The Breakthrough_I CAN SEE YOU LOSE YOUR MIND_Abbadon_Memento Mori
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The Breakthrough
A beaker of blue liquid bubbled as it sat on the counter; a flask of red liquid spewed out smoke every few minutes. Tubes and vials lined one whole wall of Tyan’s laboratory. All those who visited were impressed. It was all for show. He had rigged up an air tube to make the blue liquid bubble and a smoke generator created the effect for the red liquid. He needed the donations. He wanted people to believe he was on the verge of a breakthrough. He wasn’t. The donations kept rolling in, however. He hadn’t asked for them. His ex-lab assistant had set up his profile on a donation site. He couldn’t ...
I CAN SEE YOU LOSE YOUR MIND
The skyline arched from the ground all the way up to spear the sky. The afternoon sun blazed its ivory crown over a cityscape of spires, needles and transport lattices, topping them with a creamy glare. Tiny specks of airborne thru-lanes thronged the high tiers far above and near-surface pedways below. Tariel swiveled his eyes up and down as he glanced through the lensed windows, searching for a momentary escape from the escalating anxiety wracking his conscience.“So,” the tone of the city Commissioner pierced the room, “tell me more about these hallucinations you’ve been having.” He seemed co...
Abbadon
I think I’m dying.It's agonizingly hot. I try to get away from it, to press myself to the metal of my ship, but that just burns my skin, leaving every inch of me shiny and pink.I can’t breathe. I can’t see.Iwww.onedoor.cc reach blindly for my comms. Just as I grasp it, I feel a tiny glimmer of hope, but the metal burns my fingers and the ship falls away into nothing. * * *I woke up in the smoldering remains of my ship. I felt dizzy, breathing shallowly but not able to fill my aching lungs. I stumbled as I stood in a blind panic, searching the wreck for an oxygen mask. I finally found spares in the cockpit....
Memento Mori
Aylsia stared out of the window at the rings of Saturn glowing into the space station, mindlessly fumbling with the small, square device in her hands.What’s that? Braxton smiled impishly. “It’s a device driver that overrides station systems. I can control everything with it.” Her eyes glittered. “How?”“I can get these computers to do whatever I want. Hack into secure files, monitor communications, jam communications, override system commands, change the kitchen menus, add to supply orders, open and close secure doors and ports, whatever I want. I call it Genie.” He smiled and leaned over her, ...