Hey all,
This timing is not quite what I expected, but a recent rip-off of the Waystation appearing on Amazon.com forced me to move up the timetable somewhat.
I promise that future rele...
2024-01-06 11:13:01 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 115
Splitting the Party III
Scruff walked lightly over the frosty ground and tried to ignore the screaming argument between Wendy and her mother. She loved the girl; she cou...
2024-01-05 09:00:06 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 13
Salvage Operations
Nellie looked at the unconscious man and sighed. Some people were so predictable it was painful. His sudden desire to see the other models she had, plu...
2024-01-04 09:00:05 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 114
Splitting the Party II
After a hectic day for the Waystationers, the sun was finally starting to set. Already, the land owned by the crew was unrecognizable. Flat and cl...
2024-01-03 09:05:01 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 113
Splitting the Party
Bert Hudson tapped his fingers on the table in a rapid tattoo of irritation. The cause of that irritation was, well, everything around him. Most sign...
2024-01-03 09:00:04 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 12
Smoke and Fire
The heavy metal gates should have been closed. Nellie had seen a lot since she ended up on this planet: walls broken by battering rams and explosives, gate...
2024-01-02 09:05:01 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 11
Wreckage.
Nellie watched Duke’s workers unloading her hold. This had been her largest haul yet. The piece of wreckage she had found in the forests bordering the town ha...
2024-01-02 09:00:07 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 112
Returning Home.
Rose gaped at the gleaming wood and metal of the Waystation as she was helped down from the cab of the Express. It would have been hard to believe it was...
2023-12-29 09:00:05 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 10
A Good Start
“If you return in twenty minutes, the payment will be left in the same place,” Fourteen’s clipped tones sounded from the speakers again.
“Unnec...
2023-12-28 09:00:03 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 111
Time to make a change!
“I don’t want to do this!” Rose struggled in his grip as her feet touched down in deep mud.
“Yes. You said,” Death noted as he poi...
2023-12-27 09:05:01 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 110
From Bad to Worse
Rose shot out of the keep's doors; shadows gathered around her as she blurred across the ground. She stumbled here and there; her wings fluttered occas...
2023-12-27 09:00:05 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 9
Growing Pains
“Thank you for your purchase of a Synthetic Automated Life - Echo Model,” A plain voice came from the blank, emotionless face. “This Echo Model is prof...
2023-12-26 10:20:29 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 8
Radio daze
“A little to the left!” Paren yelled over the comms.
“You know you don’t have to yell, right?” Nellie sighed into the mic.
“A LITTLE TO ...
2023-12-26 10:18:09 +0000 UTC
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Hey all!
I just wanted to say thank you on the eve of this celebration.
Whatever holiday you may be celebrating, or even none at all, I wanted to say a personal thank you fo...
2023-12-24 16:31:05 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 109
Awkward and Wonderful
Gavin woke up tangled in the naked form of Lyra. He was still bleeding slightly, but he must have taken at least two healing potions at some point....
2023-12-22 07:56:22 +0000 UTC
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Chapter Seven
Transport
Crush-Cha pushed out the grating on the roof vent and crawled out onto the frozen roof. The cold air tightened his scales instantly. He had built up quite a ...
2023-12-21 07:48:03 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 108
Questing - Recover the Crown Jewels, Part Two.
“So, they are really like that?” Lyra asked for what felt like the fifteenth time since Gavin had started to explain l...
2023-12-20 09:05:01 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 107
Questing - Recover the Crown Jewels
“Sure about this?” Bell asked him for the third time.
“Aye,” Gavin nodded and drew himself up. “I’m nae a child.”...
2023-12-20 09:00:09 +0000 UTC
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Chapter Six
Walls.
Nellie practically vibrated in her seat as she flew away from Duke’s place. She was still careful not to speak until they were almost half an hour from the farm...
2023-12-19 09:42:00 +0000 UTC
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Chapter Five
Heavy Cargo
Nellie sat on top of the passenger shuttle and looked around the yard. A lot had changed since she bought the place, but so much still needed to be done.
2023-12-19 09:40:43 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 106
Questing - Discover the Lost Temple II
Bert found himself in an entryway of sorts. It was a singular circular room with the opening a few meters above in the center of a...
2023-12-15 10:20:45 +0000 UTC
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Chapter Four
Planning ahead.
Nellie walked around the table several times, ensuring it looked right from all sides. The design looked right to her, but was there any way to be sure?...
2023-12-14 09:23:30 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 105
Questing - Discover the Lost Temple
Bert was not surprised to see King Dagon outside the Waystation the following day. With a heavy sigh, Bert walked out into the cold t...
2023-12-13 09:05:00 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 104
Interlude - Changes
“Does this seem too easy to anyone else?” Bert asked as he stared across the table at the two small orbs.
“What the hell?” Wendy protes...
2023-12-13 09:00:06 +0000 UTC
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Chapter Three
Branching Out
Nellie brought the cargo shuttle in to land near the breach in the wall. The town inside looked abandoned from the air, but you never knew. When they fir...
2023-12-12 09:05:00 +0000 UTC
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Chapter Two
Night light
“Are you ready?” Lucy asked, her voice imparted directly to Nellie’s eardrum, confident and calm.
“Ready,” Nellie confirmed, fee...
2023-12-12 09:00:04 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 103
Questing - Clear the Haunted Castle, IV
Bud kept a count as they went. There were at least fifty guards per floor, and that didn’t include the actual ghosts who were m...
2023-12-08 09:00:07 +0000 UTC
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Chapter One
Nightmares and New Starts
Nellie woke with a scream; the lifeless eyes of Tor-Am had chased her through another nightmare. Wiping her eyes as she took a drink of water f...
2023-12-07 10:19:56 +0000 UTC
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Previously on Nellie and the Nanites…
Chanelle ‘Nellie’ Bonne-Chance, an orphan from birth who was raised by some very unusual nuns, was having a terrible day. Fired, broke, and dumpe...
2023-12-07 10:18:43 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 102
Questing - Clear the Haunted Castle, III
“Do you think there is ever any actual treasure?” Lily asked Bud as they cleared yet another small room full of dust and mol...
2023-12-06 09:05:01 +0000 UTC
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