Five-Minute fiction - 00:10-00:15
Dominic slid down the embankment, the dew-slick grass leaving a a trail down the back of his uniform. His boots sunk into the muddy water at the bottom of the ditch but he was up and running before he even noticed the squelching. Voices rose from the edge of the woods, more than a dozen distinct tones cried out as they...
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Dominic slid down the embankment, the dew-slick grass leaving a a trail down the back of his uniform. His boots sunk into the muddy water at the bottom of the ditch but he was up and running before he even noticed the squelching. Voices rose from the edge of the woods, more than a dozen distinct tones cried out as they...
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Five-Minute fiction - 00:07-00:12
The cool night air blew in as Jenaleze slipped through the window and slid quietly to the stone floor of the corridor. Her eyes scanned first one way then the other before she tugged firmly on the rope that hung down from above. There was an answered tug and the rope began to flap to and fro as another figure descended...
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The cool night air blew in as Jenaleze slipped through the window and slid quietly to the stone floor of the corridor. Her eyes scanned first one way then the other before she tugged firmly on the rope that hung down from above. There was an answered tug and the rope began to flap to and fro as another figure descended...
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Five-Minute fiction - 02:35-02:40
Ahhh, thank you Thomas, Ive not heard a tone like that in a snore before. Perhaps, given your well-rested state you would be willing to provide the answer to the question? Mr Anderson said as he turned and woke Thomas with a harsh cough.
In fact, Mr Anderson, I cant. I missed the question entirely due to the soporific effect of...
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Ahhh, thank you Thomas, Ive not heard a tone like that in a snore before. Perhaps, given your well-rested state you would be willing to provide the answer to the question? Mr Anderson said as he turned and woke Thomas with a harsh cough.
In fact, Mr Anderson, I cant. I missed the question entirely due to the soporific effect of...
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Five-Minute fiction - 22:45-22:50
The ancient peoples called it the Arch of the Infinite, and little is known about its origins. The stone ring is worn, the edges chipped and cracked with age and travel, but the stone itself is not fragile.
How it came to be possessed by the Enemy is unknown, but the legends speak of a quest, and of noble heroes led...
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The ancient peoples called it the Arch of the Infinite, and little is known about its origins. The stone ring is worn, the edges chipped and cracked with age and travel, but the stone itself is not fragile.
How it came to be possessed by the Enemy is unknown, but the legends speak of a quest, and of noble heroes led...
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Five-Minute fiction - 23:42-23:47
The ring of stone hung suspended in the air. The mirror-black surface of the liquid core undulated silently. It flexed, and rippled like the still water of a pond. Stamrin stood beneath it, staring up into the infinite blackness above him, and his reflection stared back. The mirror-image was perfect in almost every detail. The small scar under his right eye...
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The ring of stone hung suspended in the air. The mirror-black surface of the liquid core undulated silently. It flexed, and rippled like the still water of a pond. Stamrin stood beneath it, staring up into the infinite blackness above him, and his reflection stared back. The mirror-image was perfect in almost every detail. The small scar under his right eye...
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Five-Minute fiction - 22:49-22:54
I need you to me Compton, right now, Walton said.
Sir? Ronuly said as he saluted half-heartedly. Walton smiled, he liked that many of the men who served in his unit were wary of the command structure. It added character to the men, and made them seem relatable, almost human. With the shield up any communication from the ground is impossible....
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I need you to me Compton, right now, Walton said.
Sir? Ronuly said as he saluted half-heartedly. Walton smiled, he liked that many of the men who served in his unit were wary of the command structure. It added character to the men, and made them seem relatable, almost human. With the shield up any communication from the ground is impossible....
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Five-Minute fiction - 23:55-00:00
There are things going on here that Id rather not think about, Walton said as the door to the elevator hissed closed. I want that floor secured and any of those idiots who let Sheperd go in there, and didnt die, to be sequestered until departure. I dont need their incompetence endangering the mission, understood?
Capley nooded. The sergeant wasnt a...
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There are things going on here that Id rather not think about, Walton said as the door to the elevator hissed closed. I want that floor secured and any of those idiots who let Sheperd go in there, and didnt die, to be sequestered until departure. I dont need their incompetence endangering the mission, understood?
Capley nooded. The sergeant wasnt a...
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Five-Minute fiction - 23:18-23:23
Who exactly is she then? Walton said as he stepped back from the monitor.
We dont exactly know, Sheperd said. There arent that many files on any of the servers. It seems like the facility is completely isolated.
Walton leaned back in and stared at the girl in the monitor. She was seated on a metal chair her hands in her...
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Who exactly is she then? Walton said as he stepped back from the monitor.
We dont exactly know, Sheperd said. There arent that many files on any of the servers. It seems like the facility is completely isolated.
Walton leaned back in and stared at the girl in the monitor. She was seated on a metal chair her hands in her...
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Five-Minute fiction - 21:17-21:22
Cresa peered over the shield and tried to focus on the singular device strapped, bolted, welded, and just about every other ed necessary to attach it to the table. The two previous test units had launched themselves, one with considerable force, off of the table and either vanished, the first unit, or exploded upon contact with a hard surface, the second...
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Cresa peered over the shield and tried to focus on the singular device strapped, bolted, welded, and just about every other ed necessary to attach it to the table. The two previous test units had launched themselves, one with considerable force, off of the table and either vanished, the first unit, or exploded upon contact with a hard surface, the second...
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Five-Minute fiction - 21:52-21:57
The G.R.Id suit system was a revolutionary marvel. A fully-enclosed armoured suit capable of sustaining pressure in a vacuum as well as being bullet-resistant and generally durable.
The system was developed by the Innovation branch of Explorer Corporation under the guise of a fully-functional armoured spacesuit. And while the initial prototypes were used as such later models were quickly adapted into...
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The G.R.Id suit system was a revolutionary marvel. A fully-enclosed armoured suit capable of sustaining pressure in a vacuum as well as being bullet-resistant and generally durable.
The system was developed by the Innovation branch of Explorer Corporation under the guise of a fully-functional armoured spacesuit. And while the initial prototypes were used as such later models were quickly adapted into...
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