In the Networks Sydney branch offices, several people were sat around a conference table while an image displayed on a screen. Keith, Annabeth, Gladys, Koen and Nigel were all in attendanc...
2020-09-24 23:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostHeres the situation, Koen said through voice chat. The ADEs are river hydras. Big ones. Lots of regeneration, lots of poison, lots of heads. Weve got two that are ideally placed. F...
2020-09-23 23:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostJason saw flashes of what Nigels team could bring to the table if they fought more like adventurers. While the general approach was for focus fire tactics, they each had specialties that w...
2020-09-22 23:01:02 +0000 UTC View PostAs a Network team set up a ritual to open the aperture to the proto-astral space, Nigel talked Jason through the assembled force. The Networks tactical presence consisted of two platoons of three...
2020-09-21 23:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostSitting at a table in the bar lounge of his houseboat, Jason spent considerable time hammering out details with Keith and Annabeth. For loot distribution, Jason would keep a percentage for his own ...
2020-09-18 23:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostJason looked over at Other Gordon.
Are you sure that this guy should be hearing all this? he asked.
Participation in formal negotiations with outside parties is part of our agreem...
2020-09-17 23:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostI think we should start, Keith said, by getting everyone on the same page in terms of who we are and what we do.
I think thats my cue to go, Vermillion said. Now that the meet...
2020-09-16 23:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostJason woke early, did his weight training and then went through his combat training. Now that Shade was able to exert an amount of physical force, he could leverage his knowledge of Jasons...
2020-09-15 23:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostOn the way back from picking Emi up at school, Jason suggested they take advantage of the warm day. Casselton had pleasant winters as it were and the afternoon temperature had climbed into t...
2020-09-14 23:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostIt was a strange closing of the circle as Jason watched his recordings with his family. Seeing himself with no way of ever knowing if the moment he was now experiencing would ever happen. 2020-09-11 23:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post
Erika approached the houseboat flanked by her family and the towering figure of Taika, all carrying crates of alcohol. Jason and Emi came out to meet them, standing on the lower deck that wa...
2020-09-10 23:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostSo, how are you doing after yesterday? Jason asked his niece as Shade drove them toward the marina.
Its weird, Emi said. I kind of like having this big secret.
We...
2020-09-09 23:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostErika, Ian and Kaito were gathered in a waiting room with Jasons mother, Cheryl, and her brother, Robert. Emi had been left with Amy and her children. This was something Erika had come to ...
2020-09-08 23:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostErika had put together a simple dinner of salad, tartiflette and buttermilk pie. Tartiflette was a potato, bacon, onion and cheese casserole that made a great winter warmer. They sat somewha...
2020-09-07 23:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostJason led the uncharacteristically docile child outside and they got into his car. She goggled at the gull wing doors and sleek interior. She was even more startled when the car took off wit...
2020-09-04 23:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostJason stood on the patio, looking out at the yard. He sensed her approach but didnt turn around.
I wasnt sure it was really you, Amy said, talking to his back. The others don...
2020-09-03 23:00:59 +0000 UTC View PostJason returned to Erikas house in the crisp air of the winter Saturday morning. After giving his sister a night to process his sudden return, he was expecting a thorough grilling. He wante...
2020-09-02 23:08:08 +0000 UTC View PostThe naked womans feet trailed on the floor as she was dragged through concrete halls, not cooperating even enough to stumble along. The closest thing she had to clothing was the collar aro...
2020-09-01 23:02:26 +0000 UTC View PostYou should come to your sisters party tomorrow night instead of just showing up after, Hiro said.
Not a good plan, Jason said. Ooh, smell that. I missed garlic.
The...
2020-08-31 23:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostHow long since youve been back? Jason asked Hiro as the motorhome drew closer to their hometown of Casselton Beach.
Your memorial service. There wasnt a body, obviously, so n...
2020-08-28 23:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostThe magical motorhome made its way north long the coast. On the bottom floor, the windows had turned opaque as Taika, Hiro and Vermillion watched some of Jasons earliest recording on a hol...
2020-08-27 23:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostFinally, Jason said. He was standing in front of Hiros apartment building with the cloud flask in his hand.
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Annabeths eyes snapped open. As a category one, her senses were only slightly heightened, but something had triggered an instinctive reaction and awakened her. Straining her aura senses, s...
2020-08-25 23:22:15 +0000 UTC View PostThe building looked like any of the other industrial warehouses around it. The inside, however, was an operations centre for the Cabal. Three reinforced security doors lay between the exteri...
2020-08-24 23:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostLook at the way he moves, said Nigel, the combat instructor of the Networks Sydney branch. That fighting style isnt an extension of ordinary martial arts.
A cluster of Netw...
2020-08-21 23:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostJason was perched on a rooftop, looking at his uncles town house from across the street. Shade appeared next to him.
Find anyone else? Jason asked.
No, Shade said. Ju...
2020-08-20 23:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostShade pulled into an underground parking structure where they wouldnt be seen and parked. Jason and Vermillion got out of the car, the others following suit. Hiro and Taika both looked str...
2020-08-19 23:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostThe art gallery displayed no more signage than a plaque beside a nondescript door. It was the kind of place that if you didnt know it was there, then you werent meant to. For many years,...
2020-08-18 23:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostA sleep-deprived Annabeth Tilden was shotgunning coffee.
More, she demanded hoarsely as she finished, sending her assistant to replenish her supply. One of the side effects of bein...
2020-08-17 23:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post