I didn't really notice I was alone until I heard the door behind me flap open. Something about that sound was unsettling. The modern day chopping block.

Chop.

Chop.

Chop.

The grimy tile walls did just enough to muffle the music outside so that it came in as a muted drizzle of noise. Dull thrumming in the background.

“Hey,” the first voice said, “faggot ( Read more... )

The Drunken Yankee had been a lot of things over the years, but two things it never was, was Euro-friendly, and safe.

More bar than club, it was where the American crowd went to enjoy a show or two, and despite the name, Stiel Granate was thoroughly American, a male-female couple that programmed and sang respectively. Harsh electronic tones, a lot ( Read more... )

When I came back to my apartment, a girl was waiting for me. Spread across my desk, her luscious body glowed like a liquid crystal display in the reflected moonlight coming from my window. Her eyes drew me in and she radiated seduction. As I approached her, afraid to speak, she sat up, her body bared in front of me. A slender arm reached out and ( Read more... )

 Things are working along quite nicely. Going is slow, but I'm pleased with the pace I've kept. Expect a bigger update tomorrow, or maybe later tonight if I can work fast ( Read more... )

  With the eyes of my friends on me, everyone left I ever cared about, I set to work.

“Howie goes into the building, shoots up the place,” I said.

A tap of the screen and I advance to the next detail.

“Then he boards the elevators and does what?”

“Goes up,” Serpent said.

Howie shifting his feet inside the overly large boots he had bought for this ( Read more... )

  The New World was almost polar opposite of the Starlight Infinity. A quiet cybercafe where the denizens of the net could gather in real life to talk, plot, plan, and coordinate. Clean atmosphere, quiet setting. It was like a good night's rest compared to the droning insomnia of the Starlight.

I twirled the cigarette nervously between by fingers. ( Read more... )

  The pieces didn't add up.

I blew another cloud of vapor to hang hazily in the light of the projector, paused a moment, then lifted the polarized lens piece of my headset. In front of me and positioned around me on satellites were the remaining details of the police report, now invisible without the faceplate. The final pages were a rundown of the ( Read more... )

 Is now complete! Thanks to all of you who participated! I decided to be "nice" and deliver a double whammy of story because I'm feeling generous and also because I think Part VI is pretty not great and I like Part VII so I wanted to end strong and demonstrate that quality is not declining lol ( Read more... )

I logged out before he could reply at all. My blood was boiling in my veins. SStatic and Pilot were too scared to help. Fine. So be it.

I opened up my file browser and sorted the police files again.

Well whatever happened, Franz and Serpent were with me. That counted for something. Franz was invaluable for gathering data and Serpent was one of the ( Read more... )

|ntyrnal has joined the game

“Well, about time you showed up,” SStatic mocked.

I scanned the team menu quickly and joined SStatic and Pilot's team, Security Forces.

“Yeah, been busy. Popped by the Starlight.” I said as I reviewed the weapons selection menu, going for a rapid-fire, compact assault rifle.

“Yeah well that's no excuse.” SStatic said, ( Read more... )