Chapter 1: Asynchronicity
***
Facility: Access denied. Lockdown in effect.
Ren: Sentry, assume control and authorise access.
Sentry: I am unable to comply, Commander. The Thanix Headquarters facility has entered emergency lockdown and my systems lack the necessary clearance level to gain access.
Ren: Do you have clearance for any facility systems at all?
Sentry: Yes, commander. Emergency lockdown protocols have removed security checks on a number of systems deemed important for the preservation of facility personnel. Based on the current situation, accessing the unsecured emergency communication channel seems prudent. Shall I assume control of that system, Commander?
Ren: Yes. Search the building for Engineer Gax and patch me through to him.
Sentry: Yes, Commander. I have located the Chief Engineer and established a connection. You may use channel 7.
Ren: Gax, this is Commander Tarara, responding to your emergency message. Whats your situation?
Gax: Commander! I dont have time to explain. I need executive level access to the facility mainframe ASAP, or were looking at a major disaster!
Ren: Understood, Gax. Stand by. Sentry, enact emergency override protocol EX1381, on my authority. Authorise.
Sentry: Yes, Commander. I am confirming your identity...
*Name: Commander Ren Tarara
*Species: Human female, pureblood
*Born: 1 010 736 AD / 1035 ANE
*Age: 176 standard Earth years.
*Designation: Commanding officer, F Squad Temporal Defenders strike force
*Clearance level: Absolute
*Authorisation complete. Clearance granted.
Ren: Assume control of the facility and grant full clearance to Engineer Gax.
Sentry: I am unable to comply, Commander. I cannot confirm the Chief Engineers identity over an unsecure channel and clearance cannot be granted to unconfirmed agents. You will need to establish physical contact with the Chief Engineer or procure a secure connection in order to proceed.
Gax: Commander, my situation is critical! Whats the status on my clearance?
Ren: I cant do it remotely, Gax. I need to come into the facility, and it looks like its sealed in a static bubble? Is it safe to break the seal?
Gax: Yes! Well, no, but its a risk well need to take. But listen: You must not override the security lockdown! Temporal stabilisation is currently in effect, and breaking containment can collapse the entire bubble. Theres an isolated lock near gate C, access hatch number... Give me a moment... C18. You can use this to enter the facility. Hurry, Commander!
Ren: Understood, Gax. Stand by. Sentry, locate access hatch C18 and assume control of it.
Sentry: Yes, Commander. I have located the exterior emergency access hatch C18 and displayed it on your HUD. Accessing security protocols... Accessing... Accessing... Access granted. You are now authorised to use access hatch C18, Commander.
Ren: Good job. I need you to find floor plans of the facility and... Can you locate Engineer Gax?
Sentry: Yes, Commander. I have already located the Chief Engineers tracker beacon and calculated an optimal route. Directions are on your HUD.
Ren: Great. Thanks, Sentry.
Sentry: Of course, Commander.
---
Gax: Commander! Just in time! We have less than 60 seconds and Ill need time to reverse the process. Please, I need access to the mainframe immediately!
Ren: Sentry, grant full clearance to Engineer Gax on my authority. Authorise.
Sentry: Yes, Commander. I am confirming the Chief Engineers identity...
*Name: Engineer Tillin Gax
*Species: Human male, cybernetic
*Born: 1 010 800 AD / 1089 ANE
*Age: 112 standard Earth years
*Designation: Chief engineer and historical technology expert, F Squad Temporal Defenders strike force
*Clearance level: Absolute
*Error: Absolute level clearance cannot be granted. Defaulting to Executive clearance level.
*Clearance level: Executive
*Authorisation complete. Clearance granted.
Gax: Finally! Please let there be enough time... Please let there... Yes!
*rumble* *zap*
Facility: Emergency protocol EE3354 enacted. Shutting down temporal compensators. Warning! Warning! Temporal instability detected! Activate temporal compensators immediately!
Gax: Cancel that alarm. Phew... That was cutting it too close... Commander, Im so glad to see you!
Ren: Im glad to see you safe and sound, Gax. Your emergency transmission had me worried.
Gax: As well it should. We have a BIG problem, Commander. Has the Squad assembled?
Ren: Ive sent the order, but itll take time for people to return to base camp. This was supposed to be our first extended vacation in years so everyone is scattered about.
Gax: Im afraid time is exactly what we may not have, Commander.
Ren: Tillin, please forget protocol for a moment and just talk to me. Whats going on here?
Gax: I dont know... I just... I dont know!
Ren: Calm down, Tillin. You can figure this out. Just start from the beginning and tell me what happened.
Gax: I... I responded to a basic asynchronicity alarm. I thought Id come to the facility to do preliminary tracing, but I found the Temporal 5-dimension Accelerator working at full power. Then something happened, ripple feedback, I think, but worse than Ive ever seen it. It overloaded the main machine with so much force the static anchors were shifted out of time altogether.
Ren: And thats when the facility went into lockdown?
Gax: Yes, exactly. Without the anchors, the Temporal Accelerator itself was subject to time stream fluctuations. This kicked in a very, very old defence programme that I didnt even know existed. The facilitys computer tried to employ emitters to try and correct the past remotely. And we both know what that means.
Ren: Irreversible timeline corruption.
Gax: Yes, but it gets worse. The emitters are designed to affect a static bubble from a dynamic environment... Theyre designed to work from the outside in, as it were. Using them from inside a static facility could collapse the entire bubble on top of a temporal rift, and the consequences of that are... Unthinkable. Whoever designed that safeguard better hope I never find him!
Ren: Focus, Gax. What caused all this? A temporal disturbance?
Gax: Yes, an asynchronicity event, to be precise, and this ones big. Its also... wrong. The energy levels are completely out of scale with what a temporal event should produce and their pattern is, err... New to me. I cant begin to explain what were facing here. It may even be a temporal reset for all I know!
Ren: Gax, thats impossible. A temporal reset is impossible. You proved this.
Gax: Ren, no asynchronicity event, no matter how powerful, can phase a static anchor. This is something entirely unique, and we dont have much time. The facilitys static bubble can hold for now, but the events feedback is growing more energetic at a geometric rate. It will overload the bubble within the next 15 minutes, if that. When that happens, our timeline may be lost.
Ren: I see... What do you suggest, then?
Gax: That we do an emergency time jump immediately. While I was waiting for you, I traced the source of the asynchronicity event with an accuracy of 20 years or so. If we can resolve this event and restore synchronicity in the past, then the energetic load on our Temporal Accelerator in the present will lessen as of the moment of our departure.
Ren: Are you really suggesting that we jump with just the two of us?
Gax: If necessary, yes. I hoped that the squad mobilize in time to do a full-force jump, but the anomaly grew much faster than I could have predicted. By my calculations, we have roughly 10 minutes before the facilitys static bubble emitter becomes permanently damaged, and I need a few minutes to set up jump coordinates, so... Realistically speaking, itll be just you and me unless someone shows up this very moment.
Seth: Thanix Facility, this is Chief Specialist Tamika Seth responding to an F Squad priority alert at this location. Is anyone there? Come on, people, pick up!
Gax: On second thought, maybe it should be just you and me...
Ren: Gax! Thats out of line even given the circumstances! Sentry, patch me through to Seth.
Sentry: Yes, Commander. I have located the Chief Specialist and established a connection over Thanix Headquarters emergency communication channels. You may use channel 13.
Ren: Seth, this is Commander Tarara. Are any of your squad-mates with you?
Seth: Of course not. We were supposed to be on vacation, remember? Whats going on in there? I can see blue energy shooting out of the dome roof.
Gax: Seth, were facing a massive asynchronicity event. We need you inside immediately!
Seth: Oh, great. Whatd you mess up this time, Tillin?
Gax: I didnt mess up anything, child!
Ren: Enough! Both of you! Gax, prepare the portal. Seth, find access hatch C18. Itll let you through into the facility.
Seth: Ugh... OK.
Sentry: Commander, if I may.
Ren: What is it, Sentry?
Sentry: The Thanix Facilitys exterior emergency access hatches can only be programmed to respond to specific individuals. I programmed access hatch C18 to respond to your biometrics. It will not respond to the Chief Specialist.
Seth: Yeah, Ren? I found the hatch, but it wont open. Access denied. Can I just smash it? It looks pretty flimsy.
Gax: No! Whatever you do, you cannot damage the integrity of the facilitys superstructure. If you breach containment...
Seth: Got it, dont smash the hatch!
Gax: *sigh*
Ren: Sentry, clear Specialist Seth for access hatch C18.
Sentry: I cannot comply, Commander. The static interference has severed all hardlines to the facilitys exterior subsystems and exterior emergency access hatches cannot be accessed wirelessly. I would suggest granting the Chief Specialist executive clearance as a means of allowing her to override hatch C18 manually. I would, however, still require a secure connection to confirm the Chief Specialists identity.
Ren: Understood. Seth, does your mech have the secure broadcast antenna I asked you to install?
Seth: Gunny? Yeah, you bugged me about it for three months, so of course he has it. Im not that lazy. Do you need me to establish a secure connection?
Ren: Yes, and keep it open until I contact you again.
Seth: Right.
Ren: Sentry, I need you to grant executive clearance to Specialist Seth on my authority. Authorise.
Sentry: Yes, Commander. I am confirming the Chief Specialists identity.
*Name: Specialist Tamika Seth
*Species: Human female, augmented
*Born: 1 010 894 AD / 1193 ANE
*Age: 18 standard Earth years
*Designation: Heavy weapons expert and Chief Mk. 9 SuperTerran heavy assault Battle Mech platform pilot, F Squad Temporal Defenders strike force
*Clearance: Executive
*Authorisation complete. Clearance granted.
Seth: Oh, sweet! Now I can sign up for the male-only super robot fight club! Thanks, Ren!
Ren: Stay on target, Seth. We only have a few minutes left.
Seth: Dont sweat it, boss. Im already inside the building and making good time. ETA a few minutes.
*boom*
Gax: Seth, we dont have a few minutes. Ive established a stable portal, but at this rate of decay, it wont last more than 60 seconds. Be here in less than a minute or were leaving without you!
Seth: Im here! And whats that about a stable portal? Are we making a jump? With, like, the three of us?
Gax: Thats the plan. Get in position!
Seth: Are you out of your minds? Do you even know where were going or what we need to do? We need a full squad, we need supplies, logistics...
*crash*
Gax: 30 seconds! The stabilising rings are coming apart!
Ren: Seth, we have no choice. If we dont jump now, we lose the Accelerator.
Seth: ...
Ren: Tamika... You can do this. Were counting on you.
*boom*
Seth: ...Damn it! This is such a bad idea! Time?
*zap*
Gax: 10 seconds! Were losing containment!
Seth: Im in position!
Ren: In position! Go!
*whirl*
Facility: Temporal Accelerator charging for jump. Warning! Warning! Systems overload detected! Deactivate Accelerator immediately!
Gax: Cancel that alarm!
Facility: Confirmed, cance... *loud explosion*
Gax: I hope this works!
*whiiiiiiiiirl* *zap*
--- --- --- --- ---
*darkness* *water* *drowning* *struggling*
Ren: *gasp* *cough* *cough* Gax? *cough* Seth? *wheeze* Sentry... *cough* Sentry, locate Engineer Gax! Sentry? *cough* Sentry, respond! *sigh* Where the hell am I?
Quote:
|
Originally Posted by Arcanaville
Samuel_Tow is the only poster that makes me want to punch him in the head more often when I'm agreeing with him than when I'm disagreeing with him.
|
Chapter 2: Unknown.
---
Ren: Commanders journal, 2 hours after incident. An unscheduled time jump deposited me at the bottom of a small fresh-water lake, waist-deep in the silt. Clearly something has gone very wrong with the jump. Chief Engineer Gax and Chief Specialist Seth who jumper with me are missing. I searched the lake and the surrounding area and found nothing. I hope theyre OK and have just been deposited elsewhere, but most of my equipment has ceased to function so I have no way to contact them remotely. With night falling and a storm brewing on the horizon, I have no option but to find shelter. Ill look for my squad in the morning.
---
Ren: Commanders journal, 18 hours after incident. Ive been forced to forage for food and water from the local environment. The immediacy of the temporal asynchronicity event forced us to jump entirely unprepared and with a squad of just three. I am now paying the price. My telesthetic transceiver came back to life earlier this morning and there is enough subquantum gel in the tank to run it, but I still cannot establish communication with my squad. I hope I am simply out of range and they have not been deposited in a different time period. Right now, my only option is to look for civilization and try to appropriate local resources to aid in my search, provided such exists in this time period. If not... Ill think of something.
---
Ren: Commanders journal, 2 days after incident. I worry about my squad, Tamika... Specialist Seth, in particular. If the time jump disabled her mech like it did most of my equipment, she would be in real trouble. Gax can survive without his cybernetics, but Seths near complete neural fibre degradation is manageable only with augmentation and life support. With no power to her rebreather, I dont know how long she could last. I need to find civilization, and soon. Ive been following a river for the last two days. If there are human settlements in this time period, this should help me find it. I dont know how I would speak with them, but Ill cross that bridge when I get to it.
---
Ren: Commanders journal, 3 days after incident. I dont know how far back in time we jumped, but it has to have been a big jump. Possibly bigger than weve ever attempted. I keep running across plants Ive only seen in books, and Im sure at least one of those went extinct half a million years BNE, thats... I dont know how much AD, but...
Communicator: *garbled voice*
Ren: My communicator!
Communicator: *garbled voice*
Ren: Sentry, trace... Great! Unknown person on my com link, this is Commander Tarara of the F Squad. Your signal is breaking up. Stand by. I will attempt manual retuning.
Communicator: *garbled scream* *garbled shout* ...mander! Please help!
Ren: Unknown person, communication has been established. Identi...
Communicator: Commander, its me! *gasp* Seth! Im in big *gasp* trouble, you have to... *gasp* You have to help me! *gasp* Please! *gasp*
Ren: Seth? Whats your status?
Seth: My power *gasp* is out! *gasp* I cant *gasp* I cant breathe! *gasp* My life support... *gasp* *gasp*
Ren: OK, calm down. Can you activate your mechs emergency transponder? I can track that.
Seth: Cant! *gasp* All systems *gasp* are down! *gasp* Help! *gasp*
Ren: OK, Seth, I need you to calm down and work with me. I can help you.
Seth: Commander! *gasp* Cant *gasp* breath! *gasp*
Ren: Seth, Can you describe the area around you?
Seth: Cant... *gasp* Cant see outside! *gasp* Please *gasp* hurry! *gasp*
Ren: OK, uh... I have an idea. Seth, you need to break the seal on your mech and climb out of it. I know itll be hard, but this will activate an emergency depressurisation beacon that I can also track.
Seth: Cant *gasp* Cant move! *gasp* I... *gasp*
Ren: Seth, listen to me, you need to do this so...
Seth: *sob* *gasp* Help! *gasp* Please, I... *sob* *gasp*
Ren: Tamika. You are not going to die.
Seth: *sob* *gasp*
Ren: Youre my best mech pilot by far, and Ill be damned before I let you go like this.
Seth: Commander, *breath* I... *breath* I cant... *breath*
Ren: Yes, you can. I know you all too well, Tamika. Youre the stubborn little girl who put doctors, veterans and war heroes to shame. They all told you to give up, but you never did. Because youre better than this.
Seth: *calm breathing*
Ren: Youre not just some frail, crippled child, Tamika. Youre a proud member of the F Squad and the finest soldier Ive ever served with. You can do this.
Seth: Yes, Commander. *calm breathing* And... Thank you. *calm breathing* Ungh...
*ping*
Ren: Tamika, I have your signal! Youre about two kilometres from me, Ill be there in five minutes! Hold on!
Seth: Wow... *breath* The trees here *breath* are really green. *breath* I always wan...
Ren: Tamika, are you OK? ... Tamika, answer me! ... Damn it! Dont you dare give up on me now, girl! Do you hear me? Do not give up!
Seth: Ren... *breathe* Im sorry... *breath* I don...
Ren: NO!
---
Ren: Commandets journal, 4 days after incident. I located Specialist Seths mech. She was forced to break the separate environment seal and disconnect her life support system in order to trigger an emergency beacon. Seths neurological degradation condition makes it nearly impossible for her to move on her own, or even breathe unassisted. I ran as fast as I could to reach her as soon as I got the location of her beacon, but...
Seth: Commander?
Ren: Hey, youre awake. How do you feel!
Seth: Like I have a mech brigade tap-dancing on my chest. So, alive, in other words.
Ren: Heh. Thats good to hear. You really scared me back there.
Seth: I... Dont really remember anything after I disconnected my rebreather. What happened?
Ren: Well, you were hypoxic and unconscious when I found you. I did what I could to stabilise you with stim packs and my one medkit. For all the items I forgot to pack, Im glad I brought that along.
Seth: I thought I was going to die...
Ren: Not on my watch, Tami. Not if I have anything to say about it.
Seth: *sob*
Ren: Oh, hey, calm down, theres no need to...
Seth: Commander, if I may... *sniff*
Ren: ... Go ahead, Specialist.
Seth: I must apologise for my conduct. *sniff* I broke my discipline and it nearly cost me my life. Ill never...
Ren: *hug*
Seth: Commander, I...
Ren: *release* Tamika, I know Ill hate myself for saying this, especially now that youre finally acting like a soldier, but... Please forget protocol for a minute and just talk to me.
Seth: ...
Ren: I know I can seem cold at times, but Im here for you, Tami. What you went through isnt easy to deal with. Trust me, I know. So please, if you want to talk about it, just speak your mind. Theres nothing to be ashamed of.
Seth: I... *sob* I was so scared, Ren! And... *sob* After what you said, I... *sob* I dont deserve to be in the squad! *sob* But Ill try, Ill...
Ren: Wait, what are you talking about? Do you think just anyone could have done what you did?
Seth: What, getting out of a mech? *sniff* Yeah, I think anyone can do that. Its the first thing they teach you. *sniff* I know, I teach it! *sniff* I dont deserve to wear this uniform...
Ren: Now thats just not true! Listen, Tamika, what I told you on the radio is true. For as long as Ive known you, people have been doubting your abilities and predicting your death, yet you just laugh in their faces and prove them wrong. Youre wrestling with a genetic condition that would cause most people to give up and die, but you keep fighting it every day. Dont sell yourself short.
Seth: But... But... *sniff*
Ren: But what? You cried? So what? Thats nothing to be ashamed of. You were scared, as you should be. Anyone would be scared in that situation. Hell, most people wouldnt have lasted a day in that situation, but you lay in that mech for three days and you still had the will to survive. Tami, its normal to be scared. What matters is you beat that fear to save yourself, and Im proud of you.
Seth: Ren, I... Ugh, just dont tell Gax I said this. Hell never let me live it down, but... I have a confession to make: Ive always wanted to be like you, and I dont mean just strong and... Well, healthy. Oh, sure I want that too what girl doesnt? But youre always so... Fearless and determined. Even when it looks like were completely screwed, youre always the one to pull us back and pull us through. Me... Bleh! As soon as the going gets tough, I break down and start crying. Im so pathetic...
Ren: No youre not! Tami, I get scared just like everybody else. I just cant afford to show it. Its part of being the Commander, I suppose I have to stay strong for the sake of the team. But that doesnt mean I dont have feelings. When I heard you fading out on the comm., I was scared witless!
Seth: What, seriously?
Ren: Yes, seriously. Look, I know Im tough on you, Tami, but I care about you, both as a squad mate and as a friend. I know were supposed to put the integrity of the timeline and the consistency of the future first... I wrote that in the codex myself. But really, the squad always comes first. You are my friends and my family, and to think that something might happen to you? That scares me more than I care to admit.
Seth: Ren, I... Never knew you felt that way. I mean, I knew you cared, but to hear you say that... Why havent you brought it up before?
Ren: Honestly? Its awkward to talk about. Ive been so caught up with being the F Squad Commander I sometimes forget to be a real person, too. Its really draining, but the squad needs the authority. I cant afford to be just another person, its my duty to be a role model. Yes, you and Gax and Lexxy and the others I can trust, but can you imagine talking like that to the cadets?
Seth: Fresh out of the academy? Hah, yeah, I can see your point. Those freeloaders need to be whipped up into shape before they can be part of our family. We have a 99% dropout rate for a reason.
Ren: That reason being that you ride new recruits too hard.
Seth: Hah! If a crippled little girl can make the Squad, so can they. Besides, you know the kind of missions were sent to. I have to be tough on raw recruits and send them through the wringer or else they just wont survive. Isnt that what you told me, Squad Commander?
Ren: I suppose I did, didnt I? But, hey, its nice to see you perking up a little.
Seth: Well, I do feel a little better, but my head still hurts. ... Ren... Thanks for saving my life.
Ren: Dont mention it. So, are you grateful enough curb the attitude, then? *smile*
Seth: Woah, lets not get ahead of ourselves here. Youll need to save my life at least two or three more times for me to be that humbled.
Ren: Ha ha ha! OK, fair enough, Tami. Fair enough.
Seth: You know... Its actually kind of weird to hear you laugh. And I kind of like it.
Ren: *sigh* I have been all business lately, havent I?
Seth: Well... Yeah. I mean, I know you go through happy and irritable stages, but its been years since Ive seen you crack a smile. Political trouble with the higher ups?
Ren: I really dont want to talk about it, but yes, you can say that. Its just been so frustrating and I ended up taking it out on you and the Squad. Im sorry, I should have handled it better.
Seth: Eh, we love you anyway. Youre pretty much the only person who can get things done. I mean, remember that time you were away with injury and Gax had to fill in as Squad Commander?
Ren: Id rather not, actually. Gax is an amazing scientist and engineer, but the men is such a terrible commanding officer. I dont think even he wants a repeat of that.
Seth: I dont, either. Honestly, for all our fights, youre still the only one Ill call Commander. Oh, that reminds me what do we do about protocol?
Ren: Good question. Until we find Gax and get an actual update on our objective, were still on an official mission, so we really should act like it. Do you think you can work with that?
Seth: Yes, Commander. I mean, itll be awkward being all prim and proper, but hey you saved my life. The least I can do is behave, right?
Ren: I appreciate it, Seth. Speaking of that I noticed your mech has suffered extensive damage. How did that happen?
Seth: Fall. Gaxs time jump spat me out in mid air probably a few kilometres up. Above the clouds, at any rate. Gunny shut down completely as soon as we jumped, so I more or less fell out of the sky. I hit somewhere up that slope over there and rolled down to where you found me. Now Im glad I asked for those unnecessary extra passive shock absorbers.
Ren: And Im glad I relented.
Seth: Well, the fall still sucked with no direction control! Say, did your gear get messed up when we jumped, too?
Ren: Yes, I lost everything Thanix-based. The only items that still work are my subquantum tank, though the generator for that is dead, my telesthetic transceiver and my music player, of all things. Well, and my medkit, but thats expended now.
Seth: What about Sentry?
Ren: She wont respond. I dont know if shes just offline or if her holomatrix is damaged, but her whole module is unresponsive.
Seth: I hope shes not damaged too badly. I mean sure, I know Sentrys just very complex systems manager programme and not a true AI, but I still like her. Shes a lot of fun to speak with.
Ren: Seth, Sentry is programmed to agree with everything you say.
Seth: Yeah, thats what I mean!
Ren: *head shake* Listen, I think I have an idea about bringing Gunny back online.
Seth: Thatd be good, because I really cant move without him. Im not sure what we can do about the damage, though. Gunny lost all power when we jumped, so auto-repair is out of the question and wed need a machine shop or a nanoforge for manual repairs.
Ren: Actually, I think we can bring that module back online. I have nearly full subquantum tanks that I can hook up to Gunny as an auxiliary power supply. There should be enough gel in there to run a full auto-repair cycle. If not, Ill need you to interface with your mech and focus power on strategic repairs.
Seth: I can do that, yeah, but what would it accomplish? Well power Gunny, maybe fix him up, but then he runs out of power again pretty quickly. Your tanks cant possibly run him long-term.
Ren: Thats why well focus on fixing your mechs kinetic batteries and generators. I should have enough subquantum gel to do that, after which Gunny should be able to generate power on its own and continue the fixes autonomously.
Seth: Hmm... Yes, that could work, actually. Wed still have to deal with the damage to the locomotion system bleeding the capacitors, though... I may be able to seal that. If I put Gunny in standby mode, the entire locomotion system will lock up, which will disconnected it from the main grid. Yes, this could work! But... What about your gear? Wont you lose power if we use all your gel on Gunny?
Ren: Most of my gear isnt operational anyway. The only thing I have working thats actually useful is my transceiver, but Gunny has that secure broadcast antenna I asked you to install, Right? That should give us ten times signal range anyway I have, so that it should compensate.
Seth: Great! So were all set, then! Can we just, uh... Wait a couple more hours? Maybe until morning? My heads pounding like I have a sonic emitter inside my skull. Id like to just lie down a little more if thats OK. Im still kind of drowsy...
Ren: Of course, of course. Lets say we wait until dawn then we work in daylight. How does that sound? Seth? Heh... Good night, Tamika. Pleasant dreams.
Quote:
|
Originally Posted by Arcanaville
Samuel_Tow is the only poster that makes me want to punch him in the head more often when I'm agreeing with him than when I'm disagreeing with him.
|
My mind has been idle for too long, and I think that's a large part of why I got burned out on City of Heroes. In hopes of remedying this, I'm doing something of an experimental story, and I wanted to post it here. It's nothing too major and it is just dialogue for the most part (it's much easier and faster to write), but I think it came out well enough.
Please, let me know what you think. Any feedback is well appreciated. I'd love to hear what you make of where I'm going with this.