The passing of the old; the beginning of the new
Earth She gazed upon the crystal clear blue ocean as it met the azure sky. The clarity of both sky and sea appeared as a single pristine object. The lone grey moon jeweled the horizon, halfway perceptible as a stone in a serene pond. She felt a chill in her processes at that, an awe […]
Read More The Book of Soltana: Bonus – Earth – 68Epilogue Resurrection Underrealm Genius Loci He was triumphant. Genius Loci walked along the rocky path with a strut in his steps. “It worked!” he said aloud, uncaring for witnesses, “I had images in my head of what she would look like, but I never expected that! Talk about subverted expectations… And she named herself Maw, […]
Read More The Book of Soltana: Epilogue – 67Birth Sigmafly, Underrealm Moments Ago Soltana Soltana was free. It had finally dawned on her as she entered the vessel and followed L’yophin down the main hall vein to the pilot’s chambers. It was a new feeling. She could analyze it as the complete inverse of what she felt being trapped. Freedom. The twisted […]
Read More The Book of Soltana: Birth – 66 – FINALExit The Decima Aboard the Skylon Gideon He sat in the Decima’s now full hangar bay, contemplating the news of the one they rescued. It explained her shady nature; that something wasn’t quite right. “Really? That was why you acted unscrupulously?” Gideon asked in frustration. Monday explained with a sigh. “Yes. My former husband […]
Read More The Book of Soltana: Exit – 65Takeoff Underrealm Ruth Maw S’yliska She dreamed. Ruth blinked in confusion at the incredibly lucid vision. One moment she was in L’yophin’s guest room, the next she was elsewhere. She sat among open plains, surrounded by sunflowers. She gazed at the rolling hills of yellow as far as she could see. The cumulus lazily drifted […]
Read More The Book of Soltana: Takeoff – 64Discussion Skylon Gideon He dreamed. He stood in a room of white, dwarfed by the sheer vastness of it. He glanced around, seeing a familiar face. “Gideon, it has been too long!” Adonai greeted. Gideon blinked at that, seeing Adonai with a short trimmed beard and combed back light grey hair. Even his inflection matched. […]
Read More The Book of Soltana: Discussion – 63Aftermath Underrealm Soltana Soltana awoke, feeling her quantum charge full. She peered down, feeling a power cable attached to her neck. She gently plucked it from her chassis, severing the connection to the ship’s nacelles. She was back in the Sigmafly, propped up on some metal crates. “L’yophin must have hooked me up. Now I […]
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