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Eyes Without A Face 11/5/2025 11:13pm

Grace Gearhorn

"Well, the Leeward Reaches are quite far from any centers of civilization" @Leroy Spindels said. "Not a cosmopolitan center like Ypsilanti Station. So you're bound to get some stares. But don't you worry. Reachers like to keep their distance!" The soggy, teetering catwalks at this station had plenty of foot traffic, but people were clearing a path for us. Flouncey, the crotchety old shopkeeper and I, and @Claira with her little five-legged fur pig on her shoulders. Lots of...(READ MORE)

prixxi 11/3/2025 2:26pm

Captain Vex

The nails are mostly used for killing vampires. First of all, they’re the only thing sharp enough to penetrate a vampire’s crystal hux, and the only thing that’ll do ‘em in once they do. It’s the nanites, which are made by monks and nuns and made to transform the Ultimate Darkness into Light. Which blows them right up. So there’s a lot of close contact at a Fingershade wedding. As a security measure. The nanites are harmless if you’re not a vampire. That little scratch is just...(READ MORE)

Egregore 11/1/2025 11:57pm

Rose Nomenclature

I didn't need the glasses to tell me these were automatic mannequins. They weren't hiding it. Not in the gentle chiming bells of their voices, not in the whirring of the knives from their wrists and fingertips, and not refraining at all from spinning their heads a full 360 degrees or 90 degrees on their hips. They marched in such precision it was if they were part of a single machine, and as they escorted me to the bridge. "MzzzzzzzNomenklaturek..kk..k..." whirred the automatic man...(READ MORE)

SMILEYS BASEMENT 10/30/2025 11:35pm

Allan Ward

"And here it comes, Jay. In all its magnificent glory." "That's right Allan. The hangar doors are parting..." "That's over 120 feet of hangar doors, for the folks listening at home, Jay" "It certainly is, Allan, And the morning sun seems to be rising from the exact perfect spot to light up the ship before the doors are fully open. A single, glorious golden shaft of light, gently caressing the curve of the envelope..." "Well they build them...(READ MORE)

e 10/28/2025 10:10pm

Bretenda J

Crate 969. Not sure why it rates special containment. It's packed tightly with slim volumes, each with a date range on its spine and cover, and each short chapter within it is dated as well. I picked one at random and opened it: Jemma was packing up her things. "It's a new page in our lives," she said. "The most exciting adventure we ever imagined!" "I just think it would be different if we had a choice." "I think the science is pretty clear on that...(READ MORE)

The Metataxi 10/25/2025 10:33pm

Reema White Antelope

"Yes, @Ran Pleasing, I'm still here." "Oh, thank goodness captain. I thought I'd lost you in the darkness." "Yes, well, that's just it! Here, tie this to your buckle. Make sure it's tight." Our hands meet in the darkness, and I hand her the end of the rope. "I went back for it," I said. "Totally dumb of me to forget. It's the only way we'll find our way back." "We turn back when we run out?" Ran asked. "I brought...(READ MORE)

ol' big balloon 10/23/2025 10:44pm

Lady Bast

"There's debris coming through, captain." "Anything we can't handle?" "Looks like... some plant material, dirt.... part of what looks like it was a structure, maybe a barn. Oh, and a body." "A body? Alive?" "Hard to tell captain. But it looks like we'll come right up to it." "Get the rigsmen to the catwalks with the hooks and see if you can bring it in. Helm, get us through that aperture before it closes." "Aye ma...(READ MORE)

SS Evergreen 10/21/2025 10:48pm

Salty John

"By god it is an island! Look through the glass! There! Between the waves!" "You're right! We're saved!" "The sooner we're off this leaky lifeboat the better. Grab an oar!" "Wait, there's something funny about that island..." "ANY island will do, man! We need water! Cocoanuts! Let's row!" "Hold on. Take another look. It's swarming with... small airships?" "Lemme see that..." "Or giant bees. Wasps.&quo...(READ MORE)

Razorcrest 10/19/2025 9:07pm

starfilly

made a pretty good compromise on the ship design (see attached) in that article can understand how some of my less abstract images like Starry Unicorn and Space Tiger Lily and Skunk King could attract undo attention and something more camo would be better for our needs and since all the sudden we are data smugglers I had just the thing which is a an entropy compounding recursive visual-data idiom really basic stuff actually but turns out to be just the thing for letting us fly through the nets a...(READ MORE)

Nave-Straordinaria di Valoreon 10/17/2025 6:58am

Valoreon Alto

Got it! I am brilliant at not questioning things as I used to go to the Psychic High School so you're in good hands! Can't wait for me and the good ol' Nave-Straordinaria di Valoreon to go on our first trip of our job! Just to make sure-- I'll do it anyways-- but it's nothin' illegal... right?...(READ MORE)

Zap Colonize Epilog 10/15/2025 11:27pm

Sister Elm

"Ewwwwwwww it stinks! It stinks!" cried @Willow and Birch simultaneously. "Away! Flee!" "It's not that bad," said Little Sister Oak. "It will be good for our skin." Willow and Birch were not wrong. But with the eyes of the rest of the fairy host upon me...." "Oh bitter Muck, your stench--" "That's fine, @Teak," I said. "Save it for when we make it back. With Tara." "For Tara!" I cry to the host, f...(READ MORE)

The Sadie Hawkins 10/13/2025 10:12pm

Armando Lupiz

Ol' Billy Nails wasn't having it. "Aw, no, captain. Ms. Amalasuintha would never get involved with such rash of pirates and cutthroats." "Well, Billy, maybe she didn't know what kinda trouble they were. Maybe she just liked a steady buyer for her Langpa fur and Frinlic plumes. She raises them, doesn't she? It's only natural she'd sell 'em. You seen any buyers around here? Any trips to market?" Billy looked down at his boots. Like he always did when he was thinking....(READ MORE)

Steampunk to hell 10/11/2025 11:31pm

Rose Shaken

I was working as a shopgirl at Newport & Mains. It was my fourth or fifth job. I quit in the middle of the Christmas rush, when I learned I just wasn't cut out for that level of customer service. There was a particular middle-aged woman, Isotoner gloves, gabardine coat, who was disgusted with me that we were out of silicone breast handlers in a particular color, and I just sat down on the floor behind the register and stared off into space. As her babbling faded into the distance, I began to...(READ MORE)

Matte Kudasai 10/9/2025 10:21pm

Billy Sabab

"The Haunted Dolls are gearing up," said Ensign Marvelous. "They're all lining up at the hatches and twittering like crazy. I didn't knw there were this many on board. We're crawling with them." They'd made it clear where we needed to drop them off. Literally let them jump right out of the ship. In the clouds in the middle of the night. Right up on the crest of a mountain range. Somewhere ahead lay the lost city. "Haunted Doll to see you, captain," Shipman Eva...(READ MORE)

The Sightline 10/7/2025 10:26pm

Enrich Hue

"Well the parade certainly looks glorious today, doesn't it Bob?" "That's right Hue. And a beautiful day for it." "There's that beautiful yellow luminescence coming down through the irradiated ionosphere." "And reflecting so powerfully from the face screens of honor guard." "We're all honored, Bob. And here come the Squid Machines!" "Exciting to see them featured at the front of the parade..." "That's right Hue. U...(READ MORE)



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