In this version of reality there is not only one species of Homo sapiens but two. The first were Homo sapiens sapiens as you and I know them, the second were Homo sapiens griseus which were colloquially referred to as Betas. Betas are very similar in many ways to normal humans it is more interesting …
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The Three Kings: Part 5
The next day when she opened her eyes they were red and swollen. Cal was awake rolling up his sleeping mat and packing his things. She sat up gingerly holding her wrist. “Sunrise is in 15 minutes,” he said. She clumsily rolled her mat up one handed and packed her things. She saved a piece …
The Three Kings: Part 4
The next morning Terra woke up groggily to the man shaking her awake. What is your name anyways? She thought. “Cal,” he replied tersely. “Now get up.” Cal turned and walked out the door impatiently. She got out of bed grudgingly. She had only been in this room at the inn for a few days …
The Three Kings; Part 3
“You want me to kill a rat?” She said. “Yes, I will wait here, go ahead.” He is letting me leave by myself? I could just walk out the door and disappear! She thought turning to the door quickly. She jerked her hand back when a knife thudded into the wood where her hand would …
The Three Kings: Part 2
Alexa hurled her throwing knife at him as fast as she could and then… he caught it? He leaned backed and sighed putting his hat on his head. “While I suppose I couldn’t assume you would believe me right away,” he sat slouching in the chair like a fat cat that had had too much …
The Adventures of Ashley: Chapter 1
Ashley flopped onto a bar stool and ordered a drink from the bar tender. She chugged the drink as soon as she got it and ordered another. Looking around she saw a few robots casually trying to pass off as human. Most of her fellow humans seemed more or less unaware. Robots were becoming better …
Transference: Part 5
Liam wandered back down into the basement the next day. He had been thinking a lot about thing not related to designing lately. He shuffled his feet in the dust thinking and then coughed. “Who goes there?” yelled the old man from the office in the back. “It is just me,” Liam yelled back. “We …
Transference: Prologue Part 4
Liam wandered into the main office of the Recorders. It was only temporary he told himself. One day he would be a Designer, this was just something to do in the meantime. Recording was just statistics, easy, boring really. He approached the desk hesitantly. “Hi.” “Can I help you find someone,” the brunette behind the …
Transference: Prologue Part 3
“So you think you have what it takes to be a soldier do you?” The officer yelled walking back and forth in front of the ranks of aspiring soldiers. Kira stood up straight making sure her gaze remained determined. Now that she had passed some of the introductory classes it was time for her to …