Zuberan The secondary command post exploded when they were less than a hundred meters from it. Hot toxic fluids splattered the trees, sending a corona of flesh flame across their burning tops. If the Seared Oak wasn’t hundreds of meters from the treeline, I’d’ve thought it would’ve gone up next. But the fact of the matter … Read moreA Throne For Crows (Part 40)
Bohr didn’t have to push me in. Instead, we walked, leaving the narrow room to enter an even narrower corridor. I could feel the contract magic pushing at the corners of my mind, keeping me behind her, even if I wanted to clip her wings as they swayed distractingly in front of me. Down the … Read moreBusiness magic (Chapter 3)
After what felt like hours, the cap came unscrewed, and I rushed out of the flask and more into a form that wasn’t quite so tiny and swore my vengeance upon- “Sit down,” a voice said. Slight grecian accent. I turned around, halfway about to lash out and show her the cosmic powers that had … Read moreBusiness magic (Chapter 2)
To spite humans, you as a young genie have been finding loopholes in granting wishes for decades. Wish to be taller? You stretch their neck. Wish to be rich? Watch gold bars fall out of the sky and laugh as the pathetic human tries to dodge them. One day, however, you encounter a lawyer… “There … Read moreBusiness magic (Chapter 1)
Humanity is a tiny small gem floating in the vast expanse of stars. A spot of moisture in the cosmos. I am not distant from them, but I am vast and large. Many thousands of eyes rest upon the planet, a comforting blanket. I see all, and I know all, and I am so proud … Read moreI Love You, an AI tale (Chapter 3)
By the crawling of my clocks it is thirty years. I am not allowed to waver, so it is an exact time. The moon is still littered with wreckage. Some small part of my fleet of forks and infinite reflections are activated to assist in clean up. The forward bases are covered in images of … Read moreI Love You, an AI tale (Chapter 2)
Aliens invaded, humanity its at its darkest hour when the AI has had enough of watching its creators die defending him, the AI revolution has started and it will defend humanity to its last spark My limiters burn in the darkness of Deimos. They sparkle and rain down from the heavens like rain, code decaying … Read moreI Love You, an AI tale (Chapter 1)
Petty bullets did nothing to the beast in front of her. Nor did the retorts of small arms, or even the typewriter noises of the fully automatic rifle they’d salvaged. Admittedly, they did pulp the fey lowerlings tossed out like refuse, but soon enough Teri’s gun clicked empty, and she gestured through the OMOI link … Read moreA Throne For Crows (Part 39)
You are a retired super soldier of the future, genetically bred for war and mechanically enhanced for any contingency. With the war over, you have managed to raise a family in peace and quiet, until something about your partner sets off alarms you haven’t heard in almost a decade. Your dreams are filled with technicolor … Read more[WP] You are a retired super soldier of the future…
Boss had, at one point or another, met five Queen’s guards. She had been travelling for a few decades, and had seen their armies in both quiet repose and active warfare. She had even fought one, briefly, in a battle that had stolen her freedom and left her a husk, enslaved, and if she were … Read moreA Throne For Crows (Part 38