• Preoccupation

    She’d get in trouble. She had to get good grades. Had had had. Usha tried to listen to the lecture, tried to keep her notes in sync with the chalk on the whiteboard.She wasn’t zoning out. If anything, she was all too aware of herself. She was sure she could feel lunch slowly being pushed… Continue reading

  • In copying old works from ao3 (still leaving them there, just want this to be more complete) Characters commenting or thinking about a future, yet to be written status quo is a horrible way to end a work. Continue reading

  • A Trail Gone Cold

    “We request audience.” No communication captured by the MN relay system was ever particularly cordial or familiar. Indeed, to most of the races that used it regularly, it was treated in such an overly dignified manner that one would wonder if the galaxy was populated solely by administrative bureaucrats. This was, thankfully, not the case.… Continue reading

  • Known Unknowns

    Goo Aliens generally use a Base 12 (Or in their translated nomenclature, Base b+, sometimes noted as Base B+1), not decimal (base 9+). Conversion is always uncertain. A system that addresses the definition of “10” suggests rank is common enough that similar confusions have happened before. Calcaei may be a considered binary planet. This is… Continue reading

  • “Goo Alien” Species Notes

    It should be noted this document is not meant to be comprehensive, but primarily to contrast human popular culture depictions of similar beings. First, no internal species name has been provided. It should be noted that Black Speech also does not include a species name. “Goo” or “Goos” is deemed suitable as an English placeholder… Continue reading

  • The Worst Days of your Life

    At the a academy, things of course happened. Brita wasn’t there for any of them. The girl was 17 years old – had not transferred from another school – and still was not a member of any clubs, cliques, or friend groups. In an environment where everyone was raised thinking they were the protagonist of… Continue reading

  • Organic Connections

    Trina had to find a seat by a plug. That was fine, she’d had a lecture in this room last spring term. There was at least one under the fourth row of chairs, where the old projector used to be plugged in – the “flimsy flipper” type. New digital one – now caged – was… Continue reading

  • Massaging Social Convention

    “Have you checked the mail?”A moment after the appartment’s front door opened, Trina was back into her emails. She couldn’t check them on her phone – first, that was illegal while driving. Phone poles had long enough to grow up in front of you, the way it reduced reaction time. Second, replying to emails on… Continue reading

  • 𐑟𐑦𐑮𐑴, 𐑢𐑳𐑯, 𐑑𐑵, 𐑔𐑮𐑰, 𐑓𐑹, 𐑓𐑲𐑝, 𐑕𐑦𐑒𐑕, 𐑕𐑧𐑝𐑩𐑯, 𐑱𐑑, 𐑯𐑲𐑯, 𐑨𐑮𐑧𐑒, 𐑚𐑿 Continue reading

  • A Peredharna Engagement

    They expected her to own a car. That was the explanation. SAMMANA owned several fleets, by what she had seen. They had drivers all over the country.None of which were available for a Gaya to Shimla trip, apparently. Or they were too expensive, or something.As it was, Samvrita Kachwaha was deputized to get there as… Continue reading