Five-Minute fiction - 23:43-23:48
Thanus dropped from the limb of the tree and sprinted across the open ground. He heard the catcalls and felt the whistle of sticks and stones as they landed in his wake. He spared a glance over his shoulder and saw the three other boys in pursuit. They were much larger than him, the eldest being more than two-years his senior....
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Thanus dropped from the limb of the tree and sprinted across the open ground. He heard the catcalls and felt the whistle of sticks and stones as they landed in his wake. He spared a glance over his shoulder and saw the three other boys in pursuit. They were much larger than him, the eldest being more than two-years his senior....
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Five-Minute fiction - 23:51-23:56
You will stand at attention and listen while spoken to! Do you understand? the officer called. He paced the grass in front of the recruits his hand resting easily on the hilt of his sword. He wore the uniform typical to those of the Gallows Guard, his armour polished but well-worn. I should not have to inform you of the honour...
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You will stand at attention and listen while spoken to! Do you understand? the officer called. He paced the grass in front of the recruits his hand resting easily on the hilt of his sword. He wore the uniform typical to those of the Gallows Guard, his armour polished but well-worn. I should not have to inform you of the honour...
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Five-Minute fiction - 23:54-23:59
Wind stirred the trees sending leaves down onto the path. The three men shifted uneasily, their eyes endlessly scanning, their hands rested heavily on their swords.
Hes late, Tyson said. Hes always late!
It was to be expected, but it would have been worse had we been less punctual and he arrived to not find us waiting here to greet him,...
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Wind stirred the trees sending leaves down onto the path. The three men shifted uneasily, their eyes endlessly scanning, their hands rested heavily on their swords.
Hes late, Tyson said. Hes always late!
It was to be expected, but it would have been worse had we been less punctual and he arrived to not find us waiting here to greet him,...
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zebrah:
incredible! <3
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Thanks!
Five-Minute fiction - 23:33-23:38
Danner felt the energy course up his limbs and he had to fight with every measure of his strength to control it. Flames licked at his hands, alighting on the skin but neither burning it nor his clothes. The fire was ethereal, real but unreal. He staggered as the force of energy grew and he sought to release it.
The cancerous...
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Danner felt the energy course up his limbs and he had to fight with every measure of his strength to control it. Flames licked at his hands, alighting on the skin but neither burning it nor his clothes. The fire was ethereal, real but unreal. He staggered as the force of energy grew and he sought to release it.
The cancerous...
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Five-Minute fiction - 10:41-10:46
Scant thumbed the drive into action just as the klaxons signalling an imminent landing began to wail. He adjusted his hearing protection and waited for the series of red lights in front of him to flip over to green. Numbers ticked by somewhere overhead and he fought the urge to look at them. That was always the urge to look away...
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Scant thumbed the drive into action just as the klaxons signalling an imminent landing began to wail. He adjusted his hearing protection and waited for the series of red lights in front of him to flip over to green. Numbers ticked by somewhere overhead and he fought the urge to look at them. That was always the urge to look away...
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Five-Minute fiction - 23:59-00:04
Watch your descent, if you bring it in too hot Franklin were going to be digging our way out of that asteroid, Donner said from his position in the command chair.
Franklin, the flight operator glared, Donner didnt actually need to see his face to know the man was doing it.
If it happens, at least we brought shovels, Kathardy said...
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Watch your descent, if you bring it in too hot Franklin were going to be digging our way out of that asteroid, Donner said from his position in the command chair.
Franklin, the flight operator glared, Donner didnt actually need to see his face to know the man was doing it.
If it happens, at least we brought shovels, Kathardy said...
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Five-Minute fiction - 10:02-10:07
The world flickered into existence. Details coalescing out of the Void as Farrus dropped through the Wellspring of Time and landed on the soft grass of the Plains of Ethera. He winced slightly as the cool autumn air seeped into his lungs with the first breath in what seemed like an eternity beyond the Void and in the stinking slag pits...
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The world flickered into existence. Details coalescing out of the Void as Farrus dropped through the Wellspring of Time and landed on the soft grass of the Plains of Ethera. He winced slightly as the cool autumn air seeped into his lungs with the first breath in what seemed like an eternity beyond the Void and in the stinking slag pits...
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Five-Minute fiction - 23:57-00:02
Cresa resisted the urge to look at his wristwatch, but he was confident that more than a quarter of an hour had passed since he had been ushered into the room. This was not something to complain about to the rather large, brooding man who stood guard by the door, his tailored uniform immaculate. Rather Cresa busied his mind by wandering...
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Cresa resisted the urge to look at his wristwatch, but he was confident that more than a quarter of an hour had passed since he had been ushered into the room. This was not something to complain about to the rather large, brooding man who stood guard by the door, his tailored uniform immaculate. Rather Cresa busied his mind by wandering...
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Five-Minute fiction - 23:21-23:26
Fult felt the air rush out of his body as he collided with the ground. He wheezed and curled into a ball his hands covering his head and neck. Other figures, small, medium, large collapsed to the ground around him and lay there unmoving.
Slowly the rain of bodies seemed to come to a halt and he raised his head. The...
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Fult felt the air rush out of his body as he collided with the ground. He wheezed and curled into a ball his hands covering his head and neck. Other figures, small, medium, large collapsed to the ground around him and lay there unmoving.
Slowly the rain of bodies seemed to come to a halt and he raised his head. The...
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Five-Minute fiction - 23:30-23:35
One could imagine all Id have to do is hit it with a wrench and it would all be better, Talia said as he pushed back from the vent and straightened up.
The majority of the engineering staff of the Arcimades were staring at him.
What? he asked brandishing the aforementioned wrench. I said, one could imagine, I didnt actually say...
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One could imagine all Id have to do is hit it with a wrench and it would all be better, Talia said as he pushed back from the vent and straightened up.
The majority of the engineering staff of the Arcimades were staring at him.
What? he asked brandishing the aforementioned wrench. I said, one could imagine, I didnt actually say...
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