Just one more tweak..._The runner and the drifter_The Weight of Duty._Aldor's Wicked Children
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Just one more tweak...
Dr. Circe Adams paced back and forth, stalking between the lit and unlit parts of the lab, squinting every time she passed under the stark fluorescent bulbs glaring down from on high. The lights were unavoidable--this deep underground, natural light just wasn't an option. Technically, there shouldn't have been any unlit areas on the entire floor, but she was having to conserve her dwindling personal funds now that the last of her sponsors had ghosted her."Just one more tweak, and we'll have it!” she muttered. “If they'd waited just a little longer..."She would show them. When her experiments w...
The runner and the drifter
Contains mentions of alcohol and heavy language.“I quit!” She spat out, droplets of beer and spit flying in the air as she finally snapped at the boy. She could have honestly just kicked the kid out on his ass after even proposing the most stupid thing she had ever heard, but that would be too much and very uncalled for. If anything, it was just the itch to fight someone or something talking. She would have hoped by now that the voice inside her head would be dead."Sorry kid, but I'm no longer in the business." She said off-handedly, the initial wrath of her response now simering down. Her sil...
The Weight of Duty.
The first time that he said it, we were standing on the balcony beside our bedroom too far away from the inner door for the palace guards to overhear. I laughed and considered his attempt at humour as a good sign. But his eyes were still hooded and weary. His shoulders still curled forward with the weight of what was on them. I sighed internally and took a slow drink from my wineglass, savouring the dry burn as the liquid slid down my throat. Then, turned my back on him and looked out over the city of Marion. It hugged the base of the mountain into which twww.onedoor.cche palace was nestled and stretched a...
Aldor's Wicked Children
CW {Drug Use, Language}THE END.The words were burned into the retinas of cinema patrons through their virtual reality head sets. Removing his goggles, Bailey blinked at the darkness and rubbed his eyes, digesting what he had just witnessed and framing it in his minds eye.“It never gets old, does it?” Karnack's voice pierced the black curtain of the theater.“I've only seen Avatar 10, being installment number 13, I guess they have their formula don't they? Giant blue elves save the universe by stopping humans from pillaging the solar system.” Orange glow from light emitting diodes slowly brighte...