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  • Sister Reduced, part 3

    “So. That’s your solution to my ‘Man Problem’, as Ma puts it?” “It’s one solution.” A pothole in the the road almost made Virika drop her phone. “I’m shaking my head. Do you believe that?” “I’m just saying that if out parents believed in arranged marriages, neither of us would be where we are right… Continue reading

  • Sister Reduced, part 2

    “Wait. So am I a shapeshifter? Or stretchy?” “Yes. And apparently you’re supposed to call it ‘elastic’. The contortionists AND the Elastic fans get mad if you don’t.” “Get mad where?” “The internet.” “That’s where people go to get mad anyways.” “They can be mad at other people. And devour my content without a word… Continue reading

  • 11: Limit Testing (2/3)

    Also at https://archiveofourown.org/works/47065192/chapters/121100356 Sombra squatted over Mei. “What are dolls like in China? Do you load up your little niños on the same pink plastic things you sell to foreigners?” Sombra started to straighten Mei out, pulling her crumpled mess into order, back on the floor. “Little fragile things – so easy to break, parents… Continue reading

  • Sister Reduced, part 1

    “You have to change names. I can be a secretary, but nothing else can match.” Usha replied to her sister. “So, like, nothing about the triplets?” Virika with her outlet of writing, had borrowed her sister’s likeness before. But asking for something in a more ‘real’ setting had to have limits, especially with the verification… Continue reading

  • 10: Limit Testing (1/3)

    Also at https://archiveofourown.org/works/47065192/chapters/119711608 It wasn’t hard to get out of the Orca. It’s model was considered vintage – Sombra could play it’s systems far more easily than a fiddle. It didn’t hold much worth examinging, one she’d gotten some food and water in her stomach – some. Not too much. The base outside had more… Continue reading

  • Sardari has an imported Nokia 7370. And a stack of batteries for it, and chargers for said batteries. As she will pause time to write a text, keeping a stock of charged batteries is paramount. Her voice mail starts with her shouting “DO YOU THINK YOU CAN SUMMON A GOD?” A pause, “Please contact the… Continue reading

  • Perpare to Abandon

    Also at https://archiveofourown.org/works/47252971 Jane surveyed the scene. By all appearances, a murder/suicide. Good god, did she want to hurl. No, that could – would -wait. The apparent murder, Dirk, was obviously holding his sword in a way it wasn’t meant to be held, underhand. His grip had lost it’s strength in death, but was still… Continue reading

  • Noncompetitive Timeline (WIP)

    ~1645 Mina is born towards the end of the construction of the Taj mahal. With the significant public investment, the economy was booming, not just for those involved in the project, pushing wages up. ~1655 As the economy settled, Mina’s parents became unable to support their family. Brahmin (hindu) priests, looking to replenish the ranks… Continue reading

  • 9: The Lonely Road (2/2)

    Also at https://archiveofourown.org/works/47065192/chapters/119454607 The old tunnel that would have been the bypass to Route 66 was sealed tight – the doors that would have been closed for traffic management after rock slides still quite intact. It was obvious, though, that hey been opened recently. Jack led them to one of the old mine entrances that… Continue reading