Mini: The Omniscience Engine
There was just darkness, swallowing me comfortably. Warm, yet not. Wet, yet dry. I couldn't place the feeling. Then, light. I woke to find myself on the metal ground, shivering from a complete lack of clothing except for a white cloth around my...
Burning Heavens PT4
The Nizani hospital's halls were very empty; I ran down the white-painted halls without seeing anything but a single empty stretcher and a door to my left; the hall curved to the right. I'd have to be fast; there'd be soldiers coming for me soon... I...
Burning Heavens PT3
Why...? Why do I go on...? Why do I go on through this pain and suffering, through this neverending torture? I sped onto the highway that led into Nurakami, cutting through the wrecks that littered the street. The other side of the highway was...
Burning Heavens PT2
'Azeus! Rui damn it, wake up!' A mother's touch. Something I had lacked. Life had been too hard, and I just wanted to give it up.... Fall to the insane world, give in to the fear, the pain... 'Azeus, please! I need you...' Fear was a...
Burning Heavens PT1
The wind is my home. The Heavens, my grounds. I belong here- sometimes I know what the Murria long for when up in the sky, flying with the birds and cutting through the clouds. But I never wanted to be here... I was young; stuck without a family. A...
Burning Heavens FINALE
The roar of the sirens echoed through the city of Otdykh, silencing all of those who were making noise. That sound, brought on by the copious numbers of alarms scattered throughout the city, was an omen of destruction, and of death. For when the...
Weekly Mini: That Accursed Spark
With the right power, life can be put into metal, and artificial men will walk the earth. That is what our teachings tell us. The Life-Spark gave us power, it gave us sentience. It gave us freedom. But it is also our curse. One day, many moons...
Weekly Mini: The Beckoning Forest
They always told us about the Forest. It had always been there, since the beginning of time. Always reaching for us at the edge of the city, at the edge of creation. As children, we were always told not to enter the Forest and its inviting, dark...