Phoenix Drake
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Auroras
Katsa skimmed just above the ground on her sidera, fighting a little as the small craft listed from side to side. It felt like the gyroscope was out of alignment, and it would be difficult to avoid getting thrown off before Rhoden could fix it. By dint of a few maneuvers that would have made her flight instructor proud, she made it to the engineercorps’ building without mishap. Recognizing her energy signature, the door obligingly dematerialized without asking for identification. There were benefits to having to come in so often.
By Phoenix Drake11 months ago in Fiction
Unit 735
Nobody can hear a scream in the vacuum of space, or so they say. Many different races of sapients used this phrase, or something similar, and Unit 735 had at first deduced that it was a literal instruction that distress signals through vacuum must be accomplished via light rather than sound. However, the unit had observed sapients using the phrase in situations for which this meaning would be inappropriate, leading it to conclude that there must be some other meaning. Sapients sometimes used words in strange ways, but the unit was often unable to interpret these instances, because its operators always instructed it using precise language. It did not matter, as the unit was not programmed to express fear or pain in the same way sapients did.
By Phoenix Drake2 years ago in Fiction