Twin Cities, Gemini The dogs were at each other’s throats, snarling and yapping as saliva dripped out from in-between their jagged white teeth. The orange spotlight burning above them illuminated the carnal hunger in their eyes, while the ring of jeering men and women gathered around their fighting cage seemed to spark their aggression intoContinue reading “22.2: The Swindler and The Stolen Tesoro?”
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11.1: Cadence’s (Sincero) Deception
Twin Cities, Gemini Cadence opened her eyes. She was flat on her back with the dampness of the pavement beneath her soaked into her suit jacket and pants. Pain throbbed up and down her limbs—unpleasant when paired with the taste of iron in her mouth. She blinked and squinted. It was pitch black. She couldn’tContinue reading “11.1: Cadence’s (Sincero) Deception”
10.( ): The People of Sin City
Fortuna requested another round of Itero Recino. Theta didn’t question her about it when returning alone several hours after ELPIS revealed their questions, didn’t even question Tau on how he became locked in the room with them. When Tau left after receiving another proto-conductor from him, Theta settled into the requested game as if nothingContinue reading “10.( ): The People of Sin City”
7.[]: A Terrorist’s Hate (Amore)
Re-cap:
Omicron, a leader of the terrorist organization ELPIS, encountered Jericho in the Twin Cities of Gemini several months prior. Somewhere along the way, she also came across Usian and former peacekeeper Wtorek Izsak.
Now, as the dominoes begin to stack up in the city of sin, she—
5.2: Morello Conclusion
Twin Cities, Gemini Cadence was exhausted. Emotionally and mentally. First there had been the debacle with Nico and Werner. And now there was Olive’s emotional dilemma. Those two events had just exacerbated Cadence’s exhaustion. Olive’s memory of the fire was seared into Cadence’s mind. The screams, the smells. Awful. And then there was Olive’s suffocatingContinue reading “5.2: Morello Conclusion”
4.2: Morello Bridge
Twin Cities, Gemini “Adapt, adapt, adapt,” she would say, porcelain fingers flying across the bone-white keys. Clear laugh chiming, she’d look down with a coy smile. Cadence would tune her ears to the sharp chords the woman would play and would try to jump in to play with her. But the woman would always beContinue reading “4.2: Morello Bridge”
3.6: Jericho Brutality
Twin Cities, Gemini “Curse the Organization for stealing my wallet. Now I can’t get the sustenance I need to truly get to the bottom of their nefarious deeds.” They were standing outside a cafe. It was dark out and the light from the café window was warm. Jericho stared at Talib before pulling out aContinue reading “3.6: Jericho Brutality”
3.2: Morello Chorus
Twin Cities, Gemini The rain took care of most of the dirty work. It pelted down and washed the red out into the bay. The bay itself swallowed up all the body bags weighted with cement blocks. Cadence stood beneath the roof at the entrance of Warehouse 12 and watched as the men moved theContinue reading “3.2: Morello Chorus”
2.2: Morello Verse
Twin Cities, Gemini “I’m tellin’ ya,” Cadence snapped, slapping her hand over her chest, “check me over again! You definitely missed something!” Doctor Fabrizzio continued to shuffle slowly through the files on his clipboard, undeterred. They were in the man’s office again, sitting opposite each other. The illusion of normal doctor-and-patient reinstated. “Doc, come on!”Continue reading “2.2: Morello Verse”
Six Chances 