oh, you'll miss me when I'm gone (part II)
(Roleplay entry. Continued from part I.)"Al, confirm status of communications array.""Comm Array Status is green with optimal broadcast conditions."He sat at the desk, frustrated."Al, open diagnostics...
View Articlethe beginnings of Gearhaven Prime
This is how it began. A flat, grass-textured square of land.This is how it always begins. No sim comes pre-made, after all.We start from the basics, and we make what we need, as with many other things...
View Articleit spirals as I ache to find holy embrace
the gate is closed, I'm left outside...I am suddenly finding myself in the position of having a readership--don't look at me that way, I know I have a readership, I will just always continue to think...
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(This one, like the dinner party, is also going to be non-anonymized, but because this was an awards ceremony, and the recipients deserve the lauds.)After spending most of the day frantically planting...
View Articlethere's a second voice inside my head, it tells me shut up and trust this...
(Continued from part I.)We pick up where we left off, just starting the presentation.[16:33] Wordsmith Jarvinen: Welcome to the presentation gala for the inaugural Gearhaven Endowment for the Arts,...
View Articleand I'm gonna set things straight again, I'm gonna prove them wrong
And then...the Dark Sea arrived.We'd been discussing various things. The Duke had three full sims originally: Armada of the floating walkways and the patchwork boats; another sim he mostly used for...
View Articlecannot be free and you can't deny the end is coming, the end is coming (part...
(Roleplay entry. Continued from part II.)"Your Grace, the calculations indicate--"Hiro looked up from the desk."--that the rotational velocity has a maximum value of 225 km/s (140 mi/s) at 1,300 ly...
View Articleif you're lucky, when it's over, the dreamer's still alive (part IV)
(Roleplay entry. Continued from part III.)At first, all he heard was the sound of waves. Hiro woke up in shallow water. Warm tides...vision blurred. His Napoleonic uniform was wet. His Sword weighed...
View Articleso where is the Duke, exactly? (part V)
(Roleplay entry. Continued from part IV.)Even though it was dark, Hiro could tell he was in a wooden cage. There was straw in the floor poking his fur. He could heard the sound of horses. The cage was...
View Articlelet nothing come between us, my love for you is strong and true
(Roleplay entry, but not *strictly* in the same story chain as the Duke's disappearance. Still, for completion's sake, let's say it happens after part V.)I suppose it's time, I guess...After all, I'd...
View Articlethe world is somehow different, you have all been changed before my very eyes...
(Roleplay entry. Continued from part V.)She watched as Justine walked onto the flight deck. She leaned in close, murmuring. "The replicant's already up and about."Justine blinked. "Wait...replicant?...
View Articletime capsule of tragedy (part V)
"Be pretty if you can, be witty if you must, be agreeable if it kills you."~~Elsie de Wolfe(Continued from part IV.)The last I've found so far.Jan 30, 2012, 4:30 AMMaster,Late re-greetings, but we had...
View ArticleI found an Arctic Fox!
Look! Finally I have my Arctic fox back.Yes, I know, it takes me a long time to decide. But I wanted to be sure, and I demo'ed a lot of options, and sure, while it would have taken much less time,...
View ArticleI hope it's worth it, out on the highway, yeah (part I)
We had been discussing the Steam Hunt when Miss H. veered into building matters:[14:47] Hxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: ahh no [Sxxxxx] has me on a show leash...I am no longer allowed to delete or make buildings...
View ArticleI hope it's worth it, out on the highway, yeah (part II)
So, the previous post was the day before yesterday. And then, yesterday...this happened:[12:48] mxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: [dusts off her hands against each other] There. So apparently I have "atoned" for...
View ArticleI hope it's worth it, out on the highway, yeah (part III)
And we pick up from the very full-bright version on the roof...[13:15] mxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: you can't deny she IS pretty, though.I mean, yes, but that's hardly the point.[13:15] mxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: and that...
View Articlea blessed mystery for sweeter souls did not survive
It's not often these days that I am completely blown away by someone's creativity in world. This individual? Astounded me.This is Eupalinos Ugajin. And this was not a still life. She floated in midair,...
View Articlewhen everything feels like the movies
So, there's been a hugely large gap between when this show actually happened, and now, but here's a few more from one of Rusty's City's Edge shows, because some of the pics are just too fun to delete.I...
View Articlethis war and peace inside my mind, finding things I shouldn't find
(Roleplay entry. Continued from part VI.)A few hours later, Hiro realized he must have fallen asleep. He was not moving, and the sun was shining. He could hear noises around him. Muffled voices."Carry...
View Articlesin for me, cast away from it all, watching every letter fall
You know how somedays, you terraform, and everything goes well, and you get a smooth, even coastline, rounded and organic...and other days, you get seven square, equidistant pits in the land down below...
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