Rictus Void: Chapter 5 - Dark Companion
Chapter 5 - Dark Companion ". . . up, please, get up! Get up, Xal! I know you're alive, please respond to me!" The speaker sighed loudly, groaning in desperation. "Please, Commander Xal, **wake up**!" For moments, there was silence as an exhausted...
Rictus Void: Chapter 4 - A world in Screams
Chapter 4 Pt. 1 - A world in screams The first two nights greeted the Kig-yar with anxiety, perplexity, and a disparaging feeling about being alive. He found it always to be freezing cold, even after Kvaz kindly retrieved him additional coverlets....
Rictus Void: Chapter 3 - The Harrowing
Chapter 3 - The Harrowing Pt. 1 The soft blue iridescence of the screen melted away against the wall behind him, and the commander ran his claws rapidly across the screen. He arose from the floor and quietly hid against the wall in the Cimmerian...
Rictus Void: Chapter 2 – Disconnected State
Chapter 2. Pt.1 Disconnected State Kvaz frowned with discontent as Tha approached him, handing him a data card: with the same distaste for the Commander, Tha looked away as well. Kvaz glanced down to the chip and nodded, placing it into his...
Rictus Void: Chapter 1 - Overture
| Rictus Void | _When man's imagination becomes the instrument for fear then man has become a machine; lodged in space and stifled by reiteration of the void. In this spectrum of madness, whispers infect the brain: a forgotten language of the...
Rictus Void: Chapter 8 - Memory leak
Chapter 8 - Memory Leak "You--filthy, filthy bastard! I will hunt you down and delight in wringing your organs dry, and I will devour your eyes right out of their god damned sockets!" The disembodied voice bellowed and shrilled out with such force...
Rictus Void: Chapter 7 - The Cradle
Chapter 7 - The Cradle The pressure on the sides of his skull had become a dull and persistent drone that triggered delirium which had stirred him from the quietness of his sleep. Kvaz had presumed his eyes open when he was greeted with a certain...
Rictus Void: Chapter 6 - Ghost Sector
Chapter 6 - Ghost Sector Xal shivered quietly and brushed his hands over his shoulder, growling under his breath in frustration as he tried to access his HUD. He was not sure what damage it could have taken in the last ten minutes, but its failure...
Rictus Void: Chapter 9 - Overture Part. 3
Chapter 9 - Overture Pt. 3 Kvaz held his hand on Xal's shoulder as they silently stared at the skinned creature, which no longer even resembled a brother to Kvaz, but a monstrous abomination, whose skin shimmered from the refracting light below...