Dust and Echoes - Part V
Ilaria slapped her twin brother hard against the back of his head as they walked through the freshly-cycled airlock. "Well you didn't have to ~tase~ the poor girl. It hurt just watching that thing shock her." "What? The Major gave me an order." Iolvin...
Kaleidoscope XII - Death and All Her Friends
A large column of steam and smoke stood up to orbit like a gaseous space elevator, one that tethered to the ground atop a bed of molten rock and earth. "they're glassing the planet. spirits, they're trying to punch into the core."
Dust and Echoes - Part III
"Oui?" Ilaria ducked down a bit so the camera on Carbon's front door could clearly see her face. "The Major called us up. Said now was fine to have a talk." "Greetings Madame. Ah, and vous frients az weel. Monsieur Carbon eez waiting." Fleur opened...
Dust and Echoes - Part II
"Alright, ladies! Up and out in ten!" Lilith clapped her paws and slapped her tail against a wall loudly to suddenly drive everyone awake, but paused for a moment when she looked down to the hare in her lower bunk. "Oh, sorry Car. You know I don't...
Walls: Reboot 9 - The Trench Coat
Of course, this will only be an issue until the underground railroad is finished or we get another space elevator... whatever comes first." i observed him as he spoke, and i could feel some kind of feedback through the machine that connected us.
It sets my mind to wander...
At first that just meant those prestige projects -- the three gorges dam, the base on the moon, the space elevator they started constructing. but that can only employ so many people, and they looked elsewhere.
Dust and Echoes - Part VI
"Are you... almost...?" Carbon flipped a lock of Zoë's hair over another and tugged the overlap tightly. "Just about, hon. Pass me that other clip?" Iolvin shook his head with a smile as he placed the requested twist barrette into Carbon's awaiting...
Walls: Reboot 4 - The Creeping Shadow
That said, one would wish that maxwell had built a second space elevator." i nodded, "i'll get the rations out of the way, you'll fetch the beans?"
Starborne: New Beginnings - Swan Song
Yetagain, you were prepared - kyra and you orchestrated our countermove,defending mission control and the space elevator against the onslaught. i... ilaunched while the fighting was still ongoing, but... we won in the end.
Eternal Flames
"so the three of us head to the space elevator, stow away--" "you're loaded and a holy prince. you can't buy tickets?" "not without making a fuss and attracting royal guards and my moms.
Salvaged Ch. 5: Shared Understandings
You might like seeing things like the sphinx, or the statue of liberty, or the space elevator, or touchdown square in quan ling."
The Sparks of an Ancient Light
"penny, the space elevator is not needed," said the dragon as she peered into the camera lens, startling the animals.