( ) The bells continued to ring at the back of Maria’s mind long after she’d left the Monadic Temple behind. The sound reverberated from the base of her skull, down her spine, through her limbs, and down all the parts that extended out from them. The one area where the trembles did not travelContinue reading “26.4: Maria & Leona: A Link in Gold”
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26.3: Werner & Nico: An Indigo Affair
( ) The first six minutes following his admittance were a haze he was not fully mentally present for. There were questions asked, answers given, and instructions disseminated. Individuals entered and exited his vicinity. It was a blur of motion. It was only six hours after his admittance—-as he rested uncomfortably on the small bedContinue reading “26.3: Werner & Nico: An Indigo Affair”
26.2: Cadence & Francis: A Copper Pact
Polovinastadt, Aquarian-Capricornian Border Playing Werner was easy. Playing Dieter was even easier. Then again, Cadence had helped create Dieter so it didn’t really count. Well—actually the fact that she’d molded Dieter was just all the more credit to herself. Since Cadence had stepped in for Werner a week or two ago, she’d gone to atContinue reading “26.2: Cadence & Francis: A Copper Pact”
26.1: Olivier & Claire: The Crimson Alliance
“I was wondering why you were so adamantly defending this small village in the literal middle of nowhere.” The familiar sound of crackling reverberated low like a whisper. “At first, I thought it was because you were fond of this particular physical location, but now I can see it’s because you’re fond of these people.Continue reading “26.1: Olivier & Claire: The Crimson Alliance “
25.(): War & Terroristas
( ) 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”
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 “
25.1: 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”
Six Chances 