Varan and company had learned much from the Thovians... ----- Chapter 14. Varan: I took a deep breath, realizing that we were once more moving forward to the unknown. "Thanks to you, Hargan, Boduras, Chondu – and all the rest of the Thov Hok Shu. All of your people, really, even the ones who don't know what's going on." Hargan and the others bowed to us, and I was touched to see that they were quite seriously giving to me and the rest of our little crew the Six-And-One – even though to them that was hardly an important symbol. [ Continue reading... ]
Demons of the Past: REVOLUTION, Chapter 13
September 26, 2018 By Leave a Comment
Time to look back in on Taelin as he plays a very dangerous game... --- Chapter 13. Taelin: He strode cheerfully out of Balan's Crystal, the noise of the casino fading as the doors slid shut. He slid the paychip into his inner pocket and took a deep breath of the night air. Sharp, spice-laden scents came to him, the smell of the Xaltinian jungle far below the Yunai Plateau, scents both above and below those of the city. "Taelin?" He whirled at that voice, the voice that was always waiting at the back of his mind, [ Continue reading... ]
Demons of the Past: REVOLUTION, Chapter 12
September 24, 2018 By Leave a Comment
They'd just found out that Thovia had its own secrets... ----- Chapter 12 The Eönwyl: It all makes sense now, she thought, trying to adjust her view of the world. All the oddities about these people. They are no more primitive than we are. Vick exhaled, a long, low hiss that conveyed his surprise as strongly as his thoughtvoice. A mighty weapon hidden in this sheath of night, indeed. But one city, howsoever grand – unless it be a true city of Those Who Went Before, with all their powers and mysteries intact – one city is little [ Continue reading... ]
Demons of the Past: REVOLUTION, Chapter 11
September 21, 2018 By Leave a Comment
Varan and his friends had apparently reached an accord with the Thovians.. ----- Chapter 11. Varan: Emerging from the forest onto the grassy slope of a wide alpine meadow, I stopped and looked – really looked – around me, and I suddenly realized where we were. The mountains we were slowly ascending from the west curved gently away from us both north and south, a curve that I could just make out at this altitude and from this vantage point. If that curve continued it would be a circle something close to five hundred kilometers [ Continue reading... ]
Demons of the Past: REVOLUTION, Chapter 10
September 19, 2018 By Leave a Comment
Time to look in on the other side of this game... ------ Chapter 10. Shagrath: "Prime Monitor Shagrath. I thank you for coming so promptly." He executed a perfect Six-and-One. "When your Imperial Majesty commands my appearance unexpectedly, I must presume it is urgent." Emperor Galata Nin Salrein returned his salute with a distracted air. "I believe it is." Shagrath watched without comment as the Emperor rose from the Throne of Seven and stretched. At his full height, Emperor Galata was more than six centimeters taller than [ Continue reading... ]
Demons of the Past: REVOLUTION, Chapter 9
September 17, 2018 By 2 Comments
Varan and company had completed their rescues, and were waiting to find out WHY Guvthor had wanted them to visit... ----- Chapter 9. Varan: I shook my head to clear it, found that wasn't doing much good. In fact, I wasn't even sure where I was. [anger-and-confusion-curse]! Whatever has done this I shall visit with talon and Hunger! Vick's mindvoice was muzzy, about the way my own thoughts felt. I was finally aware I was sitting on something, face slumped down on what felt like wood. A table? I could hear a faint moan of [ Continue reading... ]
Demons of the Past: REVOLUTION, Chapter 8
September 14, 2018 By Leave a Comment
The Eonwyl and Varan were on a rescue mission... ----- Chapter 8. Eönwyl: Ten people. Ten that just might still be alive. But the very technology that made it possible that some of the people were alive was blocking her probes. Damn Imperial shielding; the passives built into the material are too sinking good. And time was of the essence. No one knew that better than a miner, than someone who had lost friends in the horrific crushing black. She glanced coldly over at Guvthor, who was exerting his immense strength to shift a [ Continue reading... ]
Demons of the Past:REVOLUTION, Chapter 7
September 12, 2018 By Leave a Comment
Time to look in on Varan's friend Taelin... ----- Chapter 7. Taelin: Taelin waved Pinesa and Melysa off as he got his jacket on. "Not tonight," he said with a regretful half-smile. "I've got a race tomorrow morning." Pinesa gave a momentary pout but then threw back her mane of black hair and smiled. "Tomorrow night, then," she said, with a wink as she and Melysa gave him a good-bye kiss, bracketing his golden blonde with sunset red and night-dark for a moment. He gave each of them a quick kiss. "Count on it!" Once well away [ Continue reading... ]
Demons of the Past: REVOLUTION, Chapter 6
September 10, 2018 By Leave a Comment
Varan and Company had just discovered that Guvthor could do "creepy" far too well... ----- Chapter 6. Varan: For the first time in a long time, I was more nervous about one of my allies than my enemies. We had no idea what, if anything, Outpost Thovia knew about me – news updates to places this far out often went on six month cycles – but most of the Outpost had just gotten wiped out by a landslide. A landslide that, it seemed, our jovial and friendly astrophysicist had somehow arranged, and done so with one short [ Continue reading... ]
Demons of the Past: REVOLUTION, Chapter 5
September 7, 2018 By Leave a Comment
Let's get our friends to Thovia, since that's where they've been heading... ----- Chapter 5. The Eönwyl: "Everyone in their positions?" she asked once more. She knew the answer, but in this case, it was best to make sure. "Secured at secondary station," Varan confirmed. I am secured and ready to administer shielding needs, Vick thought calmly. "Indeed, I am strapped in as well as can be managed. I am ready to come home." Guvthor's voice was particularly cheerful; she couldn't blame him, she felt rather cheerful herself. She [ Continue reading... ]
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