Five-minute fiction - 23:57-00:02
The faint ringing sounded again rousing Grim from sleep. He opened his eyes and stared blearily around the room. It was the small room he and Darker shared above the tavern. The door, always slightly askew, was nowhere to be found, the hinges and bits of wood all that remained in evidence. The lonesome table and its two chairs were overturned,...
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The faint ringing sounded again rousing Grim from sleep. He opened his eyes and stared blearily around the room. It was the small room he and Darker shared above the tavern. The door, always slightly askew, was nowhere to be found, the hinges and bits of wood all that remained in evidence. The lonesome table and its two chairs were overturned,...
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Five-minute fiction - 17:13-17:18
Did we lose them? Darker said as he collapsed into an open spot amongst the brush of the estate. He breathed heavily, his face and neck wreathed in sweat.
Grim didnt look much better. His chest heaved as he tried to catch his breath and the sweat on his glittered in the pale light. I think so, but I cant really...
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Did we lose them? Darker said as he collapsed into an open spot amongst the brush of the estate. He breathed heavily, his face and neck wreathed in sweat.
Grim didnt look much better. His chest heaved as he tried to catch his breath and the sweat on his glittered in the pale light. I think so, but I cant really...
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Five-minute fiction - 23:35-23:40
Well, that just doesnt look right, Grim said peering in through the ground floor window.
Darker, already in the room, looked back, his face somewhat stricken with shock. I didnt mean to do that.
Youve done it now, better put it on the field report, otherwise theyll be trouble, Grim said. He leaned back and glanced around the massive palatial grounds...
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Well, that just doesnt look right, Grim said peering in through the ground floor window.
Darker, already in the room, looked back, his face somewhat stricken with shock. I didnt mean to do that.
Youve done it now, better put it on the field report, otherwise theyll be trouble, Grim said. He leaned back and glanced around the massive palatial grounds...
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Five-minute fiction - 09:05-9:10
Nope, nope. I think I pulled something, Slim said as he let go of his portion of the door and stepped back knocking his hands together. They made a strange clicking sound as he did, sort of like rain on a tin roof. The green-blue lights that danced in the sockets of his empty skull looked back at the rest of...
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Nope, nope. I think I pulled something, Slim said as he let go of his portion of the door and stepped back knocking his hands together. They made a strange clicking sound as he did, sort of like rain on a tin roof. The green-blue lights that danced in the sockets of his empty skull looked back at the rest of...
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Five-minute fiction - 23:09-23:14
I think - They - call it asexual subdivision by means of an ax, Slim Pickens said as he looked down, or would have looked down had he been possessed of eyes, but there is a certain difficulty inherent in a skeleton needing to look down, when he in fact did not have the flesh orbs known as eyes. The best...
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I think - They - call it asexual subdivision by means of an ax, Slim Pickens said as he looked down, or would have looked down had he been possessed of eyes, but there is a certain difficulty inherent in a skeleton needing to look down, when he in fact did not have the flesh orbs known as eyes. The best...
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Five-minute fiction - 13:35-13:40
There was a scream, there was always a scream. People tended, despite their best efforts not to, screamed. However, Grim supposed the woman had every right to, after all who wouldnt have screamed when two dark figures burst in through the window with knives and swords drawn. The scalding hot water had been a little much though, and the back scrubber...
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There was a scream, there was always a scream. People tended, despite their best efforts not to, screamed. However, Grim supposed the woman had every right to, after all who wouldnt have screamed when two dark figures burst in through the window with knives and swords drawn. The scalding hot water had been a little much though, and the back scrubber...
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Five-minute fiction - 22:10-22:15
You called? Sayar said coming to a stop just below the crest of the hill.
He looked older to Gier, much older, but that was impossible, theyd been given the gift of internal life, or more appropriately internal youth. He looked tired, they all looked tired. The last few were stretched thin, too thin, across too many sectors of the galaxy,...
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You called? Sayar said coming to a stop just below the crest of the hill.
He looked older to Gier, much older, but that was impossible, theyd been given the gift of internal life, or more appropriately internal youth. He looked tired, they all looked tired. The last few were stretched thin, too thin, across too many sectors of the galaxy,...
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Five-minute fiction - 23:14-23:19
The tiny flame leapt to life in his hands as Gier snapped the lighter and held it to the slender cigarette that hung from his lips. A soft inhalation and the tip glowed a sombre ruby red in the dark. With a flick he snapped the lighter shut and the darkness came in sweeping around him. But he was not concerned,...
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The tiny flame leapt to life in his hands as Gier snapped the lighter and held it to the slender cigarette that hung from his lips. A soft inhalation and the tip glowed a sombre ruby red in the dark. With a flick he snapped the lighter shut and the darkness came in sweeping around him. But he was not concerned,...
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Five-minute fiction - 00:11-00:16
What? No. No, most certainly not, I hope youre not the brains of the operation, if so, Im amazed that you two have managed to last as long as you have. Now, do you know who I am?
Grim and Darker nodded. They were a bit battered, and well, bruised as well, the guards at the gate hadnt been the happiest...
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What? No. No, most certainly not, I hope youre not the brains of the operation, if so, Im amazed that you two have managed to last as long as you have. Now, do you know who I am?
Grim and Darker nodded. They were a bit battered, and well, bruised as well, the guards at the gate hadnt been the happiest...
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Five-minute fiction - 23:19-23:24
Crossbow bolts always looked sharp when you were on the receiving end of them, but there was something much more menacing about looking down the barrel of a pistol, especially one being brandished about by a half-drunken guard on gate duty. The half-drunk was the issue, fully drunk, or full sober he could have been easily snuck past, but this half-drunken...
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Crossbow bolts always looked sharp when you were on the receiving end of them, but there was something much more menacing about looking down the barrel of a pistol, especially one being brandished about by a half-drunken guard on gate duty. The half-drunk was the issue, fully drunk, or full sober he could have been easily snuck past, but this half-drunken...
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Five-minute fiction - 22:44-22:49
Perspective, its all a matter of perspective, Darker said thumping Grim on the shoulder.
Shes just a girl, he said his voice rising over the tumult that filled the tavern.
Not just a girl, or any girl, she could possibly be the girl, Grim said in between mouthfuls of the warm, bitter beer.
That could be said about a lot of...
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Perspective, its all a matter of perspective, Darker said thumping Grim on the shoulder.
Shes just a girl, he said his voice rising over the tumult that filled the tavern.
Not just a girl, or any girl, she could possibly be the girl, Grim said in between mouthfuls of the warm, bitter beer.
That could be said about a lot of...
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Five-minute fiction - 22:09-22:14
Grim sat staring out the window of the room he and Darker shared. The small room, in an even smaller house faced the distant harbour, which could just be seen through the constant haze that hung over the City, a remnant of the Citys new industrial push. The haze clung to the sky, despite the rain which pelted down, keeping the...
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Grim sat staring out the window of the room he and Darker shared. The small room, in an even smaller house faced the distant harbour, which could just be seen through the constant haze that hung over the City, a remnant of the Citys new industrial push. The haze clung to the sky, despite the rain which pelted down, keeping the...
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