Five-minute fiction - 23:54-23:59
Abisali starred up at the metal monstrosity. It hissed and clanked as its metal limbs extended driven by pistons and hauled the bulk of the chassis forward. Onlookers gasped, their cries of shock and surprise lost amongst the myriad of clanking that emanated from the thing. He had heard of such metal behemoths, devices built to carry men quickly and easily...
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Abisali starred up at the metal monstrosity. It hissed and clanked as its metal limbs extended driven by pistons and hauled the bulk of the chassis forward. Onlookers gasped, their cries of shock and surprise lost amongst the myriad of clanking that emanated from the thing. He had heard of such metal behemoths, devices built to carry men quickly and easily...
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Five-minute fiction - 15:57-16:02
The wave washed over him bring the world back sharply into focus. He spluttered, hauling himself to his feet, struggling against the grasping retreating tide, even as another wave bore down on him. A wall of water crashed into his legs threatening to knock him prone, but he remained stolid, steadfast. Spluttering more water from his lungs he straightened and move...
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The wave washed over him bring the world back sharply into focus. He spluttered, hauling himself to his feet, struggling against the grasping retreating tide, even as another wave bore down on him. A wall of water crashed into his legs threatening to knock him prone, but he remained stolid, steadfast. Spluttering more water from his lungs he straightened and move...
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Five-minute fiction - 23:13-23:18
We are the custodians of lifes meaning, Derrick said, reading the words aloud from the inscription on the tomb.
Seems sensible, meaning of life and all that, Chumley said vaulting down the last handful of steps, two or three at a time. Whyd you run off?
Couldnt stand it in there, too much drivel, not enough sense.
Oh? That? Dont be...
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We are the custodians of lifes meaning, Derrick said, reading the words aloud from the inscription on the tomb.
Seems sensible, meaning of life and all that, Chumley said vaulting down the last handful of steps, two or three at a time. Whyd you run off?
Couldnt stand it in there, too much drivel, not enough sense.
Oh? That? Dont be...
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Five-minute fiction - 00:07-00:12
The air in the bag was stifling. Gibbons hacked and coughed, trying not to breathe in any of the hot air in the bag, while all around him he could hear movement but see nothing because of the bags thick black exterior. He coughed again, his whole body seizing, wracked with the pain of the cough. He doubled over, and felt...
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The air in the bag was stifling. Gibbons hacked and coughed, trying not to breathe in any of the hot air in the bag, while all around him he could hear movement but see nothing because of the bags thick black exterior. He coughed again, his whole body seizing, wracked with the pain of the cough. He doubled over, and felt...
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Five-minute fiction - 00:03-00:08
The breath is slow, controlled, constant. Breathe in, breathe out, focus, concentrate. These are the words they live by. Though they are few they are critical. To stray from them is to fail.
Inhale through the nose, exhale through the mouth. Dunkirk closed his eyes and let the rhythm take over. In. Out. In. Out. He kept his closed until he...
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The breath is slow, controlled, constant. Breathe in, breathe out, focus, concentrate. These are the words they live by. Though they are few they are critical. To stray from them is to fail.
Inhale through the nose, exhale through the mouth. Dunkirk closed his eyes and let the rhythm take over. In. Out. In. Out. He kept his closed until he...
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Five-minute fiction - 23:21-23:26
The blades dance continued. On and on the two figures twisted about one and another their steel never meeting, yet never seeming to part. They pirouetted in silence their feet nimble and quick on the hard stone floor. Again and again the dance seemed to draw to a close as one blade passed another, too close, but it carried on missing...
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The blades dance continued. On and on the two figures twisted about one and another their steel never meeting, yet never seeming to part. They pirouetted in silence their feet nimble and quick on the hard stone floor. Again and again the dance seemed to draw to a close as one blade passed another, too close, but it carried on missing...
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Five-minute fiction - 13:10-13:15
Fire rained down from heaven. Great globules of sulphuric blazed when they struck the earth, lighting the very earth on fire. Abisali skittered from rock to rock, his cloak billowing behind as he closed the distance toward the citys gate. He face and clothes were singed, covered in a fine coating of soot, and his once magnificent cloak was now pitted...
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Fire rained down from heaven. Great globules of sulphuric blazed when they struck the earth, lighting the very earth on fire. Abisali skittered from rock to rock, his cloak billowing behind as he closed the distance toward the citys gate. He face and clothes were singed, covered in a fine coating of soot, and his once magnificent cloak was now pitted...
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Five-minute fiction - 21:22-21:27
The spike drove into the heart of the rock forcing the two halves apart. Tiny fragments of grit and dust fountained into the air as another blow drove the iron-spike deep into rock, shattering it. Hester hefted the hammer onto his shoulder and shifted his position on the mound of rocks he was working on. He had been hard at work...
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The spike drove into the heart of the rock forcing the two halves apart. Tiny fragments of grit and dust fountained into the air as another blow drove the iron-spike deep into rock, shattering it. Hester hefted the hammer onto his shoulder and shifted his position on the mound of rocks he was working on. He had been hard at work...
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Five-minute fiction - 21:23-21:28
Cartwright stared down into the limpid pools of her eyes as they fluttered open. He smiled, unable to control himself as he saw her pupils dilate to become accustomed to the dim light in the cave. She seemed slow to recognize him, her mind clinging to the dream world she had so recently abandoned, but when she saw that it was...
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Cartwright stared down into the limpid pools of her eyes as they fluttered open. He smiled, unable to control himself as he saw her pupils dilate to become accustomed to the dim light in the cave. She seemed slow to recognize him, her mind clinging to the dream world she had so recently abandoned, but when she saw that it was...
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Five-minute fiction - 16:13-16:18
Cahill staggered clutching at his chest as another fit of coughing wracked his body. His vision swam, the world blurring as the almost seizure level force of the fit. He collapsed against the bulkhead wall the plasteel feeling cool against his feverish skin.
It had taken him nearly thirty minutes to traverse the whole of docking facility and now faced with...
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Cahill staggered clutching at his chest as another fit of coughing wracked his body. His vision swam, the world blurring as the almost seizure level force of the fit. He collapsed against the bulkhead wall the plasteel feeling cool against his feverish skin.
It had taken him nearly thirty minutes to traverse the whole of docking facility and now faced with...
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Five-minute fiction - 22:55-23:00
Patrice leapt into open air. He felt the wind rush around him, grasping at his clothes like eager hands seeking something more. His breath caught in his throat as he saw the beauty of the sight before him. The continent, Alamara, illuminated with the dazzling brightness of civilization. His comm-link crackled to life signalling the check-ins of the other members in...
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Patrice leapt into open air. He felt the wind rush around him, grasping at his clothes like eager hands seeking something more. His breath caught in his throat as he saw the beauty of the sight before him. The continent, Alamara, illuminated with the dazzling brightness of civilization. His comm-link crackled to life signalling the check-ins of the other members in...
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