[ River has an ice planet, a ball of vanilla ice cream on a string and stick. It's her reward for being nice, from the city of Abax, although she doesn't know it right now. She might have had one before, when the Good Shepherd had bought her one, but eating it now isn't any easier. Seated cross-legged on the floor, she tries dangling it above her ( Read more... )

[The video clicks on abruptly, showing the morgue ceiling for a few seconds; then it clatters off its slab and onto the floor, propped up at an angle. Above, Tim's woken up. He's moving quickly, but jerkily, an clearly injured. His right arm hands at his side, useless with his shoulder dislocated. So when he stumbles as he slides off the 'bed,' he ( Read more... )

Maybe you fell asleep, maybe you were knocked out. Maybe you were in the middle of a fight, maybe you don't even remember what you were doing at all. But regardless, you remember the darkness. It's crushing, all-encompassing. It fills your lungs and presses it's weight down on your shoulders, suffocating, overwhelming. It's so dark you can't tell ( Read more... )