Aberration, Part 3 - The Gift
"Strange thing, aren't you?" I recoil at the words, the frigid breath on which they ride permeating my fur and skin. I reach out to shove the speaker away, and my aura flares up like an invisible bubble of unrestrained panic, as it comes into...
Aberration, Part 2 - Effectively The Beginning
Once I open my eyes and see the sky rather than the ceiling I'm used to, I almost sadden myself with how unsurprised I am. I remember everything all too clearly. My home is in ruins, shattered by the worst aether storm that this world has ever seen....
Aberration, Part 1 - Not Quite The Beginning
I'm not accustomed to life outside of the city where I was born. Everything was simple and nobody thought eye contact was grounds for biting each other in half. She seemed nice enough at a distance. She was just as quiet as everyone said, and she...
Aberration, Part 8 - The Attack
We'll pick up where we last found me. That being the floor off to the side of Yhana's room, rubbing my wounded skull and moaning loudly, pitifully, because dignity be damned. It was a nice few days but I guess that's as long as I can go without being...
Aberration, Part 7 - Nym
It didn't take long for the ship to begin moving. Most of the crew generally paid me no mind, but Jori gave me the rundown on the ones she knew well. The Nahrrimurn Family, mercenaries from the Republic to the west. Presiding over them is Neien, their...
Aberration, Part 6 - Finally
My captor slides me into her palm, a single thread of saliva acting as the last leash tying me to the prison of her carnivore teeth; it snaps as she holds me out at arm's length. Exposed to the elements once more, I blanket myself in tails to hide my...
Aberration, Part 5 - Chaos Ensues
After subduing the small crew, we continued our journey east. The pod we had used to get this far had been damaged in the grip of the crane, so the somewhat less subtle Caliphate raid ship has to suffice. It's going to be difficult to explain what...
Aberration, Part 4 - Received
My back is quivering. My head is pounding. As I wake gradually, these are the only things I can focus on; any other sensory feedback is just garnish. Eventually, I start squirming from the pain, and then eventually I manage to stop; I'm not sure how...
Nobody's Servant, Part 9 - Break
I'm terrified. I'll go ahead and admit that now before the finger pointing begins, not that anybody has time for it. My shoulder heaves into yet another bulkhead, aiding Sal and Leonov in creaking it shut. The artificial priest hammers at the...
Nobody's Servant, Part 10 - Eren
Don't look at me like that. I freely admit now that there may have been a few things I failed to mention to you. And yes, among those things might have been an unpredictable, murderous, cannibalistic fugue state. Or the fact that I became receptive...
Nobody's Servant, Part 11 - Mainland
The lights in the room strobe erratically, reflecting off the creeping spread of black fluid as it covers more and more of the white tile floor. It spreads out from me like rain, scattering unpredictably, and joining the mass that flows around the...
Nobody's Servant, Part 14 - Living Situation
I'm sitting on one of the side balconies of the upper lounge. The recent happenings have understandably made the other passengers hesitant to go out in the open, which works just fine for me. I need the solitude. More specifically, someone I need to...