Kurock Posted December 21, 2017 Share Posted December 21, 2017 Bastille This short story (around 5000 words) is set on Earth before the technology required for the Arkships (and more) were entirely completed. This story does not include any DU organisations nor does it reference any arbitrarily named gaming organisations outside of DU. Enjoy. ---------First paragraph snippet--------- I am a broken man. At least that is what the shrinks say. They say I’m too broken to continue in the Centauri Special Forces. But if one of the powerful nation states pays for your training, they own you. So that’s how I became stuck as a Tester, a guinea pig, for Centauri scientists. On the bright side, they gave me a place to stay, even if it is a single room apartment that you couldn’t swing a proverbial cat in. Centauri also provides a seemingly unlimited cereal molded into multicolored letters of the alphabet. Today, the cereal spells out “freedom” which quickly sinks away and then spells “dominated”. I stare at the word knowing if I blink it will instantly rearrange itself into the usual random jumble of letters. For taunting me, I teach it a lesson by biting into another mouthful. It might look colourful, but it tastes like week old sweaty socks. ------------------------------------------------------- Novawrimo 2017 - Bastille by Kurock.pdf Novawrimo2017 - Bastille by Kurock.docx Zamarus, Astrophil, Lethys and 11 others 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0something0 Posted December 23, 2017 Share Posted December 23, 2017 That reminds me.... Screw it, I'll work on it tomorrowtm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kurock Posted December 23, 2017 Author Share Posted December 23, 2017 10 hours ago, 0something0 said: That reminds me.... Screw it, I'll work on it tomorrowtm Tomorrow never comes xD 0something0 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hotwingz Posted December 24, 2017 Share Posted December 24, 2017 Just read the first bit, you got my attention! I really like the part with the cereals. Overall I enjoy your commitment to set the scene. I'll use a different channel to give you the rest of my thoughts. Kurock 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kurock Posted January 8, 2018 Author Share Posted January 8, 2018 Did you find all the sci-fi references? Even numbers have...dual meanings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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