Paragon Center, Dr. Downes Waiting Room - Two Weeks After Olympus The waiting room outside Downs’s office smelled normal. That was the problem. Fresh coffee brewed sometime in the last twenty minutes. Lemon cleaner on the tile floors. Somebody’s cinnamon gum. Cheap printer toner from the receptionist desk. Human scents layered over each other in …
Category: Mutants & Masterminds
New Memories
Even outside the door of the two-bedroom condo on the top corner of Paragon Park Towers, he knew she’d just stepped out of the shower. For a moment, he let his mouth part, drawing the air across his forked tongue—then he smiled. Mandarin oranges. Cedar. Rosemary. Even through the chaos of that night at the …
Assistance Requested
Subject: Pre-Existing Soul Claim — Research Questions Henri, I know you are likely doing your own research given our last mission, but its eating at me so I have asked APEX to help me research just based on what I heard, saw and have experienced prior to our discuss in Olympus with Hades and his …
It Has to Be Enough
VAHA-Y1-D182 — Fremont Basin — CIV/ANOM — Boundary Conditions - Emerging Patterns To musi wystarczyć We start classes tomorrow. That should feel normal. Routine. Structure. Something I used to understand—syllabus, expectations, inputs and outputs. Study, learn, apply. It’s supposed to be clean. It isn’t. Not really. Not here. Not at Paragon. Not at VAHA. “Normal” …
Correction
Kraków — Jagiellonian University Archive - May, 2014 The room smelled like paper and dust and something older he didn’t have a word for. Lukas sat in a wooden chair that was a little too tall for him, his feet not quite touching the floor, gently swinging without him noticing. The table in front of …
Peaceful Energy
It had been a long night but weirdly I didn’t really feel tired, instead I felt strangely energized. Allison had gone over to her room to hang her stuff up and hop in the shower, which I’d been mildly disappointed she didn’t want to join me in the one off my room even if she …
Surprise-Guilt-Fear-Frustration-Grief-Rage-Life-Guilt. A Cycle
I'd been down this path before. In my dreams, usually in my nightmares. So when it hit, recognition flared, but it didn’t stop so it was a nightmare but not the right kind. When we’d walked in, I’d been chatting with Felix about the scoring and options from the session today. I just didn’t understand …
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A Break in the Action
LAST SUNDAY, EARLY MORNING I lean against the kitchen counter, my biceps flexing as I grip the edge. The sleek, modern cabinets and appliances gleam under the dim lighting, bathing us in a sensual glow. The forty-two-inch countertop is the perfect height, allowing me to effortlessly support Allison's hips. My ears pick out the song …
Alliance Day V
Paragon Center, Alliance Memorial Park, November 5th 2033 8:21 EST The nano-transmitter burst into activity, the robotic text to speech even programmed in a stilted version of Nano’s voice to indicate the message’s origin. “Artemis and Alphus Secret Service B squad inbound. Orders to watch and intervene if necessary. Unknown parameters of ‘if necessary.’ No …
Alliance Day: Chapter IV
Foster Industries Residential Tower, Crosswook, November 5th, 2033 7:45 EST “Thank you for coming so quickly, Commander.” “Of course, Madam President,” replied the JAG officer on duty, Commander Andrea Vandergriff. “What’s the protocol for these allegations? Against the former president I mean?" “I can’t really speak to definite legalities, Ma’am, we’ll need to get the …
Alliance Day: Chapter III
Paragon Center, Alliance Memorial Park, November 5th, 2033 7:10 EST Red Widow eyea smiled, “My apologies Casey, I guess I’m a little invested in the final peace everyone has worked so hard to achieve, invested in the knowledge that all of the truths will finally come out so all the victims can hope for closure.” A pause, …
Alliance Day, Chapter II
Paragon Alliance Memorial Park, Crosswook, November 5th, 2033 6:30 PM EST She walked down the short ramp and turned towards the broadcast area. Whether it counted as irony or luck, maybe both, the abundant crowds swarmed the park during the warmth of the day, previous pattern analytics provided confident projections that the memorial had become just …
Alliance Day, Chapter I
New Ranger Base, Canadian Rockies, November 5th, 2033 Explosions rock the craft, shrill screams piercing the sound muting qualities of her helmet, she hits the quick release straps, climbing out of the cockpit, as the door slides open she sees it…..chaos, screaming, blood splatter everywhere, fights through the panicked students, bellowing…….”MUM!!!!!!” The scream echoes through the …
Anomalies, Part I
"I'm going to stay with her during the tests." For a few moments as Mick's eyes bored into me, I was sure he was going to refuse, yet again, as he had every other time I claimed it was my responsibility to know what my team was suffering from so I could help, or adapt, …
Date Night
He'd been waiting for a night like tonight for what seemed like forever, an actual night out. Not a day where they hung out with everyone else somewhere, but a night to themselves, away from the Academy. He hadn't been this nervous about something since . . . he didn't really know when. Things just …
Last Dreams 