Kurock Posted December 3, 2016 Share Posted December 3, 2016 Experiment Alpha. Before waking up the thousands of the Alpha team, surely one would need to check that the system is working as intended with a single test subject. A few times. No characters in the story are in any way related or based on characters outside the story, real or imaginary. This is a short story of around 5200 words At this time the placeholders for UMF are still in. These were never removed. Enjoy. ----First Paragraph Snippet---- Space. Contrary to popular belief back on Earth, stars do not move as you travel through space. Well they do, but the changes are imperceptible to the naked eye. And they don’t twinkle. Everyone I cared about I left back on Earth. Now Earth is destroyed, by some nova star and them along with it. Staring out into the void echos the void inside me. It is the loneliest I have ever felt. And then a space whale drifts by. -------------------------------------- Edit v1.1: Uploaded again with minor typo fixed as pointed out by Lethys. UMF is still in the document. Otherwise no changes. Edit: No doc changes, just here to say UMF remains in the story and won't be changed Edit: File was 0kb for some reason. Re-uploaded for everyones enjoyment. DUShortStory-ExperimentAlpha1.1.pdf Anonymous, Kitton, Lethys and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lethys Posted December 3, 2016 Share Posted December 3, 2016 Nice references (even if you claim there are none). Just a reminder: the arkship has no FTL drive. Kurock and Kitton 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anonymous Posted December 3, 2016 Share Posted December 3, 2016 Aiken Drum. My fave Julien May character because of the classic nursery rhyme he got the name from. Good story Vyz Ejstu and Kurock 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Novark Posted December 4, 2016 Share Posted December 4, 2016 Just a reminder: the arkship has no FTL drive.Woah really ? I didn't notice that.So the Arkship only traveling at the standard speed ? I think i should read the lore again Kitton 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kurock Posted December 4, 2016 Author Share Posted December 4, 2016 Nice references (even if you claim there are none). Just a reminder: the arkship has no FTL drive. References are all in your head or purely coincidental And good catch there. That was supposed to be the light speed engine. Not FTL. I blame my editor Kitton 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vyz Ejstu Posted December 4, 2016 Share Posted December 4, 2016 Aiken Drum. My fave Julien May character because of the classic nursery rhyme he got the name from. Good story " What a coincidence. Did I just read 'nursery rhyme'? " Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anonymous Posted December 4, 2016 Share Posted December 4, 2016 It's the name of the Man in the Moon "There was a man lived in the moon, lived in the moon, lived in the moon, There was a man lived in the moon, And his name was Aiken Drum. Chorus And he played upon a ladle, a ladle, a ladle, And he played upon a ladle, and his name was Aiken Drum. And his hat was made of good cream cheese, of good cream cheese, of good cream cheese, And his hat was made of good cream cheese, And his name was Aiken Drum. And his coat was made of good roast beef, of good roast beef, of good roast beef, And his coat was made of good roast beef, And his name was Aiken Drum. And his buttons made of penny loaves, of penny loaves, of penny loaves, And his buttons made of penny loaves, And his name was Aiken Drum. And his waistcoat was made of crust pies, of crust pies, of crust pies, And his waistcoat was made of crust pies, And his name was Aiken Drum. And his breeches made of haggis bags, of haggis bags, of haggis bags, And his breeches made of haggis bags, And his name was Aiken Drum." Kitton and Kurock 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kurock Posted December 5, 2016 Author Share Posted December 5, 2016 It's the name of the Man in the Moon I demand the first moonbase be named Aiken. And that moonbases first drinking establishment be called the Drum Kitton and Anonymous 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anonymous Posted December 5, 2016 Share Posted December 5, 2016 Your wish is my command (with minor mods but has a moon connection). I need a name for a pub for my entry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kitton Posted December 5, 2016 Share Posted December 5, 2016 good job kurock Kurock 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astrophil Posted December 5, 2016 Share Posted December 5, 2016 Loved it! Great work Kurock! Kurock 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kurock Posted December 15, 2016 Author Share Posted December 15, 2016 Uploaded again with minor typo fixed (Thanks Lethys for pointing that out). UMF is still in the document. There are no further changes. Lethys 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lethys Posted December 15, 2016 Share Posted December 15, 2016 NP, will be a tough decision for the devs and community Kurock 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NQ-Nyzaltar Posted December 16, 2016 Share Posted December 16, 2016 Hi there! This fan fiction has now been added to the list here as a participation to the Novawrimo contest. Best regards, Nyzaltar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Fargo Posted January 16, 2017 Share Posted January 16, 2017 Congratulations, Kurock. I really enjoyed your story. Kurock and Lethys 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vyz Ejstu Posted January 16, 2017 Share Posted January 16, 2017 " I was told never to say something nice unless I meant it. Congratulations on your story, Kurock. It was a nice addition to Dual Universe, and I wish you further success at the end of January. Cheers. " Anonymous, Lethys and Kurock 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devious_T Posted January 17, 2017 Share Posted January 17, 2017 A very deserving piece of writing! For me it was your humour that earned my vote. I hope to see more of your writing in the future. DT Kurock 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kurock Posted January 19, 2017 Author Share Posted January 19, 2017 For those that missed the thank you: https://board.dualthegame.com/index.php?/topic/10415-novawrimo-contest-rules-to-participate/?p=43943 Thanks all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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