Tag: Alex Carey

Chapter Thirteen The Debate by D.X. Machina

2164 AD ૨૧૨૫ MA The sun was setting over Atlantis, and the first day of meetings was wrapping up. Of course, the Titans were happy to continue on; unfortunately, the humans were running out of energy. This was not their fault; a day from now, when Titans were sleeping through the day, the humans would …

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Chapter Eleven The Debate by D.X. Machina

2164 AD ૨૧૨૫ MA Pryvani was rather pleased with herself; even by her own standards, she had managed this about as well as possible. The committee would be arriving on Avalon in three days, and when they did, they would have the opportunity not just to meet with Avalonians, but Terrans as well. The Alcubierre …

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Chapter Six Guess Who's Coming to Dinner? by D.X. Machina

“You don’t mean that,” Danae said. “What, that we’re awful? We are, Day. Ammer didn’t say it, but I know why he didn’t want to press charges against mom. Not because he was forgiving – though he is, Day, he is – but because he couldn’t. I could press charges against mom, for damaging my …

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Chapter Thirty-Seven: I am Thinking Most of You Titan: Contact by D.X. Machina

“The return makes one love the farewell.” –Alfred de Musset Two days later, the Freemans were assembled in the main briefing room of the Gyfjon, along with Lauryna, Izzy, Darren, and Lysis; the communique they’d received from Eyrn had been a bit terse, but she’d indicated that there was somebody who needed to meet with …

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Chapter Thirty-Four: Like Going Home Titan: Contact by D.X. Machina

“We shall not cease from exploration And the end of all our exploring Will be to arrive where we started And know the place for the first time.” –T.S. Eliot, “Little Gidding” “Eight meters…six…four…mooring. Repeat, we have mooring.” “Asimov Station, this is Stanisław Lem actual. We show mooring, please confirm.” “Confirmed, Lem. We have mooring …

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Chapter Thirty-Three: What’s Up There Beyond the Sky Titan: Contact by D.X. Machina

“All journeys eventually end in the same place – home.” –Chris Geiger “Okay, I think that’s the last of the big stuff,” Naskia said, looking over the suite that had briefly served as their headquarters at Titan Station. “Just personal effects, some small gear, and so forth. Pryvani, anything that shouldn’t be loaded on the …

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Chapter Thirty-Two: Take My Hand, Come Along Titan: Contact by D.X. Machina

“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness.” –Mark Twain Depending on where you’d grown up and how you marked your calendar, either a week or eighteen days had passed since the Gyfjon had captured the Stanisław Lem. The Minatar had departed the station three Earth days before, the same day they’d moved the Lem …

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Chapter Twenty-Nine: Hand in Hand Titan: Contact by D.X. Machina

“Let us all meet each other with a smile, for the smile is the beginning of love.” –Blessed Teresa of Calcutta “Got’dang council. I was savin’ Atlantis back when half of ‘em were in diapers, and this is the thanks I get,” Darren muttered, sipping an Avalonian whiskey at a table in the restaurant, waiting …

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Chapter Seven TCA: Sojourner by D.X. Machina

Two Days Later “It’s nice to meet you,” the boy said, shaking Izzy’s hand. “It’s nice to meet you…Ryan, you said?” Alex had been kind enough to escort Izzy into the city. Not that she didn’t think she could get there on her own – Atlantis wasn’t exactly big. Or at least, it didn’t used …

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