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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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Productive by JackSimth

Chapter 13

The shower feels nice… until it goes cold, and then the water stops running entirely… then the lights go out. I towel off, and work myself into my armor (which is annoying in the dark), radio everyone, “Taking a look…” and then get to work. I find systems are dead all acros...

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Angrily by JackSimth

Chapter 14

“That was incredibly reckless Dana,” Bob begins. He's looking me in the eye, and… okay, his face is really hard to read, what with it being more lizard than human. I raise an eyebrow, “I tried to call… comma were down, and they were just drift leeches. I didn't need to get...

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All three, duh. by JackSimth

Chapter 15

The three of them apparently can't shuck their armor and clothes fast enough. Bob begins first, but finishes last - golem plating takes a bit, being heavy armor. Frank is first, his second skin peeling off easily. Gregory gets second place, Freebooter armor being piecemeal anyway...

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Stealth by JackSimth

Chapter 17

We settle on a stealth build. Yes, it's not entirely reliable, but we pick up a Gray Cloak. Just a “Budget” model, but the point isn't the level of sensors it can fool up close… but the matter that no sensors can see through it at all from enough distance. We of course also pair...

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