There is a place on the open seas which is hidden from view. This place is not one where you will find the technology which is elsewhere in the world. It is a place which seems to be untouched by time and progress ( Read more... )

The captain pulled the lever, turning on the propellers. The airship slowly began to rise into the sky, leaving behind the town where Barbara grew up. She felt a twinge of regret as the familiar streets began to shrink below her ( Read more... )

1000 years or more ago
I was born a fresh babe
Into the world I came
My mother's pride and joy

Now, I have grown
Old and wrinkled
I have lived my life
Several times over

I expected to die
With a bang
With a catastrophic event

Where winds would roar
And the seas would rise up
And lightening would crash to the earth

But there was nothing
There were no tears
No ( Read more... )

I said it when Talbot first introduced me to Sheehan, and I still stand by my thought. There is something there. They are not just friends.

Of course, neither of them can actually see it. Talbot is convinced Sheehan sees him as a friend or like a brother. I don't know how he can't see that she is absolutely one hundred percent in love with him.

When ( Read more... )

Aaron stood facing himself in the mirror. Brown eyes met brown eyes in a staring contest he couldn't win.

“I won't do it. I refuse to do it. If you try to make me, I'll go to the professor.” Aaron's voice wavered a bit as he spoke.

Closing his eyes, he tried again with a steadier voice. “I won't do it. You can't make me do it. I won't. I refuse. I ( Read more... )

Mamie's tea cup grew cold in her hands as she stared out the window, lost in her thoughts ( Read more... )

Every morning, before the sun rose into the sky, Wilfred would go out into the garden to have a pot of tea ( Read more... )

Wilfred looked up from his work to see the window covered with snow. “Merlin, would it be alright if I took a short rest? I would like to go outside and see the snow ( Read more... )

 Barbara watched as Jack set the machine in motion. She wished she was of a more mechanical mindset. However, as it was, she had no mind for machines ( Read more... )

 Barbara slowly pushed the door of the Captain's cabin open a few centimetres, flinching as the hinges creaked and groaned.

“Captain?” She pushed the door a bit further. “Captain? Are you there? Captain? It's time to leave Captain.”

She opened the door a bit wider and screamed when she saw the blood.