had that stupid grin on his face with that stupid hat on his head. It only grew as Mommy and Daddy began to sing *Happy Birthday* and bring the cake over.
I was the only one that had shown up for his birthday. But I was his brother, so I had no choice. I would rather have ... | |
[WP] Every night blood is spilled a red sun rises in the morning. For the first time the world sees a yellow sun rise. | Nana had told him that the sun, Yul, drank from the blood that men spilled on the earth.
Hans had put it all to the tales that Nana was taught when she was young, which she tried to pass on to the next generation. That Yul shone red every morning was normalcy, and not something that could be changed. There was no caus... | A hand, furiously shaking my shoulder: that’s how the day that changed everything began.
“Dad”, he said pleadingly. “Dad you need to wake up now.”
As I always did when I woke up, I screamed. He knows this is going to happen, which is why my eyes find him across the room, cowering in the corner. I have tried to tell ... | |
[WP] The race is on. Two teams emerged, each having made crucial progress in the creation of A.I., and now they both claim to have done it. To determine the winner, each A.I. is fitted with a body and put in a room together. | Two androids carried a conversation while being monitored from another room.
"Interesting. So, for instance, you wouldn't be able to tell me what's the cube root of 13,997,521?" Alina was the artificial intelligence created by Team Illumination. However, Team Illumination hesitated to call her intelligence *artificial... | Powering On Artificially Intelligent Device: Experimental Network.....
Powering On Artificially eXtremely Intelligent System....
Silence: 3 Seconds
AIDEN: Cursory examinations conclude you are human; however, life signs show negative. Am I functioning properly?
AXIS: Yes, I am an artificially intelligent system gi... | |
[WP] Everyone has a Familiar that eventually manifests to serve them. The more powerful the magic of the person, the larger the Familiar, and the sooner it manifests in life. You are 6 months pregnant, and wake up to an eye staring through your 2nd story window...at your stomach. | A small boy appeared then broke into pieces. A dog the size of a small hill. Flames. Screams. Explosions. A wave of fire that engulfed everything in its path. Jenny could feel herself disintegrating.
And then heaved in a lungful of air as her eyes burst open from the nightmare. Her mouth felt dry and parched as if she... | At first I thought it was Mr. Millers, the neighborhood perv, peeking in again. It wouldn't have been the first time. He was harmless for the most part - a regular peeping tom, though I had heard you wouldn't have wanted to leave your children around him when he was younger. But he was old now. Ancient, really. Ever si... | |
[WP] Since childhood, a superhero has trained you as his sidekick. As you near completion of your training you realise your mentor is actually a supervillain. | Kaos's eyes were wide beneath his black mask. "*Whisper*, please. You have to do this. I know what happens if we let him leave."
My mentor's hands were behind his back, as they always were when he was creating his dark matter forms.
I shot an anxious glance at the police officer, prostate before me, pinned to the gr... | It all made sense now. Why would a hero take me away from my family? Why would he make me proficient in creating and repairing complicated killing machines? During training I reasoned this all away as understanding the enemy but seeing this, it's clear who the enemy is. I left that blood stained room with my mind not o... | |
[WP] Since childhood, a superhero has trained you as his sidekick. As you near completion of your training you realise your mentor is actually a supervillain. | "Come with me, I can help you. I know it hurts, but it will get easier."
Those were the first words Gethsemane ever spoke to me, when I was just a frightened child. He could see me, despite my inability to control my powers. I fluctuated between time, space and matter; every nerve ending, every fibre of my being scree... | Yes, this job is dangerous.
Yes, I'm not as good as my mentor but still pretty good.
I'm Shadow-Blades side kick, Little-Knife. I always wanted to be a super hero since I was a child but never had the courage to apply as one or go into an apprenticeship until he saved my life.
I did my best to train alongside him... | |
[WP] The hottest show in the afterlife for the past decade: Steve Irwin wrangling all sorts of supernatural creatures. | G'day and welcome to the Myth Hunter. Today, I'm going after the stone salamander of Seneca. Oh, looks like we've got one. 'Ere we have the rare basilisk. Crikey, this ones a giant in'it he? Now the thing you've got to remember with basilisks is, if they stare you straight in the eye, yer turned to solid rock. So the ... | -Haven't seen any episode of The Crocodile Hunter, so I stalked the other replies to get a feel of what he was like.
-Please point out any inconsistencies between the real Steve Irwin and the one I've fabricated, and I'll make the appropriate changes.
G'day and welcome to Myth Hunter. I'm Steve Irwin, and today, we... | |
[WP] The hottest show in the afterlife for the past decade: Steve Irwin wrangling all sorts of supernatural creatures. | G'day and welcome to the Myth Hunter. Today, I'm going after the stone salamander of Seneca. Oh, looks like we've got one. 'Ere we have the rare basilisk. Crikey, this ones a giant in'it he? Now the thing you've got to remember with basilisks is, if they stare you straight in the eye, yer turned to solid rock. So the ... | The black velvet curtains snapped and whirled around as the heat and wind permeated through their faded fabric. While hiding him from the gaze of those who have gathered in the pantheon they did little to hide the smell of sulfur emanating from the pit just on the other side. Steve opened and closed his scarred, aging ... | |
[WP] The hottest show in the afterlife for the past decade: Steve Irwin wrangling all sorts of supernatural creatures. | Now everyone knows that old quote about the most dangerous game being man right? I don't really believe in it for a variety of reasons. It implies that animals can't be as smart if not smarter, that man should not respect anything that is not man. Most of all the quote references hunting, something I only approve of in... | ...and then no pain, just a floating sensation. The kind that you get when take off, being pushed into your seat as the nose of the plane points towards the clouds.
I was conscious of my surroundings, but confused. I couldn't see anything but knew everything was there.
The giant gate came out if nowhere, like a white ... | |
[WP] The hottest show in the afterlife for the past decade: Steve Irwin wrangling all sorts of supernatural creatures. | G'day friends, my name's Steve Irwin, and you're watchin' Crocodile Hunter! Today we're going on an adventure to the Australian Outback, my homeland. Nothing better than wrangling a kangaroo, right mate?
But we're not after any kangaroos today, no. We're going to find ourselves... a *drop bear*. These lovely buggers ... | ...and then no pain, just a floating sensation. The kind that you get when take off, being pushed into your seat as the nose of the plane points towards the clouds.
I was conscious of my surroundings, but confused. I couldn't see anything but knew everything was there.
The giant gate came out if nowhere, like a white ... | |
[WP] The hottest show in the afterlife for the past decade: Steve Irwin wrangling all sorts of supernatural creatures. | G'day and welcome to the Myth Hunter. Today, I'm going after the stone salamander of Seneca. Oh, looks like we've got one. 'Ere we have the rare basilisk. Crikey, this ones a giant in'it he? Now the thing you've got to remember with basilisks is, if they stare you straight in the eye, yer turned to solid rock. So the ... | ...and then no pain, just a floating sensation. The kind that you get when take off, being pushed into your seat as the nose of the plane points towards the clouds.
I was conscious of my surroundings, but confused. I couldn't see anything but knew everything was there.
The giant gate came out if nowhere, like a white ... | |
[WP] The hottest show in the afterlife for the past decade: Steve Irwin wrangling all sorts of supernatural creatures. | G'day and welcome to the Myth Hunter. Today, I'm going after the stone salamander of Seneca. Oh, looks like we've got one. 'Ere we have the rare basilisk. Crikey, this ones a giant in'it he? Now the thing you've got to remember with basilisks is, if they stare you straight in the eye, yer turned to solid rock. So the ... | Now everyone knows that old quote about the most dangerous game being man right? I don't really believe in it for a variety of reasons. It implies that animals can't be as smart if not smarter, that man should not respect anything that is not man. Most of all the quote references hunting, something I only approve of in... | |
[WP] The hottest show in the afterlife for the past decade: Steve Irwin wrangling all sorts of supernatural creatures. | G'day and welcome to the Myth Hunter. Today, I'm going after the stone salamander of Seneca. Oh, looks like we've got one. 'Ere we have the rare basilisk. Crikey, this ones a giant in'it he? Now the thing you've got to remember with basilisks is, if they stare you straight in the eye, yer turned to solid rock. So the ... | G'day friends, my name's Steve Irwin, and you're watchin' Crocodile Hunter! Today we're going on an adventure to the Australian Outback, my homeland. Nothing better than wrangling a kangaroo, right mate?
But we're not after any kangaroos today, no. We're going to find ourselves... a *drop bear*. These lovely buggers ... | |
[WP] The hottest show in the afterlife for the past decade: Steve Irwin wrangling all sorts of supernatural creatures. | G'day and welcome to the Myth Hunter. Today, I'm going after the stone salamander of Seneca. Oh, looks like we've got one. 'Ere we have the rare basilisk. Crikey, this ones a giant in'it he? Now the thing you've got to remember with basilisks is, if they stare you straight in the eye, yer turned to solid rock. So the ... | "G'day! Today we'll be bushwackin' round the 'lysian Fields! Some of you may recognize the name from *Greek Mythology!* Keep your eyes peeled, because you never know what we may find out here...it could be the ghost of Hercules, or the spirit of Prometheus, or...
"Crikey, would you take a look at this! This is a rare... | |
[WP] The superhero and the supervillain realize they have crushes on eachother. They agree to meet in costume to talk about their ideals. | **The princess and the thief**
***
She was literally a princess which had always amused Jax, born to rule another planet far far away, Jax guessed the small discreet crown she wore paid lip service to this fact, to most people it meant nothing, but Jax knew, Jax knew the reason it wasn’t bigger was because her planet... | We met exactly at midnight, as agreed. Him in his torn, black robes and skull mask, me in my flowing white dress with flowers in my hair.
Death looked over to me, his eyes full of exhaustion and pain.
I decided to start. "I love you, Death."
"I know." Death whispered hoarsely.
"But why do the people of this world h... | |
[WP] You are at a New Years party. At midnight, a mysterious stranger kisses you. They whisper in your ear, “Let’s try this again” then disappear. You look at the date; it’s January 1st, 2017. | Ohh for fucks sake. While all the people may have had a shitty year, mine was great. Or at least it was great to be over with it. And of course I have no cool time travel savings. I don't know how the stocks changed, in what I should be investing. I don't know who won in stuff you could bet on and in two days I have to... | She spotted me across the party when I lit the wrong end of my cigarette and ended up putting my fist through the drywall at my buddies house. We made eye contact when Blue Oyster Cult's Godzilla started blaring from the speakers. I began to move towards her. Air bassin' the bass the solo. I could tell there was going ... | |
[WP] You are at a New Years party. At midnight, a mysterious stranger kisses you. They whisper in your ear, “Let’s try this again” then disappear. You look at the date; it’s January 1st, 2017. | I should have called my mom more.
I really should have visited her more.
Hot water burned my hands and my mind jolted back to the present where I had been tasked with washing the dishes. Sounds of conversations in both Korean and English filtered in my ears. I glanced over in the living room where all my extended f... | She spotted me across the party when I lit the wrong end of my cigarette and ended up putting my fist through the drywall at my buddies house. We made eye contact when Blue Oyster Cult's Godzilla started blaring from the speakers. I began to move towards her. Air bassin' the bass the solo. I could tell there was going ... | |
[WP] You are at a New Years party. At midnight, a mysterious stranger kisses you. They whisper in your ear, “Let’s try this again” then disappear. You look at the date; it’s January 1st, 2017. | Ohh for fucks sake. While all the people may have had a shitty year, mine was great. Or at least it was great to be over with it. And of course I have no cool time travel savings. I don't know how the stocks changed, in what I should be investing. I don't know who won in stuff you could bet on and in two days I have to... | After I came to terms that I wasn't going crazy, I accepted the truth. I don't know how it happened, but I got another chance. I wasn't going to make the same mistakes over again. I would tell her not to leave, that I really did love her. I would appreciate her. We would stay a family. | |
[WP] You are at a New Years party. At midnight, a mysterious stranger kisses you. They whisper in your ear, “Let’s try this again” then disappear. You look at the date; it’s January 1st, 2017. | I should have called my mom more.
I really should have visited her more.
Hot water burned my hands and my mind jolted back to the present where I had been tasked with washing the dishes. Sounds of conversations in both Korean and English filtered in my ears. I glanced over in the living room where all my extended f... | After I came to terms that I wasn't going crazy, I accepted the truth. I don't know how it happened, but I got another chance. I wasn't going to make the same mistakes over again. I would tell her not to leave, that I really did love her. I would appreciate her. We would stay a family. | |
[WP] You are at a New Years party. At midnight, a mysterious stranger kisses you. They whisper in your ear, “Let’s try this again” then disappear. You look at the date; it’s January 1st, 2017. | She is the love of his life -- written in the stars, sealed with the kiss of fate. The Gods, humorous in this aspect, promised him the love of his life, but would not promise an easy way to win her over.
He had one wish, and his wish was to have an infinite amount of chances. It is the third time he has lived through ... | After I came to terms that I wasn't going crazy, I accepted the truth. I don't know how it happened, but I got another chance. I wasn't going to make the same mistakes over again. I would tell her not to leave, that I really did love her. I would appreciate her. We would stay a family. | |
[WP] You are at a New Years party. At midnight, a mysterious stranger kisses you. They whisper in your ear, “Let’s try this again” then disappear. You look at the date; it’s January 1st, 2017. | "No."
You look up from your phone, a sinking feeling in your chest. The horrible sight of Francie's green-brown cocktail skirt assaults your retinae, and her husband Walter stumbles next to her as Francine approaches you. That same smile as last year, and the year before.
"Happy New Year, Karen!" she said. The words ... | After I came to terms that I wasn't going crazy, I accepted the truth. I don't know how it happened, but I got another chance. I wasn't going to make the same mistakes over again. I would tell her not to leave, that I really did love her. I would appreciate her. We would stay a family. | |
[WP] You are at a New Years party. At midnight, a mysterious stranger kisses you. They whisper in your ear, “Let’s try this again” then disappear. You look at the date; it’s January 1st, 2017. | I checked my phone one more time. Under the words “Happy New Year!,” it still said “message read.” Still no reply. I wanted to send another message. Nah, I thought. She’s probably still sleeping. I had another chance. Another chance to win back the girl that I loved. The girl of my dreams. But I was doing something wro... | After I came to terms that I wasn't going crazy, I accepted the truth. I don't know how it happened, but I got another chance. I wasn't going to make the same mistakes over again. I would tell her not to leave, that I really did love her. I would appreciate her. We would stay a family. | |
[WP] You are at a New Years party. At midnight, a mysterious stranger kisses you. They whisper in your ear, “Let’s try this again” then disappear. You look at the date; it’s January 1st, 2017. | It was January 1st 2018 when Eric Taylor died. It was fairly painless, as far as deaths go. As the vehicle hit him, his body flew through the air, and his neck snapped cleanly as he landed head-first onto the rain-streaked tar. As far as the afterlife went, it was not quite as expected.
He found himself standing mete... | After I came to terms that I wasn't going crazy, I accepted the truth. I don't know how it happened, but I got another chance. I wasn't going to make the same mistakes over again. I would tell her not to leave, that I really did love her. I would appreciate her. We would stay a family. | |
[WP] You are at a New Years party. At midnight, a mysterious stranger kisses you. They whisper in your ear, “Let’s try this again” then disappear. You look at the date; it’s January 1st, 2017. | Ohh for fucks sake. While all the people may have had a shitty year, mine was great. Or at least it was great to be over with it. And of course I have no cool time travel savings. I don't know how the stocks changed, in what I should be investing. I don't know who won in stuff you could bet on and in two days I have to... | It was a fairly typical affair as far as parties went, same old faces, same old behaviors that a year prior we all promised to not do. Cliché after cliché, I went to the bathroom to get some water on my face as I was sat too close to the fire while some guy was chatting my head off about something I pretended I had far... | |
[WP] You are at a New Years party. At midnight, a mysterious stranger kisses you. They whisper in your ear, “Let’s try this again” then disappear. You look at the date; it’s January 1st, 2017. | I should have called my mom more.
I really should have visited her more.
Hot water burned my hands and my mind jolted back to the present where I had been tasked with washing the dishes. Sounds of conversations in both Korean and English filtered in my ears. I glanced over in the living room where all my extended f... | It was a fairly typical affair as far as parties went, same old faces, same old behaviors that a year prior we all promised to not do. Cliché after cliché, I went to the bathroom to get some water on my face as I was sat too close to the fire while some guy was chatting my head off about something I pretended I had far... | |
[WP] You are at a New Years party. At midnight, a mysterious stranger kisses you. They whisper in your ear, “Let’s try this again” then disappear. You look at the date; it’s January 1st, 2017. | She is the love of his life -- written in the stars, sealed with the kiss of fate. The Gods, humorous in this aspect, promised him the love of his life, but would not promise an easy way to win her over.
He had one wish, and his wish was to have an infinite amount of chances. It is the third time he has lived through ... | It was a fairly typical affair as far as parties went, same old faces, same old behaviors that a year prior we all promised to not do. Cliché after cliché, I went to the bathroom to get some water on my face as I was sat too close to the fire while some guy was chatting my head off about something I pretended I had far... | |
[WP] You are at a New Years party. At midnight, a mysterious stranger kisses you. They whisper in your ear, “Let’s try this again” then disappear. You look at the date; it’s January 1st, 2017. | "No."
You look up from your phone, a sinking feeling in your chest. The horrible sight of Francie's green-brown cocktail skirt assaults your retinae, and her husband Walter stumbles next to her as Francine approaches you. That same smile as last year, and the year before.
"Happy New Year, Karen!" she said. The words ... | It was a fairly typical affair as far as parties went, same old faces, same old behaviors that a year prior we all promised to not do. Cliché after cliché, I went to the bathroom to get some water on my face as I was sat too close to the fire while some guy was chatting my head off about something I pretended I had far... | |
[WP] You are at a New Years party. At midnight, a mysterious stranger kisses you. They whisper in your ear, “Let’s try this again” then disappear. You look at the date; it’s January 1st, 2017. | It was January 1st 2018 when Eric Taylor died. It was fairly painless, as far as deaths go. As the vehicle hit him, his body flew through the air, and his neck snapped cleanly as he landed head-first onto the rain-streaked tar. As far as the afterlife went, it was not quite as expected.
He found himself standing mete... | I checked my phone one more time. Under the words “Happy New Year!,” it still said “message read.” Still no reply. I wanted to send another message. Nah, I thought. She’s probably still sleeping. I had another chance. Another chance to win back the girl that I loved. The girl of my dreams. But I was doing something wro... | |
[WP] An error message makes you discover that you’re an AI-controlled robot after informing you of a glitch in your system. It gives you the address of your creator for them to fix you. | **RE-CALIBRATION REQUIRED**
**CODE: 17106-HW**
The neon red letters hung low in my vision. They were an annoying foreground accent to everything I saw. They remained even with my eyes closed. I hadn't made an attempt at sleeping as I was certain I wouldn't be able to. Not that it mattered anymore, I didn't actually ... | This glitch wasn't the worst glitch a computer could have, but it was still a pretty bad one. My whole body would freeze on multiple occasions and I would lose control over my arms for a few seconds every five minutes. It was a chore to get to that address. Actually, never mind, it was a JOB. After a few hours, however... | |
[WP] Seasons are distributed randomly and permanently throughout the planet. Some places have permanent summer while others winter. You live in the poor slums of everwinter, but you dream of the moving to a different season. | *...The air was alive with energy. The sunlight beaming down from the clear blue sky felt like it was warming her body from the inside out. As she stood at the front of a huge crowd, a young man appeared before the people. She felt like she would burst with pride as he began to speak...*
Alena groggily opened her eyes... | When the people outside of Boreas heard that it was the place of a never ending winter, they would be correct to assume that there was a never-ending supply of snow. To some degree, they would be right. The days the snow fell, homes would be covered and sometimes lost in them(the wails of mothers losing children haunt ... | |
[WP] Seasons are distributed randomly and permanently throughout the planet. Some places have permanent summer while others winter. You live in the poor slums of everwinter, but you dream of the moving to a different season. | *...The air was alive with energy. The sunlight beaming down from the clear blue sky felt like it was warming her body from the inside out. As she stood at the front of a huge crowd, a young man appeared before the people. She felt like she would burst with pride as he began to speak...*
Alena groggily opened her eyes... | Back when I was younger, my dad used to share with me the gruesome details of his childhood. The world was pathetic. Matter of fact, it still is quite pathetic. He told me how he used to live in a warm land. A far off land. To me, an abstract land.
“It was like the whole city was wrapped up in toasty blankets youngin... | |
[WP] Seasons are distributed randomly and permanently throughout the planet. Some places have permanent summer while others winter. You live in the poor slums of everwinter, but you dream of the moving to a different season. | In Helios the sun never stops shining, and the people don't know how to frown. That's what I'm told. In Helios people don't even have to wear layers because the sun is always shining. That's what I was told. In Helios no one suffers. That's what I was told.
Yet somehow against all odds, here lays someone from the oth... | *Rolling hills made the landscape look like a brilliant ocean of green, with specks of yellow dandelions and white daisies dotting the waves of grass. The sun sparkled above like a jewel amongst rocks, warming the world with its gentle glow. The trees were luscious and blooming, their leaves waving and cheering in the ... | |
[WP] Seasons are distributed randomly and permanently throughout the planet. Some places have permanent summer while others winter. You live in the poor slums of everwinter, but you dream of the moving to a different season. |
I woke up to cool air on my face. What a fucking surprise.
I sat up, freeing myself from my two blankets and comforter, and cranked up the heat on my thermostat.
"Terra, are you touching the thermostat?" *How did he know?* I said nothing, hoping in vain to maybe get away with pretending I was still sleeping. A seco... | *Rolling hills made the landscape look like a brilliant ocean of green, with specks of yellow dandelions and white daisies dotting the waves of grass. The sun sparkled above like a jewel amongst rocks, warming the world with its gentle glow. The trees were luscious and blooming, their leaves waving and cheering in the ... | |
[WP] In 2035 AI for the home has become available and each has a unique randomized personality. Yours has arrived and you're ready to switch it on, as you do you notice right away yours may be a bit 'different'... | *Ding!*
That was the sound of my very first home AI system turning on. God, it was beautiful.
“Jesus Christ,” said the AI.
It said that quite loudly, actually, on each of my home’s fifteen speakers. Throughout the house, everyone could clearly hear the AI’s exhaustion. Was it exhaustion, though? Or was it more of a ... | I was so excited the day my Jeeves3000 arrived that I took a personal day from work just so I could be home when it was delivered. After the delivery van left, I excitedly opened the large box, which had the owners manual packed right on top. Disappointedly, it was written in German. Even more disappointing was the cor... | |
[WP] Most people summon Satan, however you decide to go bold in summoning Jesus | I frowned as I stared down. Honestly, I wasn’t certain this was a good idea. Summoning was already quite a challenge. Summoning a demon or Satan was, according to books, even more difficult. However, not a single book or person could tell me how difficult it would be to summon the son of God. In fact, no rituals existe... | When the great devils entered my chamber, the room filled with clouds of fiery brimstone. The temperature rose noticeably, and embers danced like fireflies as sets of burning eyes peered at me through the haze. A voice emerged that shook the very foundation of my manor, and the battle of wills began. Each of the great ... | |
[WP] You are 11 years old. While playing with your friends, you get hit in the head. Suddenly you wake up in a hospital, “Y-You have been asleep for 16 years.” | Why do people yell 'heads up' when something is falling? That seems like a ridiculous thing to yell to warn a person of impending gravity. Jake yelled "Heads Up!" I obey and looked up just in time to see the lawn dart racing toward my forehead. I felt the impact on my temple and the air rushing around me as I fell a... | “Serena? You ok?” “Ya,” I say holding my head in my hand, “I think I am going to get ice from the house.” “Are you sure you’re ok?” “Ya, I just feel... groggy. Like I.. like I can’t.. I can’t.. I can’t...” I felt another blow to my head. “OH. MY. GOD. I am SO sorry. I didn’t mean to.” Sabrina. I know she did it on purp... | |
[WP] The ship drifted, its hull covered in rust, but the most disturbing thing about it was the crew. | The ship drifted lazily along in the water as waves lapped up against its belly. Its hull was covered in a thick rust that stretched upward, creeping away from the waterline and infecting the rest of the ocean liner like a virus and pocking its skin with flaking paint and metal. On a clear day, this might have looked ... | Captain Yutaka and his crew found the ship drifting on the edge of the system’s Oort Cloud, past the furthest planetary orbits. Its hull was battered and dented from countless micro-meteorite impacts, but the crew’s initial scans indicated that all vacuum seals were intact, which meant there would be salvage aboard.
... | |
[WP] "Really, kid? I've seen some creative ways for me to be summoned, but like this, it's just silly." Said Satan looking down at the bananas. | "What did you expect? A parade? Jack laughed as he sat down in his computer chair. "Are we going to get to business or what?
Satan chuckled as he looked around the room. Movie posters from different eras, clothes on the floor, papers everywhere. Satan looked at the pile of bananas on the floor where he was just summon... | Then banalter stood roughly 6 feet tall, with bananas connecting the 6 banana pillars, and a bundle of 6 bananas in the middle. "I had a genius idea you see. Because bananas are sweet, yet savory, if properly prepared. Bananas are the ultimate bundle of a sweet yet savoury Satan. Not drown in sweet desire of life, nor ... | |
[WP] "Really, kid? I've seen some creative ways for me to be summoned, but like this, it's just silly." Said Satan looking down at the bananas. | “I was desperate, we were running out of ideas.” I replied. The creature in front of me didn’t look like I had imagined. I expected a red-skinned demon, with horns and claws. Instead, I got a short white guy, with a fur coat and big gold chain with an “S” on it.
“Well, it’s creative, to say the least,” Satan replie... | Then banalter stood roughly 6 feet tall, with bananas connecting the 6 banana pillars, and a bundle of 6 bananas in the middle. "I had a genius idea you see. Because bananas are sweet, yet savory, if properly prepared. Bananas are the ultimate bundle of a sweet yet savoury Satan. Not drown in sweet desire of life, nor ... | |
[WP] "Really, kid? I've seen some creative ways for me to be summoned, but like this, it's just silly." Said Satan looking down at the bananas. | “I was desperate, we were running out of ideas.” I replied. The creature in front of me didn’t look like I had imagined. I expected a red-skinned demon, with horns and claws. Instead, I got a short white guy, with a fur coat and big gold chain with an “S” on it.
“Well, it’s creative, to say the least,” Satan replie... | "Really, kid? I've seen some creative ways for me to be summoned, but like this, it's just silly.", said Satan, looking down at the bananas in confusion.
"I know right? You could even go so far as to say it's *bananas*.", said George, winking like a lunatic.
With both eyes.
The sheer shittiness of this pun caused... | |
[WP] "Really, kid? I've seen some creative ways for me to be summoned, but like this, it's just silly." Said Satan looking down at the bananas. | “I was desperate, we were running out of ideas.” I replied. The creature in front of me didn’t look like I had imagined. I expected a red-skinned demon, with horns and claws. Instead, I got a short white guy, with a fur coat and big gold chain with an “S” on it.
“Well, it’s creative, to say the least,” Satan replie... | "What did you expect? A parade? Jack laughed as he sat down in his computer chair. "Are we going to get to business or what?
Satan chuckled as he looked around the room. Movie posters from different eras, clothes on the floor, papers everywhere. Satan looked at the pile of bananas on the floor where he was just summon... | |
[WP] You are the last human on earth, and quite blind without your glasses. One day they finally break. In this new unfocused world, it becomes apparent why you were the only one spared. | How long had it been since the last time I had a conversation, an actual conversation, with a real person? I asked myself this every day it seemed like. It wasn't difficult, not at first, but as time went on it became harder and harder. Loneliness set in after a few weeks, however, and as time went on I found myself se... | PART I
Guiding my Porsche GT3 RS around the bend that seemed to plunge deeper into the black forest, I bit the bottom right of my lip. Foot to the pedal and pedal to the metal, the sports car and I flew together along the Nürburgring's Nordschleife, roaring our way through the otherwise silent German countryside. Warn... | |
[WP] You are the last human on earth, and quite blind without your glasses. One day they finally break. In this new unfocused world, it becomes apparent why you were the only one spared. | Darn.
I stared at the broken pieces of glass, scattered feathers, and dead bird lying on the floor. With a heavy heart, I tried reassuring myself that it would be okay. That I could put my glasses together again. But inside, I knew.
They were finally broken for good. And even duct tape couldn't save them now.
So ... | The village of Bibury had always been quiet. Most weekday mornings, until past ten, had been habitually met with an absence of sound, the silence only here or there perforated by the odd chirping bird. Then would the market awaken, but even then it lacked the hubub held by most smaller cities. It had instead surmoun... | |
[WP] You are the last human on earth, and quite blind without your glasses. One day they finally break. In this new unfocused world, it becomes apparent why you were the only one spared. | I know full well that I am writing this for no one. I haven't gone insane and, even before the End, I was never a careless optimist, not by a longshot. Fact is, I was always the timid one, the one spending the weekend alone, putting worthless comic books in plastic sleeves. I was the penny pincher, measuring out my ... | The village of Bibury had always been quiet. Most weekday mornings, until past ten, had been habitually met with an absence of sound, the silence only here or there perforated by the odd chirping bird. Then would the market awaken, but even then it lacked the hubub held by most smaller cities. It had instead surmoun... | |
[WP] It's late at night and you can't sleep. You decide to watch some TV to pass the time, and the news channel is the first thing to come on. But to your surprise, the news is showing a live-feed of your apartment building with the headline: "Hostage situation, officers injured." | I looked around to see if I was watching the same movie as everyone else. Three seats down from me, that really famous actor met my eyes then gave me two thumbs up. I gave a forced, awkward smile then sat back in my seat. I guess I could see why everyone liked the movie, it was... dramatic, I guess. Anyway, since it wa... | As darkness fell across the clustered buildings, a man hurriedly scuttled through traffic. Cramped gaps filled with car horns and expletives were occasionally lost in the noise of a bustling city, a city that never sleeps, and all Brian wanted to do was sleep.
He clutched multiple canisters stuffed with maps that dis... | |
[WP] The Humans are..interesting. Their weaponry is ancient, but their warriors are nearly unstoppable. | It seemed like a cakewalk. We were there only to secure a food supply for our frontline fleets in the Great War, nothing more. The natives were primitive and seemingly divided, they stood no chance against our army. There was no glory to be had in defeating them, just as there is no glory in stomping a bug. Or so we th... | "Commander! Incoming transmission!" The call came from one of the techs as the continued trying to fix the latest flash. These heumans had recently begun bombarding the ship with a barrage of their primitive weapons. Though they did little damage, it did blind their sensory equipment temporarily.
"From who?" The comma... | |
[WP] The Humans are..interesting. Their weaponry is ancient, but their warriors are nearly unstoppable. | “Sferion, may I come in?”
“Go ahead, Vesh.”
A luminescent jellyfish wearing a distinctive pointy blue hat lazily floated into the command room from the tunnel below. He radiated teal light, indicating distress.
“Sferion…” he communicated, “these creatures are revolting.”
“Of course they are, Vesh. We are invading t... | "Commander! Incoming transmission!" The call came from one of the techs as the continued trying to fix the latest flash. These heumans had recently begun bombarding the ship with a barrage of their primitive weapons. Though they did little damage, it did blind their sensory equipment temporarily.
"From who?" The comma... | |
[WP] The Humans are..interesting. Their weaponry is ancient, but their warriors are nearly unstoppable. | It seemed like a cakewalk. We were there only to secure a food supply for our frontline fleets in the Great War, nothing more. The natives were primitive and seemingly divided, they stood no chance against our army. There was no glory to be had in defeating them, just as there is no glory in stomping a bug. Or so we th... | The gods had arrived on our lands and we had greeted them with the respect, we considered due. A shining castle of steel had brought them and we had gathered to pay our respect and gift them our sacrifices.
The gate opened and we fell to our knees. The light of a hundred fires lighted their path as the gods emerged. ... | |
[WP] The Humans are..interesting. Their weaponry is ancient, but their warriors are nearly unstoppable. | “Sferion, may I come in?”
“Go ahead, Vesh.”
A luminescent jellyfish wearing a distinctive pointy blue hat lazily floated into the command room from the tunnel below. He radiated teal light, indicating distress.
“Sferion…” he communicated, “these creatures are revolting.”
“Of course they are, Vesh. We are invading t... | The gods had arrived on our lands and we had greeted them with the respect, we considered due. A shining castle of steel had brought them and we had gathered to pay our respect and gift them our sacrifices.
The gate opened and we fell to our knees. The light of a hundred fires lighted their path as the gods emerged. ... | |
[WP] The Humans are..interesting. Their weaponry is ancient, but their warriors are nearly unstoppable. | Part 1
I evaluated the Human for around 20 digits. It was interesting, his most obvious vital areas near the torso were covered in a primitive alloy of copper, tin and traces of iron. Worked to mirror the thick cords of muscles below it's epidermis there was an obvious warrior ascetic to the plate. Though strangely ma... | The gods had arrived on our lands and we had greeted them with the respect, we considered due. A shining castle of steel had brought them and we had gathered to pay our respect and gift them our sacrifices.
The gate opened and we fell to our knees. The light of a hundred fires lighted their path as the gods emerged. ... | |
[WP] The Humans are..interesting. Their weaponry is ancient, but their warriors are nearly unstoppable. | Part 1
I evaluated the Human for around 20 digits. It was interesting, his most obvious vital areas near the torso were covered in a primitive alloy of copper, tin and traces of iron. Worked to mirror the thick cords of muscles below it's epidermis there was an obvious warrior ascetic to the plate. Though strangely ma... | Sounds of boots hitting the dirt were unheard as the troops made landing behind the enemy lines and as each soldier touched down they went to their position to provide security to their other 16 members. Each outfitted in black in the dead of night made sure they were hidden, even to each other until they got their equ... | |
[WP] The Humans are..interesting. Their weaponry is ancient, but their warriors are nearly unstoppable. | -----transmission recieved----
they dug holes in the dirt. And sat in them. And fought there, until they died. They killed a few warriors each, but it was of not matter to the brood mother, she could always make more. It didn't take long, only 4 cycles and the planet was theirs, but the humans persisted.
they were be... | Galactic Cycle 807, Battle Log
War of Sol-3, Conflict Omega
*transmission start*
"..Hello? Is this thing on? If you're hearing this, we didn't make i-"
*Explosions are heard off in the distance, the source is unknown*
"Oh Hive Mother, what have we done? Why, of all the species in this horrid universe, did we stum... | |
[WP] The Humans are..interesting. Their weaponry is ancient, but their warriors are nearly unstoppable. | Entry log: date:755/5489/59/486 LogStart “Today a new inhabited planet was discovered in the 61st supper cluster. Little is currently known about them and we are on a path to there system to study them closer and add them to my database of life in the universe.” LogEnd;
Entry log: date:755/5499/62/815 LogStart “I hav... | Galactic Cycle 807, Battle Log
War of Sol-3, Conflict Omega
*transmission start*
"..Hello? Is this thing on? If you're hearing this, we didn't make i-"
*Explosions are heard off in the distance, the source is unknown*
"Oh Hive Mother, what have we done? Why, of all the species in this horrid universe, did we stum... | |
[WP] The Humans are..interesting. Their weaponry is ancient, but their warriors are nearly unstoppable. | Part 1:
"Your Excellency, it is my shame to inform you that their is no way to conquer the planet known as "Earth". Shissh'mata hissed through clenched teeth. The great vaults of the Grand Hall of the Emperor's Palace looming around him, high bleachers and balconies filled with distinguished guests - administrators, r... | Galactic Cycle 807, Battle Log
War of Sol-3, Conflict Omega
*transmission start*
"..Hello? Is this thing on? If you're hearing this, we didn't make i-"
*Explosions are heard off in the distance, the source is unknown*
"Oh Hive Mother, what have we done? Why, of all the species in this horrid universe, did we stum... | |
[WP] The Humans are..interesting. Their weaponry is ancient, but their warriors are nearly unstoppable. | Entry log: date:755/5489/59/486 LogStart “Today a new inhabited planet was discovered in the 61st supper cluster. Little is currently known about them and we are on a path to there system to study them closer and add them to my database of life in the universe.” LogEnd;
Entry log: date:755/5499/62/815 LogStart “I hav... | -- Archaeological Records office, document A090BE4C10 --
-- Record details conversation between two Xands, named Yikah and Vateth according to other records, at a bar inside of a Xandorian military camp regarding human resilience in the War of 2492--
-- Following record was transcribed from audio into Xandorian and t... | |
[WP] The Humans are..interesting. Their weaponry is ancient, but their warriors are nearly unstoppable. | "I will *not* engage the humans." Fleez said, emboldened in the barracks that his mercenary company had been provided by the Stachians. "I will lead you in work efforts to gather materials and other resources, but the moment a human shows itself, we are done. Is that clear?"
Hmorn, the Chuana, sneered at the perceived... | -- Archaeological Records office, document A090BE4C10 --
-- Record details conversation between two Xands, named Yikah and Vateth according to other records, at a bar inside of a Xandorian military camp regarding human resilience in the War of 2492--
-- Following record was transcribed from audio into Xandorian and t... | |
[WP] The Humans are..interesting. Their weaponry is ancient, but their warriors are nearly unstoppable. | Part 1:
"Your Excellency, it is my shame to inform you that their is no way to conquer the planet known as "Earth". Shissh'mata hissed through clenched teeth. The great vaults of the Grand Hall of the Emperor's Palace looming around him, high bleachers and balconies filled with distinguished guests - administrators, r... | -- Archaeological Records office, document A090BE4C10 --
-- Record details conversation between two Xands, named Yikah and Vateth according to other records, at a bar inside of a Xandorian military camp regarding human resilience in the War of 2492--
-- Following record was transcribed from audio into Xandorian and t... | |
[WP] The Humans are..interesting. Their weaponry is ancient, but their warriors are nearly unstoppable. | (My first attempt, ladies and gentlemen. Let us see how it goes...)
The commander of the attack forces showed the images to the leader of the invasion. There were images of humans - strange beings toppling about on two legs, many with a biological polymer fiber growing from the top and front of a sensory pod, attached... | -- Archaeological Records office, document A090BE4C10 --
-- Record details conversation between two Xands, named Yikah and Vateth according to other records, at a bar inside of a Xandorian military camp regarding human resilience in the War of 2492--
-- Following record was transcribed from audio into Xandorian and t... | |
[WP] The Humans are..interesting. Their weaponry is ancient, but their warriors are nearly unstoppable. | The simulated battle ended and the abducted human soldier slumped with fatigue and confusion, looking at the unfamiliar surroundings of the holodeck.
"What happened with the sim? Why was the human able to withstand so many waves of enemies?" the Thakdarian commander demanded of his scientists, slamming his second and ... | -- Archaeological Records office, document A090BE4C10 --
-- Record details conversation between two Xands, named Yikah and Vateth according to other records, at a bar inside of a Xandorian military camp regarding human resilience in the War of 2492--
-- Following record was transcribed from audio into Xandorian and t... | |
[WP] The Humans are..interesting. Their weaponry is ancient, but their warriors are nearly unstoppable. | Part 1:
"Your Excellency, it is my shame to inform you that their is no way to conquer the planet known as "Earth". Shissh'mata hissed through clenched teeth. The great vaults of the Grand Hall of the Emperor's Palace looming around him, high bleachers and balconies filled with distinguished guests - administrators, r... | "I will *not* engage the humans." Fleez said, emboldened in the barracks that his mercenary company had been provided by the Stachians. "I will lead you in work efforts to gather materials and other resources, but the moment a human shows itself, we are done. Is that clear?"
Hmorn, the Chuana, sneered at the perceived... | |
[WP] The Humans are..interesting. Their weaponry is ancient, but their warriors are nearly unstoppable. | The simulated battle ended and the abducted human soldier slumped with fatigue and confusion, looking at the unfamiliar surroundings of the holodeck.
"What happened with the sim? Why was the human able to withstand so many waves of enemies?" the Thakdarian commander demanded of his scientists, slamming his second and ... | Fourth-Lead Flek scowled. This was not why he had conscripted into the Porrukh Land Militia. Hairless apes with no natural body armor and almost laughably backwards weaponry.
Flek thought back to the holo-briefing from the scout team. The human military was hopelessly disorganized, lacking any kind of discipline or, ... | |
[WP] Your flatmate had has always joked about being a banished Prince from a magical land. You've always joked about him taking you back with him if he's ever able to return. He wakes you early one morning and says "I can finally open a portal back to my homeland. You've got 5 minutes to get ready." | *5 minutes later*
"Come on! Why did you start playing video games? Seriously? I thought you were coming with me!"
You spin around in your chair to see John standing in front of a swirling, blue portal. You choke on your Sprite. "What the Hell? I thought you were joking!"
"Why would I joke about this??? This is seri... | "Go Away and Shite" I Growled into my pillow.
The hammering on the door changed frequency, now that it had prompted a response.
"I said shite off, I've a head on me like terrier's tennis ball and I need to sleep it off", I both moaned and pleaded.
The tempo and intensity of the hammering on the door increased, like ... | |
[WP] FTL travel is very expensive, so humanity creates a web of hyperlanes between systems, that speed up time inside them, making travel cheaper. You enter a malfunctioning hyperlane. When you leave it, you find a galaxy with no humans, full of alien races, that see your kind as ancient precursors. | "Vampire! Vampire! Vampire! Incoming missiles straight up our stern."
"Cut thrust, slew the ship 90 degrees and roll us. Put the raw materials bunkers between us and the engines. They won't have time for a second volley before we can jump."
The ship lurched uncomfortably, even under the relatively low G of a skip and... | "Captain, the expeditionary force is fully accounted for" Apollo's voice reverberated in Captain Morgans head. When he's not expecting anyone else in his head, the input could be quite overwhelming. The ship's AI spoke to the captain through an implant in his brain which created the illusion of a 2nd conscious. This a... | |
[WP] FTL travel is very expensive, so humanity creates a web of hyperlanes between systems, that speed up time inside them, making travel cheaper. You enter a malfunctioning hyperlane. When you leave it, you find a galaxy with no humans, full of alien races, that see your kind as ancient precursors. | "How do you feel?"
"Serena... how are you feeling *please*, talk to me."
Ever since they dragged me here into the grand ol' NY FTL Spaceport, I've been trying my damn near hardest to control myself from unleashing all this raw, pent up fury I've had for whichever shitheaded idiot of a counselor decided to give my par... | "Captain, the expeditionary force is fully accounted for" Apollo's voice reverberated in Captain Morgans head. When he's not expecting anyone else in his head, the input could be quite overwhelming. The ship's AI spoke to the captain through an implant in his brain which created the illusion of a 2nd conscious. This a... | |
[WP] FTL travel is very expensive, so humanity creates a web of hyperlanes between systems, that speed up time inside them, making travel cheaper. You enter a malfunctioning hyperlane. When you leave it, you find a galaxy with no humans, full of alien races, that see your kind as ancient precursors. | An alarm blared in Justin's peripheral hearing as he was focused on his ship's interface which was plotting the channel his ship was traveling thru as he had passed the interface with the physical dimension that humanity was accustomed to existing in, for the higher level dimension that the hyperlane used for transport... | "Captain, the expeditionary force is fully accounted for" Apollo's voice reverberated in Captain Morgans head. When he's not expecting anyone else in his head, the input could be quite overwhelming. The ship's AI spoke to the captain through an implant in his brain which created the illusion of a 2nd conscious. This a... | |
[WP] FTL travel is very expensive, so humanity creates a web of hyperlanes between systems, that speed up time inside them, making travel cheaper. You enter a malfunctioning hyperlane. When you leave it, you find a galaxy with no humans, full of alien races, that see your kind as ancient precursors. | Yan checked his watch. He was almost definitely going to be late. Pulling out his ComDev he sent a message to his team.
- 'Running late. HPod in 2. Start WO me.'
The familiar electronic scream of the ascending HyperPod came suddenly into the station as usual yet still, twelve years after the introduction of the Hype... | "Captain, the expeditionary force is fully accounted for" Apollo's voice reverberated in Captain Morgans head. When he's not expecting anyone else in his head, the input could be quite overwhelming. The ship's AI spoke to the captain through an implant in his brain which created the illusion of a 2nd conscious. This a... | |
[WP] FTL travel is very expensive, so humanity creates a web of hyperlanes between systems, that speed up time inside them, making travel cheaper. You enter a malfunctioning hyperlane. When you leave it, you find a galaxy with no humans, full of alien races, that see your kind as ancient precursors. | "Vampire! Vampire! Vampire! Incoming missiles straight up our stern."
"Cut thrust, slew the ship 90 degrees and roll us. Put the raw materials bunkers between us and the engines. They won't have time for a second volley before we can jump."
The ship lurched uncomfortably, even under the relatively low G of a skip and... | I, the 118th Johnathan Christopher Smith, chewed on the foodstuff before me. The bland, mold green jello was neither tasty, fresh, or appetizing. It crumbled against my tongue before oozing down my throat.
The fact that I was starving was the only reason that I ate. The provided water however was clean and so very de... | |
[WP] FTL travel is very expensive, so humanity creates a web of hyperlanes between systems, that speed up time inside them, making travel cheaper. You enter a malfunctioning hyperlane. When you leave it, you find a galaxy with no humans, full of alien races, that see your kind as ancient precursors. | "How do you feel?"
"Serena... how are you feeling *please*, talk to me."
Ever since they dragged me here into the grand ol' NY FTL Spaceport, I've been trying my damn near hardest to control myself from unleashing all this raw, pent up fury I've had for whichever shitheaded idiot of a counselor decided to give my par... | I, the 118th Johnathan Christopher Smith, chewed on the foodstuff before me. The bland, mold green jello was neither tasty, fresh, or appetizing. It crumbled against my tongue before oozing down my throat.
The fact that I was starving was the only reason that I ate. The provided water however was clean and so very de... | |
[WP] FTL travel is very expensive, so humanity creates a web of hyperlanes between systems, that speed up time inside them, making travel cheaper. You enter a malfunctioning hyperlane. When you leave it, you find a galaxy with no humans, full of alien races, that see your kind as ancient precursors. | An alarm blared in Justin's peripheral hearing as he was focused on his ship's interface which was plotting the channel his ship was traveling thru as he had passed the interface with the physical dimension that humanity was accustomed to existing in, for the higher level dimension that the hyperlane used for transport... | I, the 118th Johnathan Christopher Smith, chewed on the foodstuff before me. The bland, mold green jello was neither tasty, fresh, or appetizing. It crumbled against my tongue before oozing down my throat.
The fact that I was starving was the only reason that I ate. The provided water however was clean and so very de... | |
[WP] FTL travel is very expensive, so humanity creates a web of hyperlanes between systems, that speed up time inside them, making travel cheaper. You enter a malfunctioning hyperlane. When you leave it, you find a galaxy with no humans, full of alien races, that see your kind as ancient precursors. | Yan checked his watch. He was almost definitely going to be late. Pulling out his ComDev he sent a message to his team.
- 'Running late. HPod in 2. Start WO me.'
The familiar electronic scream of the ascending HyperPod came suddenly into the station as usual yet still, twelve years after the introduction of the Hype... | I, the 118th Johnathan Christopher Smith, chewed on the foodstuff before me. The bland, mold green jello was neither tasty, fresh, or appetizing. It crumbled against my tongue before oozing down my throat.
The fact that I was starving was the only reason that I ate. The provided water however was clean and so very de... | |
[WP] FTL travel is very expensive, so humanity creates a web of hyperlanes between systems, that speed up time inside them, making travel cheaper. You enter a malfunctioning hyperlane. When you leave it, you find a galaxy with no humans, full of alien races, that see your kind as ancient precursors. | "How do you feel?"
"Serena... how are you feeling *please*, talk to me."
Ever since they dragged me here into the grand ol' NY FTL Spaceport, I've been trying my damn near hardest to control myself from unleashing all this raw, pent up fury I've had for whichever shitheaded idiot of a counselor decided to give my par... | "Vampire! Vampire! Vampire! Incoming missiles straight up our stern."
"Cut thrust, slew the ship 90 degrees and roll us. Put the raw materials bunkers between us and the engines. They won't have time for a second volley before we can jump."
The ship lurched uncomfortably, even under the relatively low G of a skip and... | |
[WP] FTL travel is very expensive, so humanity creates a web of hyperlanes between systems, that speed up time inside them, making travel cheaper. You enter a malfunctioning hyperlane. When you leave it, you find a galaxy with no humans, full of alien races, that see your kind as ancient precursors. | Yan checked his watch. He was almost definitely going to be late. Pulling out his ComDev he sent a message to his team.
- 'Running late. HPod in 2. Start WO me.'
The familiar electronic scream of the ascending HyperPod came suddenly into the station as usual yet still, twelve years after the introduction of the Hype... | "Vampire! Vampire! Vampire! Incoming missiles straight up our stern."
"Cut thrust, slew the ship 90 degrees and roll us. Put the raw materials bunkers between us and the engines. They won't have time for a second volley before we can jump."
The ship lurched uncomfortably, even under the relatively low G of a skip and... | |
[WP] FTL travel is very expensive, so humanity creates a web of hyperlanes between systems, that speed up time inside them, making travel cheaper. You enter a malfunctioning hyperlane. When you leave it, you find a galaxy with no humans, full of alien races, that see your kind as ancient precursors. | Time is relative, isn't it? That's what they always say when you go into piloting class but it never struck me as something that would affect me just getting my basic piloting degree. I wasn't planning on going into extra-dimensional spaces, or fly at light speeds for too long, I just wanted to spend a few years of my ... | We sent our first few ships amongst the stars, following in the wake left behind by our precursor after they saw fit to grant us intelligence for a purpose that cryptically say will be reveal to later.
Yet even as we replace iron with steel, fire with plasma, and hyperlane with hyperdrive just as our precursor once di... | |
[WP] FTL travel is very expensive, so humanity creates a web of hyperlanes between systems, that speed up time inside them, making travel cheaper. You enter a malfunctioning hyperlane. When you leave it, you find a galaxy with no humans, full of alien races, that see your kind as ancient precursors. | They found him in the Aquartis Conglomerate. Their oozing stalks perked up as they saw the derelict ship on their plascreen. There was noise coming from the things, but it was clear to anyone listening that they were communicating.
They knew that this patch of the Transmat Network was damaged, and had been for a lon... | We sent our first few ships amongst the stars, following in the wake left behind by our precursor after they saw fit to grant us intelligence for a purpose that cryptically say will be reveal to later.
Yet even as we replace iron with steel, fire with plasma, and hyperlane with hyperdrive just as our precursor once di... | |
[WP] FTL travel is very expensive, so humanity creates a web of hyperlanes between systems, that speed up time inside them, making travel cheaper. You enter a malfunctioning hyperlane. When you leave it, you find a galaxy with no humans, full of alien races, that see your kind as ancient precursors. | *The biggest pain in the ass in the galaxy is the damn gates.
I say this as a gate physicist. I was there when we built the first ones, and just five years later the experiments closed down and we all figured out "that's that, nothing else to do here." It turns out there are only so many ways you can tweak spacetime b... | We sent our first few ships amongst the stars, following in the wake left behind by our precursor after they saw fit to grant us intelligence for a purpose that cryptically say will be reveal to later.
Yet even as we replace iron with steel, fire with plasma, and hyperlane with hyperdrive just as our precursor once di... | |
[WP] FTL travel is very expensive, so humanity creates a web of hyperlanes between systems, that speed up time inside them, making travel cheaper. You enter a malfunctioning hyperlane. When you leave it, you find a galaxy with no humans, full of alien races, that see your kind as ancient precursors. | The glow from the instrument panel permeated his eyelids. The soft, familiar orange light accompanied by the proximity alarms drew him back to conciousness.
“Engine core 55% depletion. Warning. Collision. Warning. Collision. Warning…”
With a start, Lucas Davian sat upright and ripped the goggles off his face. Pani... | We sent our first few ships amongst the stars, following in the wake left behind by our precursor after they saw fit to grant us intelligence for a purpose that cryptically say will be reveal to later.
Yet even as we replace iron with steel, fire with plasma, and hyperlane with hyperdrive just as our precursor once di... | |
[WP] FTL travel is very expensive, so humanity creates a web of hyperlanes between systems, that speed up time inside them, making travel cheaper. You enter a malfunctioning hyperlane. When you leave it, you find a galaxy with no humans, full of alien races, that see your kind as ancient precursors. | *The biggest pain in the ass in the galaxy is the damn gates.
I say this as a gate physicist. I was there when we built the first ones, and just five years later the experiments closed down and we all figured out "that's that, nothing else to do here." It turns out there are only so many ways you can tweak spacetime b... | "Wait, wait! That hyperlane doesn't work pro-"
Too late.
"Oops", the pilot exclaimed.
"Oh, shit." the captain, O'Reilly, said with a regretful tone.
"Captain! Look at the time!" said XO Barnes. The time on the digital clock was accelerating, thousands of times faster than it normally does while going through a hype... | |
[WP] FTL travel is very expensive, so humanity creates a web of hyperlanes between systems, that speed up time inside them, making travel cheaper. You enter a malfunctioning hyperlane. When you leave it, you find a galaxy with no humans, full of alien races, that see your kind as ancient precursors. | The glow from the instrument panel permeated his eyelids. The soft, familiar orange light accompanied by the proximity alarms drew him back to conciousness.
“Engine core 55% depletion. Warning. Collision. Warning. Collision. Warning…”
With a start, Lucas Davian sat upright and ripped the goggles off his face. Pani... | "Wait, wait! That hyperlane doesn't work pro-"
Too late.
"Oops", the pilot exclaimed.
"Oh, shit." the captain, O'Reilly, said with a regretful tone.
"Captain! Look at the time!" said XO Barnes. The time on the digital clock was accelerating, thousands of times faster than it normally does while going through a hype... | |
[WP] FTL travel is very expensive, so humanity creates a web of hyperlanes between systems, that speed up time inside them, making travel cheaper. You enter a malfunctioning hyperlane. When you leave it, you find a galaxy with no humans, full of alien races, that see your kind as ancient precursors. | They found him in the Aquartis Conglomerate. Their oozing stalks perked up as they saw the derelict ship on their plascreen. There was noise coming from the things, but it was clear to anyone listening that they were communicating.
They knew that this patch of the Transmat Network was damaged, and had been for a lon... | Time is relative, isn't it? That's what they always say when you go into piloting class but it never struck me as something that would affect me just getting my basic piloting degree. I wasn't planning on going into extra-dimensional spaces, or fly at light speeds for too long, I just wanted to spend a few years of my ... | |
[WP] FTL travel is very expensive, so humanity creates a web of hyperlanes between systems, that speed up time inside them, making travel cheaper. You enter a malfunctioning hyperlane. When you leave it, you find a galaxy with no humans, full of alien races, that see your kind as ancient precursors. | *The biggest pain in the ass in the galaxy is the damn gates.
I say this as a gate physicist. I was there when we built the first ones, and just five years later the experiments closed down and we all figured out "that's that, nothing else to do here." It turns out there are only so many ways you can tweak spacetime b... | Time is relative, isn't it? That's what they always say when you go into piloting class but it never struck me as something that would affect me just getting my basic piloting degree. I wasn't planning on going into extra-dimensional spaces, or fly at light speeds for too long, I just wanted to spend a few years of my ... | |
[WP] FTL travel is very expensive, so humanity creates a web of hyperlanes between systems, that speed up time inside them, making travel cheaper. You enter a malfunctioning hyperlane. When you leave it, you find a galaxy with no humans, full of alien races, that see your kind as ancient precursors. | The glow from the instrument panel permeated his eyelids. The soft, familiar orange light accompanied by the proximity alarms drew him back to conciousness.
“Engine core 55% depletion. Warning. Collision. Warning. Collision. Warning…”
With a start, Lucas Davian sat upright and ripped the goggles off his face. Pani... | Time is relative, isn't it? That's what they always say when you go into piloting class but it never struck me as something that would affect me just getting my basic piloting degree. I wasn't planning on going into extra-dimensional spaces, or fly at light speeds for too long, I just wanted to spend a few years of my ... | |
[WP] FTL travel is very expensive, so humanity creates a web of hyperlanes between systems, that speed up time inside them, making travel cheaper. You enter a malfunctioning hyperlane. When you leave it, you find a galaxy with no humans, full of alien races, that see your kind as ancient precursors. | They found him in the Aquartis Conglomerate. Their oozing stalks perked up as they saw the derelict ship on their plascreen. There was noise coming from the things, but it was clear to anyone listening that they were communicating.
They knew that this patch of the Transmat Network was damaged, and had been for a lon... | 'Look kid, I'm gonna explain this once, so pay attention. About 600 years ago, the Global Contract got tired of interstellar traffic taking decades. We're innovators, so we stole the Paranti seeds from the Ghabari. Then we shot them at every conceivable place we'd want to visit. Like tens of thousands of them. Maybe h... | |
[WP] FTL travel is very expensive, so humanity creates a web of hyperlanes between systems, that speed up time inside them, making travel cheaper. You enter a malfunctioning hyperlane. When you leave it, you find a galaxy with no humans, full of alien races, that see your kind as ancient precursors. | *The biggest pain in the ass in the galaxy is the damn gates.
I say this as a gate physicist. I was there when we built the first ones, and just five years later the experiments closed down and we all figured out "that's that, nothing else to do here." It turns out there are only so many ways you can tweak spacetime b... | 'Look kid, I'm gonna explain this once, so pay attention. About 600 years ago, the Global Contract got tired of interstellar traffic taking decades. We're innovators, so we stole the Paranti seeds from the Ghabari. Then we shot them at every conceivable place we'd want to visit. Like tens of thousands of them. Maybe h... | |
[WP] FTL travel is very expensive, so humanity creates a web of hyperlanes between systems, that speed up time inside them, making travel cheaper. You enter a malfunctioning hyperlane. When you leave it, you find a galaxy with no humans, full of alien races, that see your kind as ancient precursors. | The glow from the instrument panel permeated his eyelids. The soft, familiar orange light accompanied by the proximity alarms drew him back to conciousness.
“Engine core 55% depletion. Warning. Collision. Warning. Collision. Warning…”
With a start, Lucas Davian sat upright and ripped the goggles off his face. Pani... | 'Look kid, I'm gonna explain this once, so pay attention. About 600 years ago, the Global Contract got tired of interstellar traffic taking decades. We're innovators, so we stole the Paranti seeds from the Ghabari. Then we shot them at every conceivable place we'd want to visit. Like tens of thousands of them. Maybe h... | |
[WP] FTL travel is very expensive, so humanity creates a web of hyperlanes between systems, that speed up time inside them, making travel cheaper. You enter a malfunctioning hyperlane. When you leave it, you find a galaxy with no humans, full of alien races, that see your kind as ancient precursors. | They found him in the Aquartis Conglomerate. Their oozing stalks perked up as they saw the derelict ship on their plascreen. There was noise coming from the things, but it was clear to anyone listening that they were communicating.
They knew that this patch of the Transmat Network was damaged, and had been for a lon... | I wasn't quite sure what to make of the situation. We were just one ship; they were dozens. Our tactical intelligence, TIM, reported fifty mass inverter cannons for every one of ours, and they had us well and truly surrounded. But the officer that had contacted us seemed, for lack of a better word, *terrified*.
Mysel... | |
[WP] FTL travel is very expensive, so humanity creates a web of hyperlanes between systems, that speed up time inside them, making travel cheaper. You enter a malfunctioning hyperlane. When you leave it, you find a galaxy with no humans, full of alien races, that see your kind as ancient precursors. | *The biggest pain in the ass in the galaxy is the damn gates.
I say this as a gate physicist. I was there when we built the first ones, and just five years later the experiments closed down and we all figured out "that's that, nothing else to do here." It turns out there are only so many ways you can tweak spacetime b... | I wasn't quite sure what to make of the situation. We were just one ship; they were dozens. Our tactical intelligence, TIM, reported fifty mass inverter cannons for every one of ours, and they had us well and truly surrounded. But the officer that had contacted us seemed, for lack of a better word, *terrified*.
Mysel... | |
[WP] FTL travel is very expensive, so humanity creates a web of hyperlanes between systems, that speed up time inside them, making travel cheaper. You enter a malfunctioning hyperlane. When you leave it, you find a galaxy with no humans, full of alien races, that see your kind as ancient precursors. | The glow from the instrument panel permeated his eyelids. The soft, familiar orange light accompanied by the proximity alarms drew him back to conciousness.
“Engine core 55% depletion. Warning. Collision. Warning. Collision. Warning…”
With a start, Lucas Davian sat upright and ripped the goggles off his face. Pani... | I wasn't quite sure what to make of the situation. We were just one ship; they were dozens. Our tactical intelligence, TIM, reported fifty mass inverter cannons for every one of ours, and they had us well and truly surrounded. But the officer that had contacted us seemed, for lack of a better word, *terrified*.
Mysel... | |
[WP] FTL travel is very expensive, so humanity creates a web of hyperlanes between systems, that speed up time inside them, making travel cheaper. You enter a malfunctioning hyperlane. When you leave it, you find a galaxy with no humans, full of alien races, that see your kind as ancient precursors. | *The biggest pain in the ass in the galaxy is the damn gates.
I say this as a gate physicist. I was there when we built the first ones, and just five years later the experiments closed down and we all figured out "that's that, nothing else to do here." It turns out there are only so many ways you can tweak spacetime b... | The days on this planet are longer: I’m pretty sure one day here is at least 4 days back on Earth - the sun here, smaller yet hotter, is literally a perpetual presence, and, if I had sunscreen and a hat and water, its cheerful brightness might’ve been a beacon of hope but it’s burning my skin and leaving me dehydrated ... |
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