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Tamarin ButcherK.J. DyerBenjam Stories 04-07

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  • Green is Green
  • The Underbelly
  • The Great Beautifier
  • Time to Choose
  • Green is Green

    The bag was pulled suddenly from her head, the hours of being jostled and dragged apparently at an end. She looked around quickly, her blinking eyes straining against the sudden light.Bright light.The sort of light one found in a televised trial scenario."Anxiously, you stand accused of blatantly disregarding your birth name and fomenting rebellion in your peers. How do you plead?"The girl who was once named Anxiously smiled.This is what Curiously had prepared her for.*******************************The day had started like any other--in complete chaos. Overconfidently, the more overbearing of ...E8rone door

    The Underbelly

    Rays of summers gold softened, giving way to purple hues of dusk. Susan’s stealth placement of her steps made no sound in the dry underbrush. She inched closer, straining against the thick brush that engulfed everything around her. Her sweat absorbed into the leather grips of her weapon, making it slippery if she had to do combat. Branches pressed deeply into her exposed flesh, droplets of blood trickling from the wounds. Up ahead she could see the thinning of the foliage as the trail widened. As she hunted, she could not let her guard down and become the prey.The mountains were the safest plwww.onedoor.cca...E8rone door

    The Great Beautifier

    Dr. Roivas grimaced. He hated it when they screamed like this. He looked down at the woman thrashing on the table, thin shirt slipping down over her shoulder and dark wet hair splayed across her white forehead, and tried to force the expected smile. He replayed the last hour's events in his head. She had run. His men had tackled her. The rain had been smacking the pavement hard during the chase.So she was wet and his once-clean hospital floors were muddy.Her black shirt clung to her body and her hair flung water against the white hospital walls with each spasm and shriek. Steel bands cut into ...E8rone door

    Time to Choose

     I can’t culture these cells right. God, I’m so stupid! Why can’t I recognize the sequence. A failed batch and I need every drop of lastinium that I could find in the local supply depots. I, I mean, she, and they, will die. I won’t be able to stand a world without humans. They’re so ..colorful. When I first came on line this planet was so lively, so colorful. The sky was light, people walked around without masks and surget pills.I heard Nancy start to cry in pain in the infirmary. “I’m sorry, I’m coming!” If I could cry, it might help. But I stop short of crying. I have no tear ducts. They say...E8rone door

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