Sorcha stood side by side with Joseph in the middle of the old square in front of what was the Temple of the Goddess in Atlantis’ Old Quarter. It wasn’t just that the Old Quarter was the only part of the city with streets wide enough to accommodate Titans but the former Temple of the …
Epilogue Two Titan: Hybrid by Openhighhat
Aisell stepped off the dirt path at the usual spot as it bent round further into the forest. She walked into what appeared to be impenetrable wall of leaves and flowers but she reflexively turned on her side and placed her feet into two well-worn holes in the undergrowth and stepped out into a clearing …
Epilogue One Titan: Hybrid by Openhighhat
The Day of the Battle of Tau Ceti The Hive listened. It listened for the communication from its ship. It strained to hear. It was preparing to leave System 998, and head for System 1006. It was ending its assault on the colony of small bipedal mammals. It was changing its plans. …
Chapter Sixty Two: A time for healing and a time for doing Titan: Hybrid by Openhighhat
“Ryan’s awake.” Dr Pria said to her patient’s waiting family. “You can come see him.” The words had barely left her mouth before Rixie and Thyllia had surged to their feet. The former gently cupped Alex in her palm and the group followed Brinn closely as the doctor lead them through the halls …
A Noble Heart Must Answer (Part 7) Background Chatter by D.X. Machina
[Author’s Note: Pushing this out today, because good news! OHH is going to post the next chapter of Hybrid tomorrow! -DX] Loona waited patiently for Pane Segdi to finish flipping through the report. The three other members of the cabinet whose portfolios were affected by it had moved through slightly quicker, but then, this was …
Part 7: The Reception Wedding of the Century by Johnny Scribe
Folkvangr Station’s reception hall was loud with the raucous laughter and conversations of Rixie and Alex’s wedding guests. Long tables of food lined either side of the hall, filled with Earth and Archavian dishes. (Each table being color-coded so the guests could know which food was real and which was holographic.) The bride and groom …
La Résistance (Part Six) Background Chatter by D.X. Machina
Three Imperial Weeks Later Palsa Temis shook his head in wonder at the sight. Two Imperial peacekeeping battalions had grounded in Walak. He had hoped to see this, on the night of Cesil’s attempt at secession, but he had assumed it would be after a long battle, and that the people of the Federation would …
La Résistance (Part Five) Background Chatter by D.X. Machina
The sound of a klaxon woke Jota Cesil from his sleep. He grunted, and pulled himself up onto the chair. He’d drunk a lot of kapskrasi. A lot. Been drinking a lot lately. To celebrate. He winced at his hangover. “Who the frak authorized the emergency alert system?” he barked, looking at his pad. “Where’s …
Part 6: A Wedding Long Awaited The Wedding of the Century by Johnny Scribe
Rixie wasn’t nervous. Excited? Yes. Happy? Extremely. She was perhaps even a little relieved that it would finally be done. But she wasn’t nervous. Being a nervous bride was for a young woman who wasn’t sure whether the choice she was making would work out. Rixie and Alex had already spent decades together. They’d already …
Chapter Ten: Phone a Friend Tales of Avalon: Training Day, by Dann
Raymund stood his ground as the distant figure grew larger, and more imposing with each stride of her long legs. Each foot fall caused a larger and more disruptive impact tremor, and the curious gathering of citizens near the city gate had quickly changed tone to that of tension and worry. It wasn’t exactly as …