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By David C. Daoust He awoke again in the tunnels, the dark shaft of cut stone arched over him. He knew he was underground; Away from the wreckage above. He knew not the town that stood before, anymore than he…
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By David C. Daoust “…so, I’m happy you feel like talking, Dakota,” Suzanne began sharply, partially to try and snap Dakota back into reality, partially at the sheer frustration of listening to nonsense for the past half hour, “but how…
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By David C. Daoust The remaining population of Grandeur II was stranded within the nothingness, within the vastness of space- light years from any planet or sun. While all communication had been severed, the technology designed to keep the humans…
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By David C. Daoust Dakota was no longer able to trust her mind. At least, that’s what her mind told her. Before, while her body resided within that pod, technology fused her to an entire population of minds; fused all…
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By David C. Daoust Vincent had to come to grips with his latest limitations. He no longer had the strength of a two ton Mining bot, nor did he tower over all those around him. He was now trapped within…
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By David C. Daoust She sat in the rafters, above the mess below. She was crouched in the shadows; the pit in her stomach, that grumbled her hunger, could only be matched by the void in her chest. The void…
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By David C. Daoust Colin just ended his visit with his lifelong friend Khalia and her little daughter. The adorable little girl was getting bigger and bigger. She looked so much like her mother when she was that age that…
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By David C. Daoust Hugo Lions was best known for his music. In fact, most of his life was one long tour of the Solar System. Album after album, he rocked the system like none other before, and many would…
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By David C. Daoust Hamlin found himself plastered to the top of the ancient device known, most recently, as the ‘Brain Stealer’. They charged through the endless corridors of Twin Crown’s Starport, his solid light boots gripped the curvature of…
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By David C. Daoust Ratchet was back within the hold of the Blue family Sand Crawler. The series of events that now made up his life weighed heavily into his very being- forming a pit. The pit in his chest…
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By David C. Daoust Colin had not awoken in such a situation in quite a while. Studying the strange ceiling above, told him he had not made it back to his home chambers. Instead, wound up crashing in some strange…
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By David C. Daoust “You still won’t see,” the hollowed empty voice filled Dakota’s mind, an intrusive thought into her studies. “I have made it clear– I do not wish to see,” she shot back shortly, then clarified, “Not with…
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>>> Warning to any new readers- reading this page out of order, may spoil some of the earlier posts! Just fyi. ty,DD
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By David C. Daoust Restricted. That’s all Ivan could comprehend, all he could feel. Restricted. It was an endless nightmare, his mind was active, yet… restricted. He had no eyes, no ears, nor a mouth to make a noise with;…
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By David C. Daoust The four men fell away, lost, but not forgotten; they had left their mark, each in turn. Civilization had enlightenment after enlightenment. Yet by the end of the twentieth century, the third man’s followers were building…
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By David C. Daoust Dakota Sun found herself within an expanse, stolen away from her world, left to flounder. She was not alone. She was fused to a whole, to a greater mind made more powerful for all its parts.…
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By David C. Daoust Suzanne was surrounded by the open void of space, at least, that’s how it appeared. She was in reality standing on her holostage as a series of red fighters bombed her ships shields; the small controller…
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By David C. Daoust There was ‘bout a second longer of confusion than would be normal, before Grandpa Haul found himself truly confused. He wasn’t sure where his grandson came from- just out of nowhere, there he was. Standing between…
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By David C. Daoust “My goodness!” Hamlin exclaimed as he did what he could to extinguish the small fire atop his head. Hamlin stood, alarmed, before a full length mirror, patting at his head – trying to figure out why…
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>>Finally, a new post! ty,DD
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>>New image incoming… uh eventually. ty,DD
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I added a disclaimer at the bottom of the site, cuz well, narcissists are real! ty, DD By David C. Daoust Sheriff Montgomery Dunn, aka Monty, stood off to the side as the small holopad device he’d just finished setting…
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By David C. Daoust Between waking up in a pod of nutrient enriched chemicals, regaining his mental faculties, and getting everything in order that needed to be in order, Colin Vice really did not have much chance to react. He’d…
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By David C. Daoust Raymond wasn’t happy. The anger carried him full sail through the Starport. Word of his son’s arrest had reached him. Word of the ‘leaked footage’ that had been played for all of Grady to see, had…
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By David C. Daoust No one was more surprised than Montgomery Dunn, that his life had landed him here- as a sheriff on the small distant moon of Twin Crown. Monty was born and raised on New Runnymede, the entertainment…
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By David C. Daoust Colin wasn’t sure what his plan was. He’d pried himself within a narrow crevice that ran the depth of the canyon. His legs held his back pressed against the opposing rock wall, as he recklessly descended…
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By David C. Daoust The howling wind raged over the endless dunes. The air was thick and dark as the sand storm ravaged the region. Colin Vice raised his arm to try and block the latest blast of streaking sand…
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>>> This is kind of a special post. I’ve convinced myself that no one got the whole Vanguard twist thing, so… I wrote this! This is probably as neutral as I can get… its kind of a compiled ‘history of…
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By David C. Daoust The Commandant rose from obscurity, a small army at his back. It was an unaligned force, a weapon without a target. It could be argued that the Labor Unions changed that, gave them a target, an…
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By David C. Daoust The Dragons of Taman were without names, even if minds such as theirs could grasp such a thing, they had no need. They were great metal constructs, with minds closer to animals than that of men,…
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By David C. Daoust Craiden was buried in the darkness, he couldn’t think. He saw the light finally break the shadows, but he wasn’t himself. He was a scared trapped animal, frothing at the mouth; a scared trapped animal that…
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By David C. Daoust Raymond Haul sat deep in his chair, one hand shadowing his brow. The permanent scowl on his face was a bit deeper than most days, though given the developing situation it was clearly warranted. He was…
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By David C. Daoust It seemed the whole world was at the Starport. Considering how small the population of Twin Crown is, it was close to being true. Minus who? A stubborn minority that, unlike most First Wave, wanted nothing…
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I made a slight change to last weeks post, concerning what was mined from Iopa. I was alluding to Metal Hydrogen when I mentioned ‘superconductive metals’ last week, yet I’d alrdy modeled Iopa after Neptune which means its an Ice…
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By David C. Daoust The Planet, Delphine. The highest structure built throughout the surrounding base-city of the domes, was known as the ‘Central Cathedral’. It represented the Arks ‘house’. The Arkroy were all welcome to visit. To view past records…
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By David C. Daoust Constable Joe Axel did not begin his life among the Royal Alliance. No. He started out as ‘Alfred Zhou’ with the Trade Consortium. If it wasn’t for his mother’s failure, he’d probably still be policing the…
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By David C. Daoust The Planet, Delphine. The skies above were a kind of putrid green, thanks to the poisonous gasses that erupted from the now broiling inner core. Gasses that bled into a newly forming atmosphere, which had not…
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By David C. Daoust Merrick Denali had a voice, a voice he tended to use- a lot. A crowd favorite among the throng of speakers that were so popular in the UM. Though, like all those with the confidence to…
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By David C. Daoust ‘Fuck Yeah, I’m gunna Sing!’ was the name of Blue Sands Theatre House’s premier play on Twin Crown. It was a tale of a young ‘Desert Girl’ who lived the life of a nomad on an…
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By David C. Daoust “I can’t believe you’re a little girl too!” Dicey’s muffled voice said from within Margo- The little girl still comfortably hanging out within the massive bucket that someone had decided to use to house Margo’s Data-Sphere.…
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By David C. Daoust The lights came on. Margo found herself all alone, within, what she had to assume, was the exact same hold she had awoken in earlier. Of course that time, when she woke up, she was still…
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> By David C. Daoust Harper nodded with a grim solid lip as she paused to take in the sight of the towering wide wall of the Starport. She knew most of the moon’s population was in there. She also…
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> By David C. Daoust Colin Vice had told himself he’d only have to do this once. One time, that was it, get it out of the way, and it was clear sailing. He just needed to grit through the…
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By David C. Daoust Zhou lowered herself down into the small pod her men had taken to calling a ‘Jacker’. The vehicle was called this for the simple fact, that it was used primarily for high jacking ships. Maybe not…
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By David C. Daoust Sweet Honey Zhou entered the ship’s bridge with a flourish, the sharp heel of her thigh-high boots clacked strongly against the grated flooring of the Swiftblade-class Starship, known as ‘the Black Bruise’. The urgency could be…
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By David C. Daoust He suddenly awoke, eyes wide, gasping for air. He couldn’t remember what it was in his dream that frightened him so… but it didn’t matter, it flitted away. He relaxed on his cot, glad that whatever…
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By David C. Daoust It had known life before. It had lived a thousand lives, just as its brothers and sisters had. They were deemed of low intelligence, though they had been at the heart of a simulation, far more…
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By David C. Daoust ‘Dreadcurse Taman’, that was what Zhou had decided to rename the small hidden moon, once she’d gotten her mitts on it. She spent a good two hours coming up with that name. Someone had named it…
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By David C. Daoust Craiden’s left eye was sealed shut, his nose was broken, blood and sweat were blurring his vision. The throng of cheering men, of the crowd that surrounded the make shift ring he found himself within, was…
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By David C. Daoust The Hub was far more complete than most average users could ever guess. At its core was a program engine that recreated entire worlds, not just the visible illusions people enjoyed in their time within a…
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By David C. Daoust Mari Haul had never actually been to one of the Temple Reactors. In fact, she doubted any living person had, or, at least, not many. The Temple Reactors were the massive devices that helped give life…
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By David C. Daoust Raymond Haul had never once imagined himself in such a position as he now found himself in. What started as his small crew, a group of friends he’d been running with since his early years on…
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By David C. Daoust Charles made his way through the crowded landing bay. It was the central landing area of the starport, now cleared of the majority of ships that usually filled it, all to allow the people to congregate.…
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By David C. Daoust Ratchet was not surprised to learn of the reaction to the tiny toy bunny that Harper used to try and communicate with the new data-sphere. He grew up with a bot, Vincent. Quality ports were important…
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By David C. Daoust Hugo’s roar was deafening, unlike anything he’d ever forced through his vocal cords. It had a steely piercing sound, like some massive movie monster climbing from the ocean to destroy some ancient city on some long…
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By David C. Daoust “Who is it you think you are? Who is it you think you’re talking to? Do you think it’s ok to talk to anyone this way?” Sadie angrily asked in rapid succession, her finger poked hard…
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By David C. Daoust For Harper, Grady was weird from day one, the adults especially. They were all neatly dressed, neatly groomed. There seemed to be four or five acceptable styles. They liked to cycle through these styles, like, with…
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By David C. Daoust Genetic Alteration and ‘Upgrades’ had been around since before the Ark Age. The people of the Ark Age however, those barricaded within someone else’s reality, forced to march to the same drum, day in, day out,…
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By David C. Daoust Harper grew up a tomboy, flying through the skies on illegally modified vehicles just like all the First Wave youngsters. Like the rest, her family migrated from Royal Alliance City-Stations. Harper was not born yet,…
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By David C. Daoust The lights came on. Or rather, she woke up. Better yet, she powered back up… Margo found herself within the confines of what appeared to be a cargo hold. She did not know how she got…
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By David C. Daoust Mari Haul, the Hero of the Royal Alliance, found herself within a Red Faction Starfighter, being dogged by a group of Consortium Fighters as they dropped orbit around the desert moon Twin Crown. She had no…
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By David C. Daoust Growing up, when Colin Vice looked at men, all he saw were rats. Rats were one of those species that could survive. Even if they were secluded from a flourishing ecosystem, like rats trapped in ghost…
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By David C. Daoust “Rescue me? Rescue me from what?” Dakota asked in response to Ivan’s sudden declaration that they were there to rescue her. The Commissar stood in the middle of a stark white lab, Dr.Sun completely surrounded by…
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By David C. Daoust Dakota watched the monitors in disbelief, Consortium troopers were running every which way. She watched as dozens of Starfighters launched into the black abyss in answer to the Reds astral assault. She planted a hand to…
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<<<<I’m probably going to replace the image above, for one of Nora. I’m kind of torn on the design for her though… Noreen’s’ll do for now. ty,DD >>> By David C. Daoust The Arks mind was rooted in logic. Foreign…
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By David C. Daoust Dakota had pulled the panicked boy out of the oversized spacesuit. He was remarkably light. She bounced him around a bit and patted his back ‘til he calmed down. She told him he would be okay,…
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By David C. Daoust The clumsiness of the new form melted away; in fact Ivan started to have fun a while ago. His long cordlike arms could stretch a bit farther than he originally thought, and he was swinging from…
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By David C. Daoust Suzanne had begun her exercise regiment when she was very young. Younger even than her peers, that she would eventually train with. At least that’s what her father claimed. He joked often how many times she…
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By David C. Daoust The level of tech awareness was pretty low throughout the Onion. Technology, for the most part, was so user-friendly that any device could be scooped up and figured out in a matter of moments. Even complex…
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By David C. Daoust Dakota Sun found herself back in her natural environment- the stark white walls of the lab. Dakota could not help but imagine these rooms were all made on the same assembly line somewhere in the Onion.…
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By David C. Daoust Vincent was an old Bot at this point in his life. He had experienced life in a lot of different ways. His early years, in the virtual world known as the Hub, where he first awoke…
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By David C. Daoust Dakota could tell as soon as Suzanne entered the small cluster of rooms, that made up Dakota’s chambers, that it was the actual woman and not her holographic projection that Dakota had become accustomed to witnessing…
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By David C. Daoust Despite an almost relentlessly bad day, Craiden was holding himself together. From waking up with a hangover, to not taking his meds, to having the APC he was in suddenly crushed by his own cohort Vincent.…
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By David C. Daoust Raymond found himself milling about the inside of the dark Starport- milling about with the people of Grady. The massive blue ion cloud managed to interrupt Raymond’s heist, mid-getaway, just as they were passing by…
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By David C. Daoust Grandpa Haul had never felt so focused as he did at that moment. Ratchet was clearly in trouble. He had witnessed him struggling in the debris but moments before the darkness enveloped them. The young mottled…
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By David C. Daoust Sims could not help but feel sorry for the man, Craiden,(he’d picked up his name on the evacuation of the Barracks Ship) not only had he and his soldiers been the ones to lock the man…
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<<<<Ug! You know, I swore I wouldn’t just casually throw out political jargon without being real clear about each piece, but then last week I was like blah, blah, comie, blah, blah, fascist…It came out in a jumble, lets see…
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By David C. Daoust Still strapped into his Sky screamer as it lost power, Charles really didn’t get a good look at the expanding Ion Cloud until it was well past him- and he was dropping from the sky. The…
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<<<Next week, next month… what’s the diff?? ty, DD>>> aWLoN!prt.2 starts here! By David C. Daoust Elma awoke in a huge plush bed, pink blankets and silk sheets nestled her in their warm embrace as her head sunk deep into…