How anyone could work in such an office amazed him as he sat in the reception area of Prico Security Solutions. One quick look around would tell anyone that the office was quite old. The striped wallpaper, its color dulled with age and covered with numerous stains, was peeling on many areas revealing the sickly yellow-brown plaster walls. The ( Read more... )

So I'm watching Stein's;Gate and aside from my immediate liking for Mayushii for her innocence, which is a nice contrast to Okarin's madness, I find that I am also quite attracted to Kurisu. Closer inspection of said reaction shows that there is also a memory element to it, specifically she reminds me of someone. Following this trail finally lead ( Read more... )

It wasn’t a matter of why it happened, but where and how. It didn’t make sense no matter how he looked at the experience. One moment he was walking home from the station, passing by his usual route through the park, through the grove of tall and proud Oaks far older than any of the buildings in the campus, and the next he was in some other world ( Read more... )

The Invasion (random snippet ( Read more... )

"And that concludes today's meeting. If you have any questions, just ask me or Ms. Jenny in Billing. You may go now," he finished at last. He was aware his employees didn't want to start their week with problems, but it was unavoidable. Mondays were the best day for the meetings, everyone was there, and the head branch would have just finished the ( Read more... )

Remember all those video games where you battle the undead? Tons of fun to play, walking around armed to the teeth, shooting anything remotely undead. There's always piles of ammunition to be taken. Even in the oddest of places, like trashcans or fridges. But for the life of me, I have yet to find a box buckshot in a bin. And trust me, I've checked ( Read more... )

152. That's how many moving parts a typical Talon MkII Infrantry Class Enhanced Armor has. Even an experienced pilot, complimented with a fully automated command system, will have a hard time making the unit move efficiently. If at any time the command system fails and control of its actuators were set to manual, then the pilot is practically left ( Read more... )