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  • 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

  • 8: The Lonely Road (1/2)

    Also at https://archiveofourown.org/works/47065192/chapters/119299327 Deadlock gorge was to be a old Stacian tourist trap – an ancient cut through the earth next to a newer, but still ancient cut through the earth. Now it was most frequently seen as a glance out of a train window. Along with a road, it was wide enough to house… Continue reading

  • 7: This is not me doing the same thing over again

    Also at https://archiveofourown.org/works/47065192/chapters/118749589 In my life, I have been accused of pushing science too far. It is a very human accusation. The difference between Talon, and organizations preceding it – those lost to history, and a few hated by it – is that Talon does not assume what perfection is. This is not some hallmark… Continue reading

  • 6: Subtotal

    Also at https://archiveofourown.org/works/47065192/chapters/118697182 “It pains me that you don’t see yourself a part of Talon.” The safehouse, as it stood, was on land that once would have been identified as the Nile floodplain a century previous. That was as distinctly as any Talon documents identified it – it had taken Sombra less time to identify… Continue reading