That door ( Read more... )

The conversation in the room was lively and despite a scarcity situation in much of Urbetania, the wine and the food were coming at an equally lively pace. Gatherings like this happened rarely, and when they did, they so very often had to happen in secret. To be out in the open, blithely chatting away in Bergier's grand dining room while servants ( Read more... )

The fighter pilot with the callsign Spice was new to the team and, although all her credentials assured that she was not, indeed, new to space fighting as a concept or a skill, still the team had to be reassured ( Read more... )

"I never thought this would come in handy. Those underwater basket-weaving classes you took in college, your 'easy a's'..." Amelie shook her head. "I thought you were coasting."

"Everybody thought I was coasting." Brent finished the repair with an elaborate knot. "It's hard to explain that you know you have to learn something. So I went with ( Read more... )

I woke alone, I woke blind to the world, and I woke scared.

Those are the things I know about when I woke, and only those, not when nor where nor why I was, or even who I was. I was against a wall, the floor was cold, and I could not see ( Read more... )

"It's the job," she'd say, when Tchaikovsky announced a text. Better not to say someone's dead; they either already knew or they'd never get it.

"I'll be back when I can." She'd step out carrying her go bag and never saying if I survive. If they understood already, it was cruel. If they didn't, it was crueler ( Read more... )

"This is the dance." Senna took Autumn's hands. "Your feet go like..." She hitched up her skirts to show her bare toes. "This and then this and then this."

"Like, ah..." Autumn tried the steps. "This and then this, and then this and this?"

"Almost!" Senna grinned and showed off the steps again. "This and then this and so on ( Read more... )

Written to @ShingetsuMoon's prompt ( here but spoilers-ish) for Friday Flash

The machines started small on Earth, as they had on every planet so far ( Read more... )

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