Chapters tagged science fiction

Divine Intervention (TG, Science Fiction) by JackSimth

Chapter 2

I wake up feeling disoriented. I'm sitting in an office? It's a comfortable chair… old fashioned leather, a nice deep red… why am I naked? At least I'm not tied down… I take a look around. Old mahogany desk, walls lined with books to the point I can't even tell if there's an actu...

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Getting to work by JackSimth

Chapter 3

I take a few gasps, the memory of my torment fresh in my mind… comparatively, looking down and being unable to see my lap for the two huge fleshy orbs in the way is minor. “Does she hate me that much?” “No,” the demonic entity shakes his head, “she hates *me* that much, but...

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Red by JackSimth

Chapter 5

When my senses fade in, I'm looking up at a canopy of purple circular leaves held up by red branches. I sit up, and find I know exactly how to use my new body: It doesn't feel awkward. I examine myself: Hands look human enough… dark brown skin, four fingers and a thumb on each ha...

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Wrong Way by JackSimth

Chapter 6

Wait… the sun is going *down*, not up. By the time I notice, I have already flown a couple hours in the exact wrong way. Yay. Well… I took a rank in Survival, and picked it as one of my class skills, with the idea of eventually getting a Creature Companion… but it al...

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Back on track by JackSimth

Chapter 7

The dawn brings some clarity; I wash up, have a breakfast of edible leaves, and take off… going the *right* direction this time. Still naked as the day I was born… yesterday, in a sense, but I'm also in my late twenties… I encounter the same distraction… and take a break periodic...

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Finding a job by JackSimth

Chapter 8

I focus on Fallen Fey this time. I keep the Destruction blast, but otherwise go all in: Greater Link (to keep the things I pick up for an hour), Long Step (because teleportation gets me out of jams), Feline Omens (for the cat shadow, it's actually pretty nasty), and Pixie Sticks...

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Male by JackSimth

Chapter 9

The vesk (a lizard warrior race, he goes by Bob due to pronunciation issues) who officially recruits me (he seems the least skeezy, but I think that has more to do with him not being a mammal than any inherent personality traits). Bob wears patched golemforged plating armor that...

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Cargo Hauling by JackSimth

Chapter 10

“We're one of around a hundred different ships tasked with shipping one item,” Bob begins, “some alien machine. We were all given numbered crates. Ninety-nine of them will explode when opened, one has the actual thing. The receiver knows which crate number to open, but not which...

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Cramped by JackSimth

Chapter 11

As we walk down the bare metal hallways, I ask a question, “You're not armed?” The stocky human in armor wordless holds out a hand, and a crystalline void manifests between his fingers. I get it, “Ah,you have a connection to cosmic forces.” A Solarian, probably. It's...

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Me by JackSimth

Chapter 12

The messenger isn't hard to find, the ship isn't that big: Most of the structure is either cargo space or machinery of various kinds…and it helps that there are labels on the doors and it's right across from the barracks: I was definitely tired when I went to bed. I check the com...

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