Ecstasy or Oblivion - Session 8
» » _Kamehameha Station, Asteroid Belt_ « « The faux driftwood that made up the furniture of Nonah's spare bedroom reminded me of a game Kavuush and I had played. Kavuush wasn't much for games, but this game taught people how to survive with minimal...
Ecstasy or Oblivion - Session 4
» » _Kamehameha Station, Asteroid Belt_ « « Broken. Immobile. Bored. Seconds crawled by because I was still running with a heightened sense of time. The FCAT's four legs were sprawled out in every direction. Its tail was curled down: evidence of the...
Ecstasy or Oblivion - Session 14
» » _Gualmeeta Habitat, Earth-Moon L5_ « « Layered slices of avocado covered Kavuush's open-face sourdough sandwich like the scales of a giant lizard. I sprinkled them with garlic salt and pepper before laying fried eggs on top. Kavuush groped,...
Ecstasy or Oblivion - Session 13
» » _Kamehameha Station, Asteroid Belt_ « « Simulated morning light spilled in through my bedroom window adding warmth to the hospital-white walls. Jaahkah had playfully kicked me out once we'd both had our fill of sex. She promised we'd get to chat...
Ecstasy or Oblivion - Session 9
» » _Kamehameha Station, Asteroid Belt_ « « The window of my office looked out over a heptagonal courtyard that broke up the crumpled polygonal pile that was Animsys headquarters. In the center of the heptagon was a circular path that intersected...
Ecstasy or Oblivion - Session 5
» » _Kamehameha Station, Asteroid Belt_ « « Harry's tail flicked in frustration as he addressed the dragon on the other side of the interrogation room door. "Sorry, you'll have to go through the proper channels. Come back when you have paperwork." He...
Ecstasy or Oblivion - Session 10
Old synthetic bodies were harder to clean than biological ones, but modern synth bodies like mine were effortless. water never got anywhere you didn't intend it to and nothing stuck to them once you applied some soap.
Ecstasy or Oblivion - Session 6
» » _Gualmeeta Habitat, Earth-Moon L5_ « « Kavuush kissed me just after I activated the body I kept at Gualmeeta. I kissed back, but stopped when I noticed her thrumming in sadness. We did tear up, but it didn't stream down our cheeks like humans. A...
Ecstasy or Oblivion - Session 3
I had a lot of fun pondering what people in synthetic bodies would do with their cravings for food and other things they technically don't need.
Ecstasy or Oblivion - Session 11
» » _Gualmeeta Habitat, Earth-Moon L5_ « « Rahkseeth was my favorite name. If I wasn't careful, other me would figure out who I was. The danger wasn't directly from my other self. It was from whoever was controlling her. Or whoever was maneuvering her...
He awoke...
"i'm having second thoughts on it being a synthetic body." "why?" "synthetic bodies don't need to eat." "eat...i don't recall needing such a process." "as an ai, no. as a synthetic drone, no. that requires recharging.
Ecstasy or Oblivion - Session 15
» » _Gualmeeta Habitat, Earth-Moon L5_ « « From the 31st story balcony of Andy's virtual hotel room, I looked down at the pointillism-in-motion below. Avatars of all shapes, colors, and sizes traveled from tent to tent, booth to booth. This area of...