Tag: Dia Velos

Chapter Twelve The Debate by D.X. Machina

2164 AD ૨૧૨૫ MA In a stateroom on the Starship Pygmalion, Forna Qorni went over last-minute plans. “Dicero,” she said, “there is some risk if you draw this line.” “I know, Madam Deputy Floor Leader,” Dicero Falut said, fidgeting in her chair. “But I don’t think my constituents will object to me taking this stand. …

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Chapter Nine The Debate by D.X. Machina

2164 AD ૨૧૨૫ MA “Stand by to break orbit.” “Standing by, sir.” Ted paused. “Funny, isn’t it?” “What’s that, sir?” van der Graaf asked, as her fingers hovered over the controls. “A year or two ago, we’d be doing cartwheels over this planet. Microbial life, high saline seas, little cool, atmosphere’s thin, but still, it’s …

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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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Tales of Avalon: Scar Tissue by D..X. Machina

I shot an arrow toward the sky, It hit a white cloud floating by. The clould fell dying to the shore, I don’t shoot arrows anymore. —Shel Silverstein, “Arrows” -1- “Sir, are you seeing this?” “You got the spyglass, Calamity. What’s ‘this?’ ” “Sorry, sir, ” Palemst Jain said. “The bandits aren’t retreating past that …

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