Project Preview: Icarus II
Roluk was still delirious as he was dragged along through a weathered stone corridor. Support columns alongside him provided a balconied view below to the rocky outcropping he'd been brought to. Never in a thousand years would he have believed the...
Project Preview: Icarus
July 10th, 2555 On an otherwise cloudless day among a towering cityscape of spires and pristine superstructures, on a quiet corner on a rooftop plaza rowed with tables and umbrellas for the tropical rains that inevitably came sat a silent pocket,...
Blink
There he was again. Lost in a hazy nightmare of memories of long, long ago. Of the old house on the corner of the street, abandoned and overgrown. Casually ignored or dismissed by everybody. The subject of dares to the children of the neighborhood. If...
Halo: Survival Instinct
Somewhere off in the distance, Maculee heard laughing, blended with the creaking of iron. A final resounding slam echoed, and silence fell in its wake. He stirred, coming back to his senses as he pushed himself up to his feet on cold hard concrete and...
Truth or Dare
_\>Hey, what're you doing tonight?_ _\>Going out for a night on the town_ _\>You've said that for the last five nights_ _\>I keep meeting somebody_ _\>It's that one in the red dress you told me about right?_ _\>Yeah! I think she likes me_ _\>You...
Grave Fortunes
_To the inheritor of my duty, my work, and my life. This letter is addressed to you, whoever you may be. I have my assurances that I know who you are, but one can never be so sure after all. I, Cromwell Hume, now impart upon you the deed and title of...
Crossed Lines
The morning was quiet. Grey sheets of cloud hung up in the sky on the early fall morning. On the edge of the woods, on trees that were now bare like sticks, he walked through a field. Dew clung to everything in a cold dampness, on the verge of...
Broken Barriers
Things were strange. 30 years ago, nobody would have likely ever believed a place like this could exist. But, things changed. People changed. Or, more correctly, peoples. A remote colony, far off the fringes of UNSC territory, away from the...
Set in Stone
Fire burned, molten hot, scorching and charring, burning and singeing. The resounding thumps of a hammer, metal on metal resounded through the workshop. Great, powerfully resonating reverberations through the stone and metal forges that were packed...
Garden Variety
Nothing ever went right without problems these days. There was always a hitch. And today seemed like it was going to be a good day too...... Boosting power to the hydraulic systems in the arms of her environment suit, she let her hands grip...
Garden Variety Not Included
Today had started simple enough. Suit up, step outside, and gather samples away from the research base. He had gone out with a partner, as it was always safer with a pair out here. The Natives were never explicitly hostile. But being the unique life...
Shackled Instinct
It was supposed to be a routine delve. A new place to explore. And for the most part, that was true. The old crumbling fort was indeed a new place to explore. Along with a few bits and pieces of valuables to be found, and the loot from the defenders...