It was quiet when we slipped in through the wrecked front entrance. I recognized the faded tile on the wall; a few were cracked to obscurity, but what was left welcomed me into education. The Psychology building hadn’t been a place I’d gone often, but I’d taken a few courses in it anyway on suggestion … Read moreA Court For Crows (Part 8)
Leaving Prime-Nest through the skyrise was the only way for those without wings, so I didn’t get to stick around and see many more rooms. A few more doors were open after the hour I’d spent listening to the Agent’s last words, and I saw mishmashes of bedding, carpetting, shining objects and small shrines with … Read moreA Court for Crows (Part 7)
The elder had moved while my vision was occupied. She’d carefully replaced the broken Com on the pedestal, and sat, staring at me. For some strange reason I was crying. Why was I crying? The tears rolled down my face, pitter patter, pitter patter. “And the rest of the story is carried by me,” The … Read moreA Court For Crows (Part 6)
Prime-Nest’s entrance was about what I expected it to be. A mixture of shattered glass, sprouting plants, and a small path where birds and feet had stepped over many years. Rows of garden plants grew from planters, clay, plastic, metal, it didn’t matter. Tomatoes here, carrots over there. It went in defiance of my understanding … Read moreA Court For Crows (Part 5)
I recognized Nest Prime now, with the aid of Omoi and my own memories, as being an old Bank headquarters. Strung up with ivy and covered in blooming plants, it was giving back far more to the environment than the builders had ever dreamed of. The skyrise slipped inside of it and out the other … Read moreA Court For Crows (Part 4)
Gunshots in the distance. Omoi pinged their location on a basic guess rendering of the surrounding city, combining my own memory with her brief scans and images of the area (taken from my eyes). Jay stopped cold and paused, flicking his gaze around. He pointed at the same time I did. “Rifle fire,” he muttered … Read moreA Court For Crows (Part 3)
The sun was strange overhead. After years of seeing it through choking smog and grey mornings, it was unnatural in a proper shade of blinding white. The bird-man hopped down next to me, bobbing down on his nimble clawed feet. “And we shouldn’t stick around this place for long. The fey are drifting through, looking … Read moreA Court For Crows (Part 2)
The last thing I saw was the last thing most people saw, if you think about it from a round enough point of view. Missile launch detected. Sure, other people saw other things after the alarms went off. Waves of fire. Atomic ash, spreading harsh and wide from the horizon. Waves of it, cascading wildly, … Read more[WP] You wake up in a destroyed underground lab after 5,000 years of cryogenic stasis. When you reach the surface, you find that the race that replaced humans views you as a hyperintelligent and highly dangerous Eldritch Abomination.