“Mom! Joly is pulling my hair!” Brinn looked up from where she was attempting to put her daughter Fleita’s long dark hair into a manageable braid. Across the room, ten year old Yurea was bouncing frantically, as if attempting to dislodge human-sized Joly from her bright red curls. Brinn sighed and shook her head. “Well, …
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Chapter Six TCA: Sojourner by D.X. Machina
Lauryna entered sickbay, and was slightly surprised to see that it had undergone refit. It looked like the Sandava’s, for the most part, far sleeker than it had appeared when last she’d been here. “Crewmate Gwenn. Welcome back, ma’am,” Geoff said, with a curt nod. Lauryna chuckled. “We have the same number of squares, Doctor.” …
Alex’s Odyssey by JohnnyScribe
“Don’t be so hard on yourself, Alex.” Alex looked up from the glass mug he was wiping out with a bar rag and into the gentle smile of the human-sized titan sitting at the end of the bar. Pryvani, or her avatar at any rate, was dressed in the Atlantaean style of soft leather breeches …
Chapter Five Titan: Sojourner by D.X. Machina
Nine Imperial Days Later “Crewmate Gwenn, you have a second?” Lauryna sighed internally. It wasn’t that she didn’t have a second. She just didn’t want to spend it with him. It wasn’t that he was bad. In her brief time on the Sandava, he’d been very pleasant. Hospitable. Federation hospitality, she thought, ruefully. No, Commander …
Chapter Four TCA: Sojourner by D.X. Machina
“All right,” Lauryna said, “so how long will this work for?” “With the power we’re using? About thirty minutes, forty-five, max. But that’s enough to confuse them,” Bres Gdiordo said. She was wiped out, and clearly exhausted, but she was still exhilarated by the idea that this might just work. The Captain’s idea was a …
Chapter Three TCA: Sojourner by D.X. Machina
The explosion jarred Lauryna out of her seat and onto the ground. It sounded as if someone had dropped a building on the bridge, one laced with heat and light and sound and anguish and pain. Lauryna bounced off the floor of the bridge twice, and she felt very much like staying there, but she …
Chapter Two TCA: Sojourner by D.X. Machina
One Month Later “Computer, run Program Gwenn Zeta-Three please, password…troublemaker,” Crewmate Gwenn said into the center console as she stood outside the unoccupied holosuite. She had just passed Commander Tam on the way, who by the looks of it was just coming off the high of a work out. If there was one thing that …
Interlude: Rixie’s Big Adventure Titan: By Johnny Scribe
interlude: Rixie’s Big Adventure Alex wasn’t in a good mood. Neither was Rixie, frankly. The two had been fighting. Neither was quite sure over what the fight had been about, not anymore, but it had been raging on for about two days now. They were both sick of fighting and both were ready to …
Chapter One TCA: Sojourner by D.X. Machina
Communication Chief’s Log, Gwenn, Lauryna SC3C ISS Tez Magilna MZK-01, Grelau 21-08-2109 I was not expecting to be promoted, and definitely not to end up on the lead ship of the Magilna class, patrolling Sector 25. And though I’m happy to be communications chief aboard the Magilna, I have Izzy with me every day to …
Prologue The Continuing Adventures: Sojourner by D.X. Machina
“I still don’t see why we’re using a human for this.” Engine-Fixer’s tail twitched in disdain; she really wasn’t sure New-Assistant-Systems-Fixer was working out. It wasn’t that she was bad at understanding systems. She was quite competent. It was just that she was a bit provincial. A crewmate has to be able to adapt to …