( ) When Alpha opened his eyes, he knew exactly where he was. He knew everything, after all: the beginning, the middle, the end—although, he admitted that the middle was always fuzzier than the former two parts. This here was Vega’s private rooms that had served many roles in the past: a laboratory, a meetingContinue reading “25.(): War & Terroristas”
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25.6: Advisor & Otro
Lueur de Fée, Cancer The phantom tendrils of Scorpio’s embrace clung to Atienna’s body like wet cloth. No matter how hard she scrubbed herself in the bath in the following days, his cold warmth still lingered. It felt almost as if he occupied the minuscule spaces between her skin and bones—deep-rooted and impossible to removeContinue reading “25.6: Advisor & Otro “
25.5: Peacekeeper & Alianza
In-Transit, Leo Jericho realized that Leona’s ‘war’ story did not ‘match up’ with what he had gleaned from Oros. At the same time Leona and Gabrielle started exchanging their wartime experiences, Maria had received Oros’s memories from Epsilon. From Jericho’s understanding, Epsilon’s reasoning for offering those memories was this: to ‘cheer’ Maria up. Jericho wasContinue reading “25.5: Peacekeeper & Alianza”
25.4: Pirate & Origen
The copper, gold, and silver bells clamored above Maria’s head. Low, high, dull, sharp—each sound blending into the next. Spying up at those brass wonders, Maria stood with her back straight and her head held high as the man in black robes walked down the line in front of her. When he brushed past her,Continue reading “25.4: Pirate & Origen”
25.3: Swindler & Mentiras
( ) Werner’s idea was working—as always. Werner continued to work together with Olive and Atienna on something Olive called ‘predictive modeling’ and Werner ‘strategic modeling’—charting out all the possible locations Alpha could appear using Jericho’s ‘data’ from Ophiuchus to cross-reference everything. They also threw in orphanages with the word ‘Primera’ in their name toContinue reading “25.3: Swindler & Mentiras “
25.2: Soldier & Olvido
It began as a suggestion from a physician. Following the encounter with Scorpio during the Week of Blindness, Werner found himself plagued with insomnia. While this development could have been interpreted as negative, he decided to approach it with a methodical perspective and used it to his full advantage: the first few restless nights atContinue reading “25.2: Soldier & Olvido”
25.1: Prince & Candidato
Inelki Station, Scorpio Olive once again landed flat on his back. Stars flooded his vision as he calmly tried to count how many brain cells had been knocked out of his head in the past half hour. “Get used to it,” Derik had said after the first time he’d smacked Olive to the ground. “Can’tContinue reading “25.1: Prince & Candidato”
25.⭑: War & Santos
In-Transit, Taurus The click-clacking of the train had embedded itself into Elizabeta’s bones. However, the nausea twisting her stomach into knots was not as terrible as it had been when she’d been riding on these trains two weeks prior. The medication she’d taken was doing good work it seemed. Or perhaps it was that herContinue reading “25.⭑: War & Santos”
24.[]: The Soldiers & Terrorists in Noche Light
Joint-Outpost 12, Aquarian-Capricornian Border “Your boyfriend hasn’t called yet, Emilia?” Unteroffizier Emilia Bergmann looked up from her cardboard box of Käsespätzle and registered Gefreiter Klaus Kleine approaching her from the mess hall across the road. Beside him came Alwin Brandt, both men crunching along the deep snow piled up to their ankles. While the snowContinue reading “24.[]: The Soldiers & Terrorists in Noche Light”
24.6: The Peacekeeper & Candidate in Mañana Light
Serpens Establishment, Ophiuchus Jericho was ‘excited.’ It was now March: the month of Olive’s birthday. There was going to be a celebration. Amendment: a surprise. Werner had been planning it thoroughly. Cadence had been attempting to ‘keep it under wraps.’ Atienna and Maria were making preparations. And Jericho’s own task: the setting. Another task toContinue reading “24.6: The Peacekeeper & Candidate in Mañana Light”
Six Chances 