tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9963272364182009522024-03-13T14:14:42.222-07:00Nerd BlogTopics include: video games, sci-fi short stories and various projects. Mostly anything can be covered. As I am a nerd, most topics are geared toward those interests.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger89125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-996327236418200952.post-58379612108471482352016-05-02T19:16:00.001-07:002016-05-02T19:16:19.119-07:00Driftwood Cell Phone StandHere is a project I started. It's pretty much done. Thinking about either staining the wood or keep it natural.<br />
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I already had the drift wood. Cut to about a 8 inches with a jig saw I bought for less than 5 bucks! Score! Carved out the cradle and drilled the hole for the cord with a rotozip. Inserted the end of the cord and hot glued it in place. Found some key slot hardware and screwed into place around the end. Filled in the hole with wood putty.<br />
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I should really sand the cradle for a better look.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-996327236418200952.post-45982593334919038972016-02-17T15:25:00.001-08:002016-04-07T01:44:54.044-07:00NES Mod<div class="MsoNormal">
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I just recently bought four “broken” NES consoles. I put
broken in quotations because the only thing wrong with them, that I could see,
was the connector and they were dirty as all hell. After cleaning connectors
and polishing up the system I got three of them to work. I’m awaiting new
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I took the best of the “broken”, now fixed, systems and set
forth converting it to a megaman themed NES for my project. Blue bottom half of
the case, white top and a blue stencil helmet for the top. Similar to this:<o:p></o:p></div>
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I’m not going to paint the eyes and mouth. It’ll basically
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Krylon Fusion is great for plastic, but I couldn’t find it at local stores and
ordering online was way too pricey. I set aside a budget of $100 for the
project. Shipping and pricing was something like $8 for one can. Instead I
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rough and I had to sand out the bumpy, drips. Also note: I was painting in a 40<sup>o</sup>F
garage. Probably more like mid 30<sup>o</sup>’s. Don’t do that. Once the paint
hits a cold surface it wrinkles and ruins the coat. Stupid me for starting the
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I used painter’s tape to cover up
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Case assembled it doesn’t looks
too bad. Everything still needs gloss and the top case needs another coat. I
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Then the last project is some interior lighting for the
consoles. I ordered some 5mm white LEDs and respective resistors, based on this
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because I didn’t have resistors, stupid me again. I’m learning. Here are the wires.
I plan on having two LEDs wired in parallel with resistors on the positive
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Month and a half later it's pretty much done. Waiting for some paint to dry. Had a little connector hiccup but replaced with a clean one and now games are working and looking great.<br />
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A collage of final result pictures. The underside with tape pulled off revealing cool stickers and serial number. I like the red repair shop sticker, haven't seen that on other systems before.<br />
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The mega man helmet came out a little blurry but I like the effect. Haven't sprayed gloss and I probably won't. Looks good without.<br />
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Using the cell phone cord from above with two 5mm white led's wired in parallel with resistors I added some interior lighting. They're not bright enough to shine through the vents but my idea was to play with the door open.<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-996327236418200952.post-46734651586065683872014-07-29T14:42:00.001-07:002014-07-29T14:42:14.342-07:00The Engine of Time<br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">A group of soldiers come across a
crashed space ship and rummage through the objects strewn across the landscape.
A cube filled with unusual food, dead, mangled bodies, scrap metal and a
completely intact engine. The soldiers fashioned a stretcher to carry the
engine back the two hundred miles they walked. They were on a routine patrol of
the empires border lands. They didn’t see any action, most of the land was a
great desert. The only possibly inhabitable land was the forest that they spent
the last two days traversing until they came across the crashed ship. Their
time was up and it was now the moment to come back home, hopefully their
emperor will be pleased with the engine. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">The trek back was hard work. The
men stopped several times in the forest to rest and hunt. Carrying a three hundred
pound engine was hard work for even four men. The extra seventy five pounds
apiece was tough especially with all the other gear, tents, maps, water, food
and everything else necessary for survival. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">They averaged twenty miles a day.
The woods were a tough place to navigate considering how dense the foliage was,
although food was plentiful. The better of the hunters would go out for small,
easy to catch game like rabbits and squirrels. The other two would sit back and
build a fire. They tinkered with the engine but just for a bit, they didn’t
want to break it. The two soon found they could use it to create a fire. The
friction from the moving parts soon sent tinder ablaze. They could conserve
their flint and fuel. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">The engine sparked something in one
of the men. He recalled from his school days about the age of electricity,
before the world fell into the second Iron Age. Engines similar to this one
were built to power farm equipment, factories and space ships. However, this
engine was quite different, there didn’t seem to be an intake of fuel. Maybe it
drew energy from the air, or from the earth that it sat on top of. The man
couldn’t figure it out, maybe their emperor could.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">The hunters came back from their journey
with two rabbits and some wild roots. They cooked the food, ate and talked.
They each took swigs of their mead, surprising it has been un-drunk for this
long.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">The next day the men made it to the
desert. They caught lizards and snakes along the route for sustenance. They
camped together in one tent at night to conserve heat. Night in the desert
reached as much as ten below zero. The sand retained some heat from the day
which created a nice bed for the men. The engine also provided heat.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">A week later the soldiers made it
back to the kingdom. They were greeted by the towns people and other soldiers;
everyone was curious about the unusual looking engine in which the men returned
with. Quickly they went to see the emperor who said to them: “what took you so
long, and what is that thing?” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">“We’re not too sure, some sort of
an energy creating device. I believe they have been used extensively during the
Electricity Age to power wagons and the planet exploring ships.” Said one of
the soldiers.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">“Interesting let me have a look at
it.” Said the surely emperor. He spent the next few hours studying the engine
and brought several specialists to his quarters to inspect it. They concluded
that the machine is a perpetual energy machine that does not need fuel. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">The men enlisted the help of the
best engineers to harness the engine. Soon the electricity was back on, the
first time in six hundred years. The empire created more engines and
sophisticated weapons to conquer the planet. There was much warfare and
conquest. The engine brought with it much death and ruin along with glory and
triumph. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">The emperor found a way to harness
the engine for his own immortality. He passed on the gift to a select few men
and women. He wanted to conquer another planet, so a spaceship was built,
powered from the engine which his soldiers found thirty years ago. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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habitable planet. They were one hundred million miles from the closest
atmospheric planet; the trip would take a year. The time was used for combat
training, food generation, and astronomical study among other things.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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surface of the planet, however the breaking device malfunctioned, crashing the
ship and killing everyone on board, including the emperor. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">A roaming band of soldiers noticed
smoke in the distance. They reached the crashed ship and set down their
weapons, swords and shields. There were bodies strewn over the landscape,
equipment, supplies and machinery, everything destroyed except one engine. The
soldiers didn’t know quite what to do with it, so they fashioned a device to
carry it back for their king. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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the moon exploded was a dark day. A meteor struck the celestial body at high
speeds, completely unforeseen by the earth dwellers. The worst part about it
was that the day stretched into years. Dust from the disintegrated moon hung in
the air like a lumbering mist and it would not leave the atmosphere. The
perpetual night continued for years.</span></div>
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restoring sunlight to the planet. There was a constant war between the mafia
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demanded ice from the mafia, and they got it.</span></div>
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speed chase ensued one ghastly night, a high ranking capo was pulled over for a
routine traffic stop when the FBI searched his trunk and found thirty pounds of
ice. The capo ducked into his Porsche and zipped away. The agents were
temporarily blinded by the dust storm kicked up by the mobsters tires, giving
the advantage to the capo. The agents regained their vision and piled into
their modified cruiser quickly gaining on the mobster. The agents called for
reinforcements and soon chased the mobster down a back road blocked off by a
line of police officers. He crashed into their barricade, injuring two. He
crawled out of his Porsche with a machine gun in his hands, blood leaking out
of his cracked skull. He opened fire at close range but his aim was off due to
his injuries. The agents fired into the chaos, killing the capo.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Dangerous
encounters, like that, happened constantly throughout the country. There was
definitely a crime epidemic and no one seemed to have the vaccine.</span></div>
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daylight to return. Night was perfect for carjacking and the seedy night life
of many cities.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Sam the Scam was an up and coming
member of the New England chapter of the La Cosa Nostra. He was only eighteen,
but his skill and violence supersede his years. Sam has already carried out
hits on three government employees. He has carjacked over a thousand cars and
shipped them over seas for processing. He made his manager proud, and rich. Sam
was the second highest earner in his crew. He soon took over the gambling
sector of his crew and ran in beautifully. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">The FBI set up a raid on Sam’s
gambling house. He was abducted, without incident, and was taken to
headquarters. They were watching Sam for years and had big plans for him. The
agents left him in an interrogation room and watched through a one way mirror.
Knock out gas was pumped into the room:</span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">“Hey, what the hell are you doing?
What’s that smell?” Sam said before he fell asleep in his chair. A government
doctor walked into the room and looked Sam over. The procedure began; Sam was
strapped to a chair and was injected with a robotic virus. The device attacked,
opening up truth regions of his brain. The virus also deleted selected sections
of his brain that controlled his affiliation to the mafia. Sam was then
questioned for hours, answering in a monotone voice. Sam will be studied and
questioned for several more hours. The government soon had enough information
to, potentially, take down the mafia and work on restoring peace.</span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-996327236418200952.post-6152315019519153302013-09-02T12:55:00.001-07:002013-09-02T12:55:37.609-07:00Unity
<br />
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: center;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Unity</span></u></b></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>The
problem of overpopulation hit a new high. The entire solar system was populated
to the maximum with numbers of humans stretching into the hundred trillions (by
scientific estimates). The gas giants were the last to be populated mainly due
to their absence of a solid surface. Floating platforms were developed in which
cities could be built and the atmosphere of deuterium and helium was converted
into breathable oxygen. It was a feat of engineering and scientific immensity.
The day the solar system was fully populated was approximately 5000 AD. Now
food production will soon reach it’s limit. Potable water is becoming scarce. </span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Still
on Earth a group of two scientists and two engineers work together to perfect
human fusion. The previous team developed a combined human, but the size of him
was that of two humans, not helping the overpopulation problem. The new team
must be able to fuse two or more humans into one normal sized person. The team
was finally ready to test their hypotheses. A group of subjects were brought to
the lab, their collective name was code name Jom, a mix between Tom and Jane.
The group consisted of ten individuals, five men and five women. </span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>The
test subjects were crowded into a fusion tank and subjected to uranium at a high
atmospheric pressure. Two hours later they emerged as one, androgynous looking
person, who, remarkably, was only five foot nine and 165lbs. </span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Tests
were performed for months to see if there were any health risks to Jom as a
result of the procedure. Jom<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>broke all
records for the fastest sprint, marathon and longest jump. It had the highest
documented IQ of any human to date, and for some reason, unbeknownst to the
team, Jom only needed approximately 2,000 calories of food a day. The team
observed Jom in public. It could carry on several conversations at once,
remember everyone’s name.</span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Soon it
was brought to the workplace. Jom could perform the job of ten people and
multitask with ease. Quickly it’s superiors realized the value of Jom and paid
it ten times an average person’s salary. </span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>When
all experiments were complete and Jom appeared healthy, the team of scientists
and engineers installed fusion tanks across the planet, to start. Once the
success of them was established, they were soon installed throughout the solar
system.</span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>The
human population was condensed to one tenth of it’s size. Over the years the
condensed humans were condensed even more, with seemingly no side effects.</span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Years
later Jom was scheduled for a checkup to see if there were any long term risks
or complications for it’s survival. However, researchers found that Jom died
the year previous to their check up. Apparently when ten individuals are
combined they take a toll on the single heart, thus reducing life span. </span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>That
means the combined humans who are already fused will die exponentially sooner
than the individuals who are fused only once. The team quickly performed more
tests and have yet to find an answer. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-996327236418200952.post-44388152782798811532013-07-12T18:17:00.003-07:002013-07-12T18:17:23.110-07:00Generation Ship
<br />
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: center;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Generation Ship<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">We had to leave our planet,
pollution became ubiquitous and air quality was very poor. We had the
technology for a housing ship, the size of a small country. These ships
couldn’t travel very fast, but that was okay. We started a new civilization on
the generation ship. Originally the inhabitants were both men and women but
soon space became an issue and the men had to be sent off. Reproduction was
performed through artificial insemination. The population slowly grew over time
but was highly regulated. The ship could only contain one million individuals.</span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">The first boy opened his eyes. He
was in the hospital sector, born only seconds ago. His mother, a servant,
breathed hard through a layer of sweat. The nurses and doctors carried the baby
away for tests and health screening. The room was very bright to the baby. He
could make out the white walls and equipment, even though he didn’t know that
what he saw was the color white. </span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">The media was in the hospital too,
documenting the birth of the first male. Video cameras filmed the baby with his
mother. Wirelessly the information was sent to the populations’ tablets and
laptops. Outside the hospital people gathered in the parks and gardens. Roses
climbed trellises; thorns were trimmed for the safety of everyone. There was
very little crime on the generation ship. Women tended not to resolve their
conflicts with violence.</span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">The emperor of the ship was a very
old woman who was appointed the position one year ago, while the ship was still
grounded. She was tall and charismatic. She marked the day of the boy’s birth
as a holiday and the triumph of the generation ship over the rigors of
civilization.</span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">The ship was on a slow course to a
nearby star where it could gather light to recharge the ship’s batteries
through the miles of solar panels covering the ship. The course was previously
untraveled which led to several surprises. Soon the ship was in an asteroid
field, the large, floating rocks came into view. The ship’s controllers called
the emperor and told her the news. They could use the guardian lasers the blast
the asteroids, but that would just make smaller asteroids. </span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">After conferring with the emperor,
the controllers used the remaining battery power to erect a force field which
protected the ship. The lights on the generation ship cut out. People began to
panic. Soon the emperor came over the speakers and reassured everyone:</span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">“We have encountered an asteroid
field. To protect the ship and all its’ inhabitants we had to create a force
field which meant depleting most of the ship’s energy. Based on estimations
from the controllers we should be out of the field in two hours. Then it should
only be another two hours before we reach the star.”</span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">The boy was awake in the pitch
blackness of the hospital room. For a second he thought he was back in the
womb, but wasn’t too sure. He didn’t like the darkness. He closed his eyes and
pictured the asteroid field. He wished it away. The asteroids disappeared. </span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">“Where did they go?” Asked a
controller.</span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">“Very strange, they just
disappeared.” Said another controller.</span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Soon the force field was turned
off. The power was back on. The baby opened his eyes as the lights came
flickered into life. He liked the bright lights. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-996327236418200952.post-4064833483130712013-04-27T19:24:00.001-07:002013-04-27T19:24:34.348-07:00Pretty Good Little SaturdayI may have just used a line from "Old School" but it's fitting. I haven't posted about something non-sci fi for awhile so it's time for an entry. <br />
<br />
Today was awesome. Got a lot done, saw some people, had lots of fun. Here's a quick rundown:<br />
<br />
- Went out for breakfast with my wife<br />
- Bought some soil for the gardens<br />
- Bought new floor mats<br />
- Cleaned out the car<br />
- Picked up my wife's number for her race tomorrow.<br />
- Went to the library<br />
- Read about the universe in the backyard with my wife and our dog<br />
- Picked up some trash near a marsh around town. Plastic bottles aren't going to recycle themselves.<br />
<br />
Let me know if my list of seemingly mundane things is boring. Either way, I enjoyed myself (writing this and spending my day). I hope you had a good day too.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-996327236418200952.post-38392402705891924562013-04-05T19:32:00.002-07:002013-04-05T19:33:15.731-07:00Another Dimension<br />
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: center;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Another Dimension</span></u></b></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Main Character: A cool-headed god who can open a gate to
another dimension.</span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Setting: A fantasic cathedral within a different dimension,
where legislative disputes are settled by duels to the death.</span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Plot: Thwarting the forces of darkness</span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Today
is the day for job shadowing in present day Olympus. The lesser god Seamus is
following the cool-headed god Osiris around to learn the lay of the land.
Osiris, the current king of the gods created Seamus from his own gold blood and
spoke to the puddle to animate it. He is the king’s son, created to watch over
a newly discovered dimension, where things are handled in a most barbaric
fashion. </span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“Seamus,
now that you have met all the gods and goddesses of Olympus I need to show you
something that I just learned. If you come over to this boundary and watch as I
place my hand on the celestial wall you’ll see something amazing.” Seamus
followed and watched as Osiris opened a door in the barrier and they soon
entered an ancient cathedral in another dimension. “Watch what transpires here.”
Said Osiris as a group of toga clad men held some sort of a council. They could
not see the gods, who watched from the side of the large room. Gods allow
people to see them when they want. Sometimes they take other forms, but on
occasion they appear as they do to other gods.</span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>The
men argued about some new type of legislation and soon they drew swords. “What
are they doing? We can’t let this go on!” Shouted Seamus.</span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“We
must, it is their way.” Said Osiris.</span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>There
was a brief sword fight until one man stood over another, he pushed his sword
into the man’s heart and killed him. Just then Seamus made himself visible to
the men and with a snap of his fingers turned them to stone. Osiris looked to
him and smiled.</span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“They
cannot move, but their minds will still function. They will stay like this for
twenty years. Only then will they consider their actions leading up to this
moment and my decree. The citizens will discover the men and will adopt a
different form of government, because if they fall into the same way of
resolving differences then they will be turned to stone as well. This is for
the better.” Said Seamus, out of breath. His work took much energy out of him.</span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“Congratulations,
you passed the test. If you let the men continue without doing anything then I
would have killed you instantly, but you made the right decision. Now you will
watch over this dimension and be king of the gods. I will return to my
dimension. You cannot open the portal, only I can. We will never see each other
again, but fear not, you have everything you need. Good bye Seamus.” Said
Osiris.</span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“Goodbye
Osiris. Fare thee well.” Said Seamus. </span></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-996327236418200952.post-49480855598100227482013-02-25T16:48:00.002-08:002013-02-25T16:49:32.955-08:00In A Perfect Circle<br />
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-background-themecolor: background1; text-align: center;">
<b><u><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">In A Perfect Circle<o:p></o:p></span></span></u></b></div>
<br />
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-background-themecolor: background1; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-background-themecolor: background1;">
<span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The crew set off from their home planet of
Isis on a direct course to the unexplored, by their standards, planet of lush
fields and pristine ponds and lakes known as Cartore. The ship traveled faster
than the speed of light for three months until Cartore was within range.</span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /><span style="font-family: Calibri;">
<br />
<span style="color: black;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>During the
trip the all male crew exercised, ate, slept, read and cleaned their equipment
and probes. When the planet was within range the captain announced to the crew:</span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: black;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“The time
has come, this is what we’ve been waiting for. Now we’re minutes away from
touching down on Cartore. I hope you all are as excited as I am.”</span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: black;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The crew
watched through the cockpit window as the ship hit Cartore’s atmosphere.
Suddenly the layer of sulphuric acid, mistaken as clouds by the men, started
melting the ship’s hull. The men scrambled around trying to repair the damage
but they were quickly sucked out of the ship through the gaping holes and
dissolved in the acid atmosphere. All except for one man, Artel who recalled
something he learned in high school. The great Albert Einstein theorized that
if you travel in a perfect circle at the speed of light, then bisect that
circle (basically taking a short cut) then you will actually see yourself.
Artel had to try this while the ship was still functioning.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: black;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He took
hold of the controls and turned out of the acid cloud, then he drove the ship
into a complete circle, he hoped it was perfect, set it to cruise control and
increased the speed to beyond light speed. Art wondered if Einstein
contemplated what could happen at beyond light speed. The lights of the ship
went out for a second and when they came back on the rest of the crew were
present with the captain speaking: “I hope you all are as excited as I am. Hey,
Art, what are you doing at the controls?”</span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: black;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“I had to
get us out of there, we can’t go to Cartore, the atmosphere is all sulphuric
acid, it will burn holes in the ship and kill us.” Said Art. Adrenaline pumped
through his body as he looked around to make sure everyone was safe and sound.
He couldn’t believe it worked!</span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: black;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“I doubt
it, we’ve come this far, there’s no way we’re turning around.” Said the
captain.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: black;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“It already
happened, I went back in time to prevent it from happening again.” Said Art.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: black;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“How did
you take us back in time? Time travel is impossible.” The captain said as he
looked around to the men, who appeared to be laughing.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: black;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“It is
possible and I did it. You have to believe me, or we’ll all die, again.” Said
Art.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: black;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“I think
Art might be on to something. I’ve heard theories about time travel. Maybe we
should scan the atmosphere before we land, just to be sure.” Said one of the
crewmen.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: black;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They
scanned it, pure sulphuric acid, Art was right. The mission was soon aborted,
they were going home.</span></span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-996327236418200952.post-36111288742124940382013-02-08T11:40:00.001-08:002013-02-08T11:40:40.515-08:00The Sorians
<br />
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: center;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The Sorians</span></u></b></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Main character: A promising ambassador with a cold demeanor</span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Setting: A miltocratic country where humans live in complete
luxury served by aliens that do all the work</span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Plot: A powerful forbidden technology and the cost of using
it.</span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">
<o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></o:p></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Following
the Sorian war, and the victory of the humans, the planet took on a new
resident, the enslaved Sorian aliens. They wait on the humans, trained to
pamper them and work for them. From what I could tell the aliens took well to
their new roles, they made excellent slaves and almost enjoyed it. They were
well treated servants, given a section of the house to live in and all their
food and needs were taken care of. I’ve been living as a slave for one year,
although my real job is ambassador for the Sorian people. We feel like the time
has come and we deserve some more respect. We’re not willing to fight the
humans again for we would surely lose, but we need to reach an agreement,
somehow, no cost is too high. </span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>I’ve
been looking into some darker technology, communicating with native Sorians
through telepathy (humans are not aware of this ability of ours). We are a
smart race, but not the best soldiers. They told me about the dark ray weapon,
a device buried in Earth’s crust, put there thousands of years ago so that it
would never be used again. But we unearthed it at a construction site and did
some research. Ancient dolphins developed and used it two thousand years ago to
destroy the whales who were consuming their food sources. The ancient dolphins
were an extremely intelligent race that developed many weapons, but the dark
ray was their most effective. However, modern dolphins have no technology, it’s
almost as if their intellect disappeared. This could be why the technology is
forbidden, it could have some massive draw backs, but we’re willing to adopt
those if it means we can have our freedom again. </span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>I
continued working at the construction site until I felt as though the time came
for an agreement. I took a video of myself demanding the freedom of the Sorians
and if the demand was not met, then I would activate the dark ray. I then sent
it to a major news station, they played it that night for the viewing of
millions of people. I was summoned to the white house and sat down with the
president.</span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“So,
you’re the one who was sent here to make a change?” Asked the president.</span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“That’s
correct, I’m an ambassador of the Sorian race and we want our freedom. I’ve
been living in slavery for the past year and I’ve studied your race carefully,
searching for weaknesses. Little did you know you had a weapon of mass
destruction lying under the feet of your people. I unearthed it and now I have
it with me. Such a powerful little weapon this is.” The ambassador said as he
played with the gun in his hand. With a sudden movement the president reached
for the gun. The ambassador was quick and pointed the weapon at the president.
“Oh no, you can’t have this, now you must die for your stupidity.” The
ambassador said as he pulled the trigger. “No! You fool, you don’t know what you’re
doing.” Shouted the president, but he was too late. A sudden white light filled
the room and spilled out the window. When the ambassador opened his eyes the
president was gone, but the importance of this did not cross the ambassador’s
mind. He was small, about the size of a turtle and his mental capacity was
greatly diminished. The humans were gone, the Sorian’s could inherit the planet
but they had more competition now. They no longer had their telepathic
abilities and their intelligent was on par with a common mouse. The dark ray
effectively got rid of the humans but the side effects were huge, they paid the
price for freedom. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-996327236418200952.post-71398746037821486292013-01-04T19:41:00.002-08:002013-01-04T19:41:44.827-08:00The Curse<br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The Curse</span></u></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Main character: A cocky mercenary who pilots a building
sized starship</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Setting: A place where machines have integrated with human
society</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Story: A handgun and the strange fortunes of those who touch
it</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“Okay,
here we go, time for a smooth landing.” The mercenary says as he enters the
atmosphere at an alarming rate. Clouds cruise by as he can see the ground
expanding in all directions. He’s pulling the huge ship up but the landing
destroys most of it. Somehow the mercenary is unharmed through the ordeal. The
ship accordions but stops at the cock pit. “Phew, I really am a great pilot and
an even better mercenary. Now, time to look around this primitive planet.” </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>The
mercenary is currently in between wars. He wasn’t hired by any kingdom as of yet,
so he decided to go exploring. Using the money from various kings the mercenary
purchased a sky scraper sized star ship, almost completely destroyed now. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>He
crash landed on the highly populated planet of Sorg. He just so happened to
settle in the trees of one of the planet’s only parks. Joggers looked up as the
massive ship crashed on top of the tall maples. He got out and climbed down the
trees. He noticed a strange machine pruning some nearby plants while another
was walking four dogs at the same time. “This really is a strange place,” the
man said to himself. He made his way out of the park, saying hi to the few
humans he saw. “Now time to find some work, I bet I could fetch a huge sum
protecting this fine town. They would be foolish not to hire me, I’m the best.”
</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>The
mercenary approaches a busy street just as a robotic taxi parks next to him.
“Do you need a ride?” The machine asks. “As a matter of fact I do, take me to
the mayor’s office.” The mercenary demands. “Yes sir, right away.” The car says
as it speeds off. The man looks around the city as he’s driven around. He
notices other robo-taxis with people inside, talking on cell phones or reading
books. “Hmm, it’s almost as if machines have totally integrated into human
life, very interesting.” The man says to himself. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>The car
slows down and parks directly in front of city hall. “That will be $50.” Says
the car. “See, the thing about that is..” and the man quickly bounds up the
stairs and runs inside. He finds the office of the mayor and casually walks in.
“Can I help you?” Asks the mayor. “What you should be asking is can you help
me?” Says the mercenary. “I don’t follow. Who are you anyway?” Asks the mayor,
starting to get a little ticked off. After a long talk the persuasive mercenary
convinces the mayor that he should hire him with a massive annual salary for
the job of city protector. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“Allow
me to show you the fire arm you’ll be assigned. He walks over to a gold box and
opens it. With a gloved hand the mayor removes an antique colt .45 and gives it
to the mercenary. “Now I have to tell you about this weapon, something very
important.” The mayor says to the man. “Oh I know how a gun works, where am I
assigned to tonight?” The man asks. “You must patrol the park tonight, there
have been reports of some undesirables harassing people in the area. But about
the gun…” Just then the mercenary leaves without listening to the mayor. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>That
night the mercenary covers every square foot of the park and only arrests two
kids for smoking weed. “Undesirables? I could do this job in my sleep.” Just
then the man notices a figure with red eyes shining in the moon light. It races
towards him and bears it’s teeth. The mercenary is caught off guard and doesn’t
draw his weapon fast enough. The beast tackles the man as a shot gun blast
rings thorough the park. The beast runs off limping into the ground cover and
past the trees. The mayor walks over from the right of the mercenary, holding a
twelve gauge. “Are you alright?” The mayor asks as he helps the man to his feet.
“Yeah, that thing surprised me. What was that?” Said the mercenary. “What I was
trying to tell you earlier is that that gun is cursed. I was hoping that you
would be able to lift it and destroy the beast.” Said the mayor as he reloads
the shotgun. “What do you mean by cursed?” Asks the mercenary, unable to catch
his breath.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“All the other owners of
that weapon have been gruesomely mauled by the beast. It’s cursed. Now it is up
to you to kill the beast and lift the curse.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-996327236418200952.post-63566782977763597492012-12-14T21:09:00.002-08:002012-12-14T21:09:35.967-08:00Spider Like
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Spider Like</span></u></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Main Character: A widely known android with a hooded cloak</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Setting: The last days of the world, in St. Petersburg
Russia</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Plot: A mysterious occurrence that would reveal
yet-undiscovered truths about the origin of mankind.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Here I
am with probably more than a thousand nuclear warheads buried under my feet. I
raise my hood over my head to shield my identity, they know me here. I tread
carefully, trying not to set off a chain reaction, but they’re miles deep so I
have nothing to fear. I’m in the heart of half of the Cold War, St. Petersburg
Russia. What I’m doing, not sure, but I am drawn to this city to find something
out about the humans, me not being one of them. Yes it’s true, I’m an android
built by super computers, so I basically have no allegiance to humans, even
though I care for them. I’m known as a god droid, created to oversee the
progress of nature and technology. I also have the ability to predict the
future, but I’m powerless to stop it. I can’t change the future, only view it.
My quest is to uncover any secrets about humans, so I start where life begins.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>I’ve
been to local hospitals to view newborn infants to see if they can change the
future that I see, so far they cannot. But my trip is not fruitless; I’ve
witnessed unusual birth defects. Some of the infants are born with eight legs,
like a spider. The children are surprisingly mobile and can climb around and
onto the ceiling, completely upside down. They are quick too, easily out
running the nurses and parents. At one point my hood fell from my head, but no
one seemed to notice, I quickly righted it. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>The
future I see is a strange and frightening one, I have not yet understood it,
but I don’t have much time. The future is all around us, it is constantly
happening. First I must figure out this spider problem. Some of the babies are
born completely black or brown; some have yellow or red spots. Some of the
premature babies were screened for other abnormalities, tests showed they have
traces of poison in their bodies, but do not seem to create harm to the host,
as if they’re meant to have it, like a defense. I made notes in my CPU and
recorded video footage to view later. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>I left
the hospital and ventured out into the streets, it was a frenzy. People were
running and screaming. I heard someone say “all the missiles have been
launched” that’s when I figured out the thing about the spider babies. They are
devolving! Reverting back to the closest evolutionary relative, the spider!
That’s it, humans evolved from spiders! I have to pass on this information to
the super computers. Just then a war head landed close by, the droid saw a
bright light, then nothing. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>He
awoke on the streets in a ruined Russia. How he survived, he will never know.
What he did before the massive launch of nuclear war heads was send his
information wirelessly to the nearest super computer. Even though humans are
now extinct, due to a malfunctioning computer in St. Petersburg which launched
all of the buried nukes, their origins will be documented forever. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-996327236418200952.post-50556453015218916422012-11-23T20:34:00.000-08:002012-11-23T20:34:25.149-08:00Roman Bunnies
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Roman Bunnies</span></u></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Main Character: A noble lion tamer’s child who is plagued by
fluffy bunnies</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Setting: The days of the Roman Empire, in a strange lost
city within a different dimension</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Plot: A narrow escape from a fiendish trap</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>The
boy’s father walked to the boy’s quarters and opened the door. A wave of white
fluffy bunnies over took him and then ran away into the floating house. He fell
to the floor and brushed off his shirt, small paw prints riddled the fabric. He
didn’t think anything of it when he yelled to the boy: “Cladius, it’s time to
wake up.” The boy wriggled in his bed with a bunny on his head and slowly
opened his eyes. “Yes father, I’ll get up soon.” “No, you get up now! Today is
a special day, we have some important quests. Caligula will be landing on the
house in two hours, along with his trusted horse. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Cladius’s
father is a noble lion tamer who spends his day doing exactly that, taming
lions. He sells the lions to customers who pay a hefty price for them. The
Serbian lions are the flavor of the month; African lions are still very
popular. He has a special taming room, within his floating house, where the
lions meet him and feel at ease. He uses a collection of scents and massaging
to tame the lions. This is his passion, he’s been doing this for the past
twenty years. The income from selling the lions has paid for Cladius’s
education. He’s a young boy, but a very good student. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Cladius
emerged from his bed and brushed off the fluffy white bunny. He dressed and
walked down to the kitchen, a trail of bunnies followed him. Father served the
boy eggs and wine, along with bacon and sausage. The boy could barely eat when
a helicopter landed on the roof. “Yes, that must be Caligula and the horse, his
second in command!” The boy watched as his father ran to the attic, a cluster
of bunnies ran out of the way and piled on Cladius, he fell over and laughed
uncontrollably. The bunnies have plagued him since his birth, but they’re
friendly and harmless. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Father
led Caligula and the horse into the kitchen to meet Cladius. The emperor’s face
was all distorted and angular, much like everyone else, but his was more
pronounced. Then he talked: “Thank you sir for letting me into your home and
meeting your child. I have but one request; let me see you tame this lion I
brought. A surpise! Wonderful. Father loves challenges. “Perfect, into the
taming quarters we shall go.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Father
released the lion from his cage and stood back in anticipation. The beast
lunged for Claudius with large teeth bared. Father jumped in front of him and
wrestled the beast to the ground. Caligula and his horse soon disappeared,
leaving in his helicopter. Father killed the beast with his bare hands and ran
over to his son. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Previously
that day, Caligula injected the lion with a rage virus and conditioned it to
attack the young Claudius. He is the next in line to be emperor. Caligula was
hoping he would be killed by the lion. His plan, however, failed. Claudius will
grow up to take over the role from the mad Caligula and rule the empire. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-996327236418200952.post-67163797127268798222012-11-02T21:35:00.002-07:002012-11-02T21:35:46.761-07:00Space Port Part Two<br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Space Port Part Two</span></u></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Little
Pete’s body drifted off to the burning star known as the sun, soon he was
incinterated, to become nothing but a Carbon collection consumed by nuclear
fusion. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Big
Cretch nursed his superficial wound and carried on with his business. He
bandaged it up, still flummoxed by what happened. This particular Saturday night
was like any other, drunken patrons and an empty tip jar. People are pretty cheap
at the Chatsubo Space Port. As always they moved like zombies, speed not being
a particularly popular drug, the denizens of Space Port stuck to their
depressants. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>The
next night the Skull’s bar was visited by a rather shady man. He dressed all in
black; back suit, black vest and black tie, a rather ominous figure. He wore a
silver mask, ominous indeed. Big Cretch approached him, as a bouncer should. </span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“What’s
your business?” Asked Big Cretch with a snear.</span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“Just
wondering the where a bouts of my friend Little Pete, he seems to be missing.”
Said the man in black. His body language did not give any indications of his
mood. The man appeared cool, calm and collected.</span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“Haven’t
seen him.” Said Big Cretch as he puffed up his chest.</span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“I find
that hard to believe, he was here last weekend, I know, I was in communication with
him.” Said the man in black.</span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Little
did Big Cretch know, Little Pete reported to some very important people. The
entire conversation took place in a dreary back drop. The hazy night barely
concealed the dealings of the night. Drugs, Stim, rare spices not seen in any
part of Chatsubo, all the color of a murky green. The haze always had a
greenish tint.</span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>As a
bouncer it was Big Cretch’s duty to do away with any unsavory folk. He lunged
at the man in black and struck him in his silver mask. The man backed away
slightly and met the force of the punch. </span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“Nice
try, my face plate is made of the strongest metal known to your solar system.
You can hit me all you want, I’m ready for you. I see you prefer to fight hand
to hand, I’ll meet you.” Said the man in black. He reeled back and struck the
big man, his blow did little damage, much like the wind pushing a dragonfly.
Big Cretch struck the man in his guts, he then pulled his glass knife.</span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“Ah..you
wish to fight me in that style, with a weapon. I’m afraid I have the better. “
Said the man in black as he removed a silenced pistol. Big Cretch stepped back
and dropped the knife. He was visbly shaken, never seeing a gun before, but
knowing what it is. </span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“Now
will you tell me the whereabouts of Little Pete? I do not wish to kill you.”
Said the man in black. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-996327236418200952.post-60447005721084404802012-10-24T14:13:00.001-07:002012-10-24T14:13:47.139-07:00Where Rolls the Ore-Tron<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;">Where Rolls the Ore-Tron</span></u></b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"><br clear="all" style="mso-special-character: line-break;" /><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;">Where rolls the Ore-tron over the mountains silently picking up matter and spitting out the undesirables. Out of the smoke stacks black smoke billow out. Through the barren landscape many more Ore-trons harvest, picking up metal deposits and storing them for refinement. Together they will harvest enough metal to build the hull of a new space ship, running off of the <st1:street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">Doomesday Drive</st1:address></st1:street>, named after its inventor, Chuck Doomesday.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;">Chuck began his day as a mortician in the place of his employment, the morgue, where the dead gather. He had a voracious imagination, performing experiments on his subjects. He found that the human brain contains more energy, even when dead, than the most powerful computer of the day, in the year 2101. They contained even more than gasoline. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;">The flight of years began as Chuck harvested and refined the liquefied, human brain. Oh how the years went by. He tuned the fuel for his hovership and never needed to visit the gas station. He graduated to rocket ships and soon to the nebula crossing long range space ship, which is currently being constructed. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;">He did have a strange interaction during one of his trips to the morgue. He was driving his hovership, running off of brain fuel, when he heard a voice:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;">“Chuck…..are you there?” The voice said.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;">He didn’t hear it at first, then it echoed through his head. Another voice called out:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;">“Doomesday…you didn’t let me rest.” The voice said.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;">This voice was clearer than the first. Like the other, this one echoed in his head. As if it crept into his soul. That’s when he realized, these are the souls of the deceased talking to him! They want him to join them, in purgatory. What he did was wrong; he should not have taken away their brain, their thoughts, their memories. He ignored their cries and drove on. They pestered and bothered him until he gave in:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;">“Your souls are no more! There is nothing left of you besides the fuel that I harvested. You need to accept this.” Doomesday said.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;">They did and soon became his friends. He didn’t need to listen to the radio because his friends would sing for him. A thousand piece chorus sang as he drove. One by one, the souls would tell him about their lives. Eventually the voices died off as the fuel became used up. Even his favorite phantom deteriorated to a whisper and then nothing, he knew it was time to refuel.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;">He started to feel like god, or maybe the devil, playing with the afterlives of many, for his own benefit. He eventually tried to market it, but there were still a few bugs to work out. He spent many hours in the lab, a small room in the morgue that he dedicated to his work.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;">Chuck’s research continued, but he couldn’t get rid of the voices. He eventually started selling his product but couldn’t explain the voices. He came out and told the truth. The fuel is made out of human souls. His purchasers laughed and called him crazy, but they heard the voices too. It became a novelty, soul fuel, the stuff that lives are made of. Chuck became a wealthy man overnight. He was awarded man of the year for his invention. Soon interstellar travel was possible. People soon inhabited all the nearby planets thanks to his soul fuel. Even the solitary star jumper had friends to fly with. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-996327236418200952.post-42748037884637103012012-09-29T19:35:00.002-07:002012-09-29T19:35:14.084-07:00Paradise
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Paradise</span></u></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>In a
garbled voice the alien said to his crew mate while trying to stay calm: “We’re
approaching the surface too fast, there’s no way we can make a smooth landing.”
</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>The
other alien responds with: “Initiate padded landing, we’ll be fine, don’t
worry.” </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>The
ship crashes at high speeds. The path the aliens took was too close to the
surface of Earth, they were trying to find the planet Prizen but were caught in
Earth’s gravitational pull and couldn’t escape it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Three soldiers
trudged through a field and come across the crashed ship. They slowly entered
the mangled craft through a giant, gaping, hole and look around, scanning the
large interior. There were many wall mounted instruments, far more advanced
than anything created on Earth, but the soldiers didn’t seem to understand the
full impact of their find. They crouched down in order to enter the cockpit. Their
sleep deprived state didn’t allow them to take everything in; they didn’t see
the two, approximately four foot tall, aliens dead on the floor. The aliens’
blue skin was punctured by<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>airborne
debris as a result of the crash. They had two severe head injuries, green blood
was spilled on the floor. The soldiers left the ship and continued on their
mission. They made it into the nearby woods and were caught in an ambush; the
three weary soldiers were killed instantly by gun fire.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>The
field and nearby woods were soon saturation bombed by enemy air craft,
destroying the space ship along with everything else. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Stowed
away in a hidden compartment, in the disintegrated ship, was a map. Not just an
ordinary paper map. If recovered and studied, the map would lead the way to a
perfect, serene paradise. The aliens were on their way to such a place but made
a wrong turn. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>The war
of man clouded the invaluable find lodged in the ship. It was almost comical
how the war for a better world shrouded the map to an already perfect
civilization, no one needed to die to find it, maybe just the aliens who tried
to follow it. The paradise planet of Prizen will not be found for many more
years, until some other being will find the maps planted throughout the
universe. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>The
creatures of Prizen realized their good fortune while the planet was initially
built. That’s right, built. The builders were a humanoid species who thought of
just about everything. Large enough surface area to accommodate millions of
generations of organisms, and plenty of food and sunlight. The builders didn’t
think to recruit extra planetary organisms to their paradise planet. The
inhabitants of Prizen thought of that all on their own. They realized their
good fortune and sent out maps for others to find their home. Little did they
know of the fate of other, naturally occurring planets. War consumed all, or
almost all. The natural path of civilization was to succumb to war to resolve
one’s differences. If only there was better funding for other habitable places.
The creatures of Prizen retained their hope. Eventually someone will find their
paradise and they will be rewarded. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-996327236418200952.post-82875473064558405312012-09-11T20:31:00.001-07:002012-09-11T20:31:26.098-07:00Zombie Priest
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Zombie Priest<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Main Character: A well respected priest who has returned
from the grave to fulfill his destiny</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Setting: A modern church, where gods don’t dare to walk</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Plot: A near brush with death from a fiendish plot</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>I’ve
been killed once but have been given a second chance. I can see my killers now,
the old school thinkers of Catholicism. What I was teaching, was apparently too
radical, they needed to put me in the ground. They succeeded; a large brute
with a fiendish smile put a gun to my head while I was sitting in my study. Now
I’ve risen just like Jesus, except I have a mission now, to exact revenge. This
hole in my head will never heal, it’s a scar and remnant of my former life. I
guess you could say I’m a zombie now, but am more alive than the undead. First
stop, the location of the brute, I think his name is Deus X. I was told that he
frequented the pub on 6<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup>, I’ll have to pay him a visit. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>The
priest made his first stop at the weapons depot. He picked up an AK-47, three
grenades, a pistol, rope, a hunting knife and various other supplies including
a smoke bomb. “Hey man, you got a gaping hole in your head.” Said the cashier. “I
know, it’s been there all my life. Just sell me the crap and I’ll be on my
way.” Said the priest. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>The
priest left the store and made his way to the pub on 6<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup>. I need to
find Deus X and kill the sonofabitch. He strolled into the bar and rolled the
smoke ‘nade. The patrons left the bar, except for Deus X. He stayed at his
stool stoically. “I guess it’s time father, I’ve been waiting for this moment
for some time. Has it been five years now?” Said Deus X. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“ I believe it has been.” Said the priest as
he whipped around his AK. He fired off shots deep into the bar, somehow missing
the man in question. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He rallied his last
few bullets and pumped them into the chamber. You bastard, you’re not getting
away! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“Well
father, you’re a pretty terrible shot. See if you can face me head on.” Said
Deus. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>The two
met in hand to hand combat with a smoky back drop. The priest pulled out the
hunting knife and thrusted towards Deus X. The first blow missed but the second
hit it’s mark, right in the femoral artery.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Deus cried as he bled to death on the grimy pub floor. “Do you remember
me? The man who you killed many years ago. Do you see this hole in my head? You
put it there.” The priest cried as Deus X <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>blurted out: “It was the orders of Sacred, the
man of the deep. He ordered the strike. You will find happiness if you take it
out with him.” Deus said as he died. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>The
priest sat up and panted for air, the battle took a little out of him. He can’t
believe that his killer is now dead. He has the name of the man who ordered his
death, Sacred. The man must die. The priest seeks revenge in order to lead a
healthy life. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>He
finds a cozy alley way to seek refuge and sleeps a couple of hours. Sacred must
be at his home at this hour. The time is six in the morning, but where is he?
He channels his god and tells him to proceed to six sixteen seventh avenue. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>I’m
sure this is Sacred’s house, I can feel it. The Priest throws a grenade against
the door and blow it open. He throws another three to blow the place up, Sacred
runs out the back. The Priest watches it burn as he circles around back and
finds Sacred coughing in the make shift baseball diamond of the back yard. The
Priest raises the AK and points it at sacred who stands up to meet him. “I
suppose Deus told you about me, that I ordered your hit, so many years ago.”
Said Sacred. “Now is your time, I’m defenseless, do your worst, I deserve to die.”
Said Sacred. With those words the priest dropped his AK, ah too easy.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>The
Priest lifted his knife and prepared to strike Sacred when he was overcome with
emotion. I can’t kill this man, he is weakened, overcome with my death. I must
not kill him. Just then Sacred removed a syringe from his pocket and lunged at
the priest. The needle struck the Priest’s arm and sent wave after wave of
sedatives into his system. The man passed out as Sacred squeezed his neck,
harder and harder. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>The
Priest came to his senses and fought off Sacred with the power of the gods.
Sacred was on his back, the Priest stabbed him repeatedly ending his life in a
pool of blood. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>He got
his revenge, the Priest could live his second life in peace.</span></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-996327236418200952.post-72661444011508302642012-08-31T21:00:00.000-07:002012-08-31T21:00:03.436-07:00Dr. Kent Rules the Realm<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>Dr. Kent Rules the Realm</u></b></div>
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Main Character: An incredibly wealthy concert violinist who
is extremely handsome</div>
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The setting: In a suburban home where births are arranged by
the state</div>
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Plot: A tragic murder</div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>The
dashing Dr. Kent showed up to the crime scene early. He walked around the
suburban home living room and studied the body. The corpse was that of a
prestigious dentist who revolutionized dental implants, his death was felt
throughout the country. However, his death was not of natural causes, there was
a single gun shot wound to his chest, blood surrounded the body. The cleaning
lady found the dentist on the floor this morning. He was a caring man, father
of three and grandfather of two. But who would want to kill this man? He
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Kent
was striving to find that enemy. He spent his free time playing the violin for
the Boston Pops and at night he was a well respected detective. He worked pro
bono because he didn’t need the money. He was a wealthy man with million dollar
looks too. Many people who first lay eyes on Kent believe he is a model or a
movie star, but alas, he is just a mere violinist and successful business
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>He continued
to walk around the room. A bullet was lodged in the couch just waiting for Kent
to find it. He soon left the living room and made his way into the child’s room
where, it must have been one of the dentist’s grand children who was abducted
by the state. He or she was part of a new program rolled out to provide
soldiers for the country. The births were arranged to produce only the
strongest and smartest individuals who were raised by the government
collective. It was a controversial program generating much opposition but it
was necessary. </div>
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Kent
made his way back to the living room and looked curiously at the couch. He bent
down and with his gloved hands, removed a bullet from the cushion. “So we’re
dealing with a .38. Interesting, not very professional to fire a shot point
blank and miss. Also, considering the killer dug around in the body to extract
the bullet and remove evidence, he didn’t spend time removing the missed
bullet. Sloppy, yet careful. This does not match the personalities of many
killers, so maybe this was his first kill. But why? What’s the motive? Let’s
think about this. The dentist was incredibly wealthy, being a pioneer and all.
Maybe this was a robbery gone wrong. Perhaps. Or maybe a pissed off family
member or patient. I’m leaning toward a robbery, but the house was not
ransacked. This is quite perplexing. </div>
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Kent
pondered these possibilities, but didn’t feel strongly one way or the other
about who could do this. He stood over the body contemplating when his
colleagues walked in the door. “Good morning fellas, coffee?” Kent said.</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-996327236418200952.post-10558507974209301532012-08-13T17:17:00.001-07:002012-08-13T17:17:41.071-07:00The Future Now
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>The Future Now</u></b></div>
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Three
metal beings approached me from behind and asked me some questions, but I
couldn’t tell what they were saying. I continued to walk and they soon left me
alone. The city surrounding me is amazing, high buildings and flying cars, simply
amazing. I walked into one tall building, the door slid to the right as I
approached it. I don’t remember such technology before, or maybe I’m dreaming,
I’m not sure. I was greeted by another metal creature but her English was
superb, I understood everything she was saying to me. </div>
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“You
are early for you appointment Mr. Smith.” Said the android. She knew my name!
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seem to remember, my brain is all foggy. </div>
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“Oh,
ok, which floor?” I responded, a little unsure about what is going on. </div>
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“Are
you being serious? You’ve been here dozens of times. Forth floor you joker.”
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strange device. I stepped into it and was soon teleported to the fourth floor,
simply amazing. When I materialized I looked at me hands to see if I had all my
fingers. All ten, I’m okay. Soon another android approached me and she knew my
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“Mr.
Smith, right this way. How was traffic?” She asked.</div>
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“Oh, I
walked.” I said.</div>
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“No you
didn’t, your flying machine is parked out in front.” She said with a little
smirk showing in her metal face.</div>
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“Oh
right, I guess I did.” I said.</div>
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>I
suddenly found myself on an operating table with three men in white coats
standing over me. </div>
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“Mr.
Smith, do you remember anything from the last hour?” Asked one of the men.</div>
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“Yes, I
remember walking here, three robots approached me then I noticed all the
strange tall buildings and flying cars. I walked into the building, an android
greeted me, and took a weird teleporter to this floor. Then another android
greeted me. That’s all I remember.” I said.</div>
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“Hmm,
interesting. You see, what you described, the robots, tall buildings and flying
cars don’t exist yet.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The three robots
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are our receptionists. You did walk here, that part is true. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You’ve been lying on this table, talking to us
for the past three hours. It appears that you have an unusual ability.” Said
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“But, I
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“That’s
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future. Maybe we can learn to harness it, with your help of course. Do you want
to help us?” Asked the researcher.</div>
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“Yes,
definitely. I want to help.” I answered.</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The Skeleton Crew</span></u></b><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;"></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>We set off from the desert
planet of Sol, named after the intense sun that beams down upon it. Our crew
was light, only four men. Our mission, to explore new settlement options and
report back about whether or not the new planet was habitable, a seemingly easy
assignment. From there, the government would send the TI-909s, massive
transport ships, filled with people who were deemed suitable to colonize the
new land.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Our ship was the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Intruder</i>, the fastest small transport in
the known galaxy. We will reach the new planet, code named Alpha, in one year.
We spent the time reading, exercising, playing games and arguing. Some of our
crew did not get along very well. How our management chose the final four was
beyond our comprehension. They knew that Mark and Bob, in particular, hated
each other, but they tried to get along anyway. The year seemed to drag on,
everyone was touchy. Maybe, being stuck on a small ship, with no women, and
very few entertainment options, left a man feeling agitated. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Finally we could see Alpha in
the distance. We were about two weeks away from the planet. That raised the
morale a little bit. Preliminary data readings came back from the probes that
we sent out. The surface temperature of Alpha was a comfortable seventy four
rumens, about thirty seven degrees Celsius (by the old unit of temperature
measurement).</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Those last two weeks were pretty
uneventful. Mark and Bob got into an argument about food, eventhough the
nourishment dispenser has a near unlimited supply of items to choose from.
Their bickering was nearly comical. I pulled Matt aside and said to him:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“We should send them out first
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<span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“I could not agree more.”
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<span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">We ran this by the two block heads and they actually went for
it! The time came when we were within a mile of the planet and our teleporter
was within range. The two suited up and made their way to individual
teleporters. The ship’s cameras were zoomed in on the teleportation zone on the
planet’s surface. The two soon disappeared and came into focus on the monitors.
Something went horribly wrong, their skin and muscles were instantly vaporized,
leaving behind two clean skeletons, standing straight up! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“This can’t be right, the
surface temperature is only seventy four rumens! The atmosphere is mostly
breathable oxygen.” I shouted in horror. “They should be fine!” </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>The two turned around and went
back into the teleporters. Soon they came into focus in the ship and slowly
walked towards us, bone striking the metal floor. Their eye sockets glowed red.
One reached for Matt, who had no where to go, he was backed into a corner. He
was touched by the skeleton and soon his skin and muscles were vaporizing, just
like Mark and Bob’s. I was the last one left. The skeletons slowly walked
towards me, white bones shifting and shuffling. I didn’t know what to do. If I
stayed here I would be stripped of my flesh, if I teleported I would most
likely meet the same fate. I noticed a moon in the distance… <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-996327236418200952.post-11904864860446513352012-07-02T19:54:00.000-07:002012-07-02T19:54:01.602-07:00Life at Home<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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allow it to be as intelligent as its’ owner. Would that be a good idea or a bad
idea? I can’t answer that question right now. Maybe someone else can…</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-996327236418200952.post-43922899504569970812012-06-29T21:01:00.002-07:002012-06-29T21:01:29.289-07:00The Zombie Apocalypse<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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Like the few remaining humans, the
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They sat around the underground
bunker that they just discovered yesterday. Feasting on canned goods and
relaxing before the next wave of zombies found them. They savored this time,
when they could just enjoy each other’s company and tell jokes and stories. But
the horde of the undead found them. One of the crew of humans kept watch at
night while the others slept. She could hear the moaning coming from the south.
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“It’s probably just a skunk or
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She poked him with her sheathed
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of thirty zombies were at the other end of the field as she ran into the center
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The rest of her companions ran out
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The zombies piled on Mona. She then
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There were still seventeen remaining as Mona collapsed. A zombie opened his
mouth to reveal crooked teeth and went to bite Mona’s neck. The end of a war
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“You gotta be more careful, you
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exhausted body. </div>
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“I wanted to set a personal record.
I’ll see if I can beat it next time.” She says with a grin. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-996327236418200952.post-10982044628442627552012-06-11T18:42:00.001-07:002012-06-11T18:42:59.995-07:00The Madrol Empire Part Five<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>The Madrol Empire Part 5</u></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></b>Neesus begins his day as he
usually does with a quill in his dried fingers. This particular day he delves
into the legend of Hercules. He was ordered, by Leeana, to re-write the story
of the great strong man as Tailon, who is the reincarnation of Hercules. A very
ridiculous assignment, thought Neesus, but he must please his requestors as
they are the ones who handsomely fund his work, so he abides. </div>
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Earlier
in the week Leeana stopped by to receive the scroll of Tailon’s heroic exploits
battling the barbarians written, of course, by Neesus. She made a second visit
praising the historian’s skillful work, “our emperor was pleased.” She told
Neesus. “You did a fine job, please continue. I have a new assignment for you.
Tell the tale of Hercules, but instead of the famous legend, describe Tailon’s
feats of strength. He is the modern day Hercules. Do you think you can do
that?” Leeana asked him.</div>
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“Of
course, I’ll make it my highest priority.” Said Neesus with a wry smile. </div>
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“Excellent.”
Leeana said as she left the historian’s room.</div>
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Neesus
thought to himself once she left: “she really is an interesting woman. I would
like to learn more about her. Something doesn’t quite seem right with her…” He
continued his work, but quickly got bored. He decided now is the time to work
on his research into the deaths of Marcus Madrol I and Alernus. Also he wished
to research the attempted assassination of Marcus Madrol II. He stumbled upon
the body of the assassin while making his way to Alernus’s quarters that
horrible night some seventeen years ago. He assumed the dead man was after
young Marcus Madrol II, because Alernus was not in his quarters. Who else was
he sent to kill? </div>
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>There
was a large puddle of blood surrounding the man with stab wounds throughout his
body and a laser pistol in his hand. It appeared difficult to figure out what
transpired here, but Neesus was an expert. He could tell it was self defense,
but who killed the man? This was a perplexing question. Neesus immediately went
for help, but seeing that Alernus was gone he went to find Marcus Madrol I or
his wife Catherine. Marcus I was not in his quarters but his wife was. He told
her that little Marcus was missing along with his servant Abe and there was a
dead man in the hall outside of little Marcus’s room. Catherine was hysterical.
She ran to his room but couldn’t believe he was gone. The castle guards were
alerted, they searched the castle for the boy and his servant. They also
noticed that a steel dragon was missing, but they were unable to track it. </div>
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>About that
same time the guards found Marcus I dead with a laser wound to his head.
Catherine was silent from that day forward. She couldn’t recover from the
disappearance of her son and the death of her husband. </div>
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Neesus
reflected on that night while he tried to piece together the puzzle. He sat in
his chair and looked around the room, as if the answer was written on the wall.
In fact there wasn’t much on the walls at all. He was a man of few belongings. He
didn’t need much. All he asked for were blank scrolls and plenty of ink, but he
was quite wealthy. Before being hired by the Gaius’s he was just a common
investigator, recording history in his free time. He swore he would never be an
investigator anymore but the events that happened that night seventeen years ago
were too intriguing. He vowed to solve the mysteries. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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<br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-996327236418200952.post-18627986976221951912012-06-05T09:29:00.001-07:002012-06-05T09:29:20.253-07:00The Madrol Empire Part Four<br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>The Madrol Empire Part 4</u></b></div>
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Leeana
found herself in a swimming pool full of paper money: “I’m rich beyond my
wildest dreams!” She stood up, currency tickled her skin as they fell. Then she
realized: “I’m completely naked!” She ran through the courtyard trying to cover
up as the landscapers laughed and pointed. A group of commoners also laughed.
Leeana ran to the door to the castle and opened it. She looked up as a huge
pile of money fell on top of her. She woke up.</div>
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Still
in bed Leeana called for her servant who came running over. “Yes malady.” </div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
“I just
had a rather disturbing dream, bring to me the royal psychologist, hurry.”
Leeana waited in bed as Dr. Harrington entered the room. “Hello malady, what
seems to be the trouble?” </div>
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“I
dreamt I was swimming in a pool of money then when I got up I was completely
naked surrounded by slack jawed gawkers. I tried to get into the castle but a
wave of money came over me. Then, I awoke.” Leeana told the doctor as she
trembled. </div>
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“Nothing
to be worried about, dreams of nude situations are common. Maybe you feel like
you’re caught off guard, you’re exposed and everyone knows.” The doctor
suggested.</div>
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“Hmm,
that doesn’t seem like me. Maybe there’s something more..” Leeana pondered.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
“Well,
how about this, you feel ashamed about something, represented by your nakedness
and you feel like you must seek revenge, represented by the paper money. Either
that or someone will take revenge out on you.” Suggested the doctor. “Do you
feel like that’s accurate, does that make sense?” Asked the doctor.</div>
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“Um, no
not entirely.” Said Leeana. She knew exactly what the doctor was talking about,
but she wished to not reveal it. “You can leave now. Thank you doctor.” </div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
“But we
can discuss it some more if you would like, maybe make some sense out of it.”</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
“No,
you’ve done enough, thank you.” Said Leeana.</div>
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She
watched as the doctor made it to the bedroom door, he looked back briefly then
left. She thought to herself, hopefully he doesn’t put the pieces together. I’m
so stupid, why did I go to him for help? I should have figured out what it
meant on my own, I’m smart, I have an analytical mind. I should be safe but
just in case….</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Leeana
called for her private detective: “bring me Shaduk at once,” she said as she
got out of bed. Her dress for the day was brought to her. She put it on and
exited the bedroom to make herself comfortable in the office. She sat behind
her desk as Shaduk knocked on the door.</div>
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“Malady,
you called for me?” </div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
“Yes,
come in. I want you to keep an eye on Dr. Harrington. Follow him closely and
report back to me immediately. I want to know everywhere he goes and with whom
he converses. Make this your highest priority.”</div>
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“Trail
the psychologist? Are you sure you want me to do that? I feel as though you’ll
be disappointed and, if I may say, quite bored with my report.” Said Shaduk.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
“You
work for me, and this is what I want. Now go!” Leeana nearly shouted. The
detective quickly left the office. </div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-996327236418200952.post-41821510697967963802012-05-27T20:14:00.000-07:002012-05-27T20:14:32.968-07:00The Madrol Empire Part Three<br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>The Madrol Empire Part 3</u></b></div>
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The sun
has not yet risen yet, the hour is very early. Marcus prepares for the hunt; he
packs his crossbow, ten bolts and a hatchet. He has become quite good at using
the crossbow. Other villagers prefer rifles but Marcus swears the crossbow is
faster and he knows it’s quieter, plus he can reuse the bolts it fires. He
slings it over his muscular shoulder and prepares to leave the hut. He meets up
with Abe and two other hunters. They each have their rifles in hand; they shake
their heads when they see Marcus with his cross bow, always with that damned
crossbow. Marcus leads the hunt despite protests from the older hunters, Abe
defends the boy, holding his club. </div>
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They
set off for the prairies to hunt gazelle, it will take two hours of walking to
reach it. They would hunt closer to the village if they could but there are not
many big game animals nearby, so they are stuck with the prairies.</div>
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Marcus
spots a gazelle in the distance, they must be close to the prairies. He slowly
approaches and aims his crossbow. The wind is at his back, working to his
advantage, the bolt will travel farther and faster. The sun however is directly
in front of him, rays of light hitting his eyes, partially distorting his
vision. He fires, the bolt strikes the back of the animal, it falls to the
ground, suddenly Abe springs up and charges with his club. Once he reaches the
gazelle, the animal stands and with a swift kick sends Abe falling back wards.</div>
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“Abe!”
Marcus shouts as he runs over to his fallen guardian. He approaches and sees
that Abe is bleeding profusely from his head. The other hunters join Marcus and
look down with horror. The hunt stops there. The men fashion a stretcher out of
branches and drag Abe back to the village, he dies during the travel.</div>
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Abe was
like a father to Marcus. He fought beside him during the battles with the
barbarians to the west. He taught him all he knows. Marcus will make a good
leader someday, Abe assured him, but now he’s dead. What will Marcus do now?</div>
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That
evening the villagers went to Marcus’s hut. “You must leave; your kind is no
longer welcome here. You lead the hunt that ended in the death of one of our
great elders. He always defended you, but now with him gone you are
defenseless. We never liked you but Abe made us tolerate your presence here.”
Said one of the hunters.</div>
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“But
this is my home; it has been for the last seventeen years. Where am I to go?”
Marcus asked. </div>
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“Go
back to your castle. Face the enemy who tried to kill you. Avenge your father’s
death and claim the throne. You can do that. We have raised you into a great
man, but we’re afraid you will hurt more of us if you stay.”</div>
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Marcus
nodded and packed up his belongings. He picked up the wooden horse and caressed
it with his thumb. “Should I go back there?” He said to himself. It is his
destiny to claim the throne. </div>
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He set
off then under darkness of night. He didn’t know where he was going but was
somehow guided west. The dragon that brought him to the village was in
disrepair and he had no idea how to fix it. He would have to travel by foot.
The road ahead of him was long and treacherous. </div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0