Navigating the Labyrinth: Part II - In Search of Words
To accomplish all that needed to be achieved in this chapter; i decided to experiment on a form of non-linear narrative. i've wanted to play with non-linear narrative and memory for a while now.
610 Viewpoint Like A Missile
Save Point: Viewpoint Like A Missile Somewhere in South America, 1980 Imagine your viewpoint like a missile. Imagine that, with your minds eye, you sweep forward, at first along the treetops, then down below them, following a half-made trail that...
607 The Night Has Claws
Save Point: The Night Has Claws "You have to have a little animal in you to survive an attack like that," suggests Cleo, reading not in the headlines but in a much smaller article how a locally well-known cheerleader and her friend were quite...
390 In The High Places
Save Point: In The High Places The Battle Of Kalikshutra "_What is this place?" she demands, of curiosity, when they come to a height on which seven spurs of yellow-grey stone, like the bones of the world exposed, curve upward to form a cradle...
650 Cat Versus Wilderness
Save Point: Cat Versus Wilderness Somewhere On Exmoor It is late at night and fully dark and they are in some remote country place, complete with grass and bush and overgrown thickets and all the other staples such an environment demands. Cleo is...
462 Green Bronze Collar
Save Point: Green-Bronze Collar Instead of defending, Cleo grabs the descending warrioresses wrists and traps her ankles, then pulls her down on top of her, stopping the sickle-sword an iota from her muzzle and pinning her completely for all the fact...
485 Cinnamon Dark
Save Point: Cinnamon Dark This tribe have the usual large cooking pot, but unlike most places it's not some cheap VOA Dutch East Indies cannibal pot. Instead, it's a vessel made entirely of some sort of transparent glass, like an enormous fish-bowl...
760 Siberian Swap
Save Point: Siberian Swap Somewhere near the Arctic Circle Terrowne finds himself hanging out with a very sexy werewolfess fresh off the Siberian oil project. She has golden eyes and a wonderfully pink tongue and nose. "Give it to me," she insists...
835 On A Boat
Save Point: On A Boat Some Motion On The Ocean Cleo rests her muzzle on his belly. "Hey, what are you doing?" "Trying to help you clear your mind..." (she starts nibbling and gently fingering him) "...and by the time I'm done, your mind will be...
618 The Siege-Mistress
Save Point: The Siege-Mistress Secure Interactive Interface, Level 150 Her final argument with the master program is very different from anything one might expect, neither heroic virtual-space battle or rationalizing tactical dispute. The program, as...
243 Hard Lines
Save Point: Hard Lines "What is it with you and her?" Terrowne shrugs. "I like the way her ass works." ~\*~ Ysis is on guard duty today, wearing her full suit of tactical armor as usual despite the heat, and Anubisya waves at her wearily as he...
880 Full Moon Night
Save Point: Full Moon Night Age Of Eversion "It's full moon, and solstice night too, tonight," observes Cleo as they drive inward toward the city, past the remaining two of the Three Kings. "On new years eve, even. What do you think the werewolves...