Secret stairs, Guardian pair High above the Pass of the Damned, hidden beyond the edge of the cliff, there’s secret stairs carved in ancient masonry that no one knows the origin. Scholars still speculate on this artificial construction, and many[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Bazaar of nowhere Today’s too heavy, too sunny. Enclosed inside theses high wall, no wind that can reach us. So we sit behind our goods and we wait for a customer, a visitor, a thief… whatever you’ll be.There’s nowhere to[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Late-night visitor The old librarian has seen all sort of unusual faces. Albinos, vitiligo, prehensil forked tong, tattooed irises, pointy ears, glowing blue eyes, missing nose, mechanical, reptilian… You name it. He’s seen so many face to the point of[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Inktober 31 – Risk Living in Space is assessing risks. Living is assessing risks.Should I do this? Or that? Should I destroy a newly discovered intelligent species and kill what’s left of my crew?Should I let a space-traveling, invasive hive-mind[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Inktober 30 – Slither All’s done.Pressure ok.Oxy-tank full.Warp engine stable.Antimatter fuel tank full.Van Halen deflectors operational.Navcomputer online and calibrated. Horacio slithers into the cockpit and took a brief look outside: Ever growing crystals. Raven. Doc. The crew, or whatever they[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Inktober 29 – Patch The good thing about focusing on a task, is that you can ignore your environment.You can ignore the crystals that kept on growing and set up a life support module with Doc’s help.You can ignore the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Inktober 28 – Crispy She slowly stands up and feels something crispy under her suit… crystals.She sees Raven walking nearby, his helmet’s wide open. She could… might… No. There’s nothing to do but returning to the ship. Now… slow and[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Inktober 27 – Connect Like a cable that is cut, Horacio is disconnected from the network, disconnected from them.Her integrity restored; she slowly starts to regain consciousness of her environment. It hurts a bit.A quick glance at the oximeter, all[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Inktober 26 – Extinct New memories, new connections. Memories not her own.Horacio’s not dreaming, she’s remembering.There was there was a world, a long time ago.Like earth, life happened, thrived, evolved.Like earth, humanoids took the lead and built cities.Like earth, knowledge[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Inktober 25 – Spark Captain’s log, supplemental. I… I don’t think I’m talking. I don’t know where I am. I can’t feel a thing. Everything’s dark. Pitch black. No… incorrect. I can’t see, can’t hear, can’t feel a thing. There’s[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…