Chapters tagged cyborg

Looseleaf's Diary - 9 / 04 / 2120 by Zeebop

Chapter 15

There was soykaf. The smell drew me out of my slumber, and I rolled over to where my arms were. I needed arms for hot caffeinated beverages. I slid my left stump into the slot until the mating connector clicked into place, then did the same with the right. The arms were cold in t...

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Looseleaf's Diary - 5 / 04 / 2120 by Zeebop

Chapter 14

A pair of great green globes filled the screen. Between them, hung on what looked like a shoestring, was a small golden ring. Huge, thick nipples, swollen and almost begging to be sucked—and then a tongue circled one, a mouth clamped down hard on the teat and sucked hard. I panne...

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Looseleaf's Diary - 5 / 03 / 2120 by Zeebop

Chapter 13

> In a tunnel of darkness lies a beast of iron. > It can only attack when pulled back. > What is it? I pondered for a moment. The metaphor. Then it came to me. "A bullet." Streams of Elf-script flowed as the door opened. I didn't have much time; back-tracking the connect...

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Looseleaf's Diary - 24 / 02 / 2120 by Zeebop

Chapter 12

> This blade sharpens the more it is used > _Yet will rust and crumble with time._ "Memory," I answered, and the digital doors opened as my log-on was approved to the data vaults of the University of the Grey Havens. The iconography of this part of the Matrix was like one of...

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Looseleaf's Diary - 20 / 02 / 2120 by Zeebop

Chapter 11

> I saw the dead give rise to the living, > In the wrath of the living the dead were consumed. "Fire," I answered, and the Intrusion Countermeasure shimmered and faded into transparency. My avatar stepped through the codewall into the restricted database. Such riddles were ch...

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Looseleaf's Diary - 19 / 02 / 2120 by Zeebop

Chapter 10

18 hours digging through the latest from Shire AgriCorp. Data from all over the world sent through secured channels, but stored in less-than-secure buffers. At least, not the kind of security that could stop a console cowgirl from sifting for anything she might sell—mineral depos...

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Carvedinstone's Saga - 9 / 02 / 2120, cont'd by Zeebop

Chapter 8

Carvedinstone's Saga 9 / 02 / 2120, cont'd Once the files were downloaded, I cleared my tracks. To anyone who looked, it would appear that Quillian Daleman had logged on, checked a few cold case files, and then logged out. No one would see my true search parameters, the repor...

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Daleman's Log - 02 / 02 /2120, cont'd by Zeebop

Chapter 5

Quillian Daleman - Personal Log 02 / 02 / 2120 F.A., second entry The call came while Lilja was in the shower. Moon City seldom sleeps. Except it wasn't Central Processing this time. It was Chief Superintendent Westmund. "Detective-Inspector," he said. "There's been a break-...

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Carvedinstone's Saga - 02 / 02 / 2120 by Zeebop

Chapter 4

Carvedinstone's Saga 02 / 02 / 2120 F.A. The great lump of fur in the bed behind me began to snore. Her body was hot, one great arm wrapped around me. I waited a few more minutes, to make sure the narcotic honey had well and truly knocked her out before I slipped out of the b...

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