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A Whole lot of Nothing! 205
By David C. Daoust Danielle Donaghy popped off the transport with a hop in her step- happy to be back home at long last. The suitcase dragged along behind her, as her rustic boots clumped against the hard steel floor. Chillier than sheād imagined, she pulled her rough brown jacket tightly around her as she…
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A Whole Lot of Nothing! 203
By David C. Daoust It was as though the molecules suddenly flared, pulsing with an unknown eerie light; Kind of a pea green, if Dakota had to guess. The surrounding negative space- a dull purple. Sparking green lightning shot throughout at steady intervals. Colors aside, she couldnāt really see, exactly, what it was she was…
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A Whole Lot of Nothing! 202
Spin wheel spin! ::sigh:: ty, DD By David C. Daoust Clover could not help but feel things were not going as planned. Not only thanks to the large āarmyā of Giants, currently on the move within the Wardās home city, but also, Ergos had gone black; none of the population had received any kind of…
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A Whole Lot of Nothing! 200
By David C. Daoust He was born a ‘Ward of Ergos’. A Ward’s life, when compared to what was promised, was but a fleeting glimpse. Thirteen years to grow, thirteen years for their minds to develop. Thirteen years until their Ascension– To the day they joined with Ergos for good- And joined the One Mind…
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A Whole Lot of Nothing! 199
By David C. Daoust Mari Haul could not help but wonder how long a person could wander a seemingly endless series of corridors, without going completely bonkers. She figured she may be just the person to ask, at some point. That is, if she could do anything but jibber-jabber incoherently once she had a definitive…
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A Whole Lot of Nothing! 198
By David C. Daoust The hologram was extensive. In fact, it filled much of the lab. Intricate in detail, perfectly proportioned, every aspect seemed totally more important than the next. All of which told Colin Vice, (get ready for it) a whole lot of nothing! āWhat is this supposed to be?ā Colin finally asked as…
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A Whole Lot of Nothing! 197
By David C. Daoust The flames licked and curled around his great metal form as the mechanical dragon broke atmo. The heat that enveloped it was immense, caused the metal of its carapace to glow a warm red. A welcome change, however, to the cold nothing of space. It curled its elaborate solid-light wings tightly…
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A Whole Lot of Nothing! 196
By David C. Daoust Maile Purloin made short work of actually finding the server room; moving inconspicuously through buildings wasnāt nothān sheād ever had problems with. Yet, factoring in the handy sign that read ‘Arachnoid server room’, pointing to the door… this was especially helpful at making it such short work. When she spotted the…
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A Whole Lot of Nothing! 195
By David C. Daoust The idea was sound, even if Ratchet wasnāt actually able to implement it himself. Since they could not seem to free the Crawler from the Drone that high-jacked it, then maybe they could just take control of the droneāand get the Sandcrawler moving that way. It made sense in his head,…
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A Whole Lot of Nothing! 194
By David C. Daoust Ratchet had not seen hide nor hair of Craiden, Vincent, or his Aunt Mari. With all that had happened after the drone raid, no one had the chance to sit down and discuss it. Itās been one hit after the next; tensions between the two civilizations, Sadieās beating, and Ratchetās arrest…
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A Whole Lot of Nothing! 190
By David C. Daoust Harper didnāt know how she got there. Sand in her toes, powdering her bare legs⦠Howād she get in the middle of the desert in nothing but her nightgown? Harper was agitated, she was worried, she wasnāt sure why. āHer mother was going to kill her,ā that thought sat there in…
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Perils of Fiona Hart
Will they/Wonāt they by David C. Daoust The sun still shone from the heavens as the small girl in the pink dress approached cast iron gates; Gates that sealed away many a great secret, and held within her salvation. Salvation from what was to come when the sun finally sank beneath the horizon and the…
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A Whole Lot of Nothing! 189
By David C. Daoust Colin Vice followed closely as the gangly scientist walked briskly through the showroom. Theobald Gray began to chat as he led the way. āGames⦠I used to love games. Got me through schoolāthrough University⦠You know they have a way about them, to exercise the mind?ā Theo looked Colin straight…
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A Whole Lot of Nothing! 187
By David C. Daoust Theobald Gray himself, at long last. Colin Vice recognized the man immediately, despite having never met him before in his life. This was, of course, thanks to his investigation into the origins of the Battle Drones. -Thanks to that small media clipping of this very man, albeit much younger, standing…
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A Whole Lot of Nothing! 186
By David C. Daoust New Runnymede was the planet āAertholmāsā only moon. This moon was famous for several reasons- itās landless composition, only the first. This watery wonder was the single most important moon in the entire Onion. This was mainly thanks to its vast oceans; the Onionās first great oceans throughout this fledgling…
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A Whole Lot of Nothing! 184
By David C. Daoust Charles the First felt fairly useless in the passenger seat of the boxy brown vehicle that the tall balding lawman of Grady, Sheriff Dunn, was navigating through the onslaught of chaos that was their current situation. The small vehicle had spun about so much that Charles was no longer sure…
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A Whole Lot of Nothing! 183
By David C. Daoust Chance had been playing too long. Heād been sitting in that same chair for hours, doing nothing but gorging, smoking, and holding down a tiny āforwardā button. He really hadnāt realized this yet. All he knew- was that he was not having fun anymore. Everyone was talking at once- he…
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A Whole Lot of Nothing! 182
By David C. Daoust āWhaā¦?āMaile wasnāt sure what just happened. Her Mecha was destroyed though. A timer was ticking down, with a little notice in the center of the screen, informing her the mecha had been āobliteratedā. āYeah thanks, āYou have been obliterated!āā she read aloud in a snarky voice, āLike I canāt see…
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A Whole Lot of Nothing! 181
By David C. Daoust Sheriff Montgomery Dunn really had not spent very much time outside of the walls of Grady. Policing the small port town was fairly time consuming- very few issues led him into the desert, certainly not this far into the desert. Monty was in pursuit of a ‘stolen’ Sandcrawler, accompanied by…
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A Whole Lot of Nothing! 179
By David C. Daoust āLearn something new every dayā, Hugo thought as he read through the scans that projected before his eyes. It was a holographic depiction of Harperās skull, with small indicators highlighting what was wrong. Small squares of text appeared with a brief description of what was going on within the indicated…
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A Whole Lot of Nothing! 177
By David C. Daoust Maile Purloin was known to the public as the writer of the āDomnic Expansionā, a series of books that were behind the popular television series of the same name. She spent most of her weekends making public appearances, book signings, and what not– all to promote a series of books,…
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A Whole Lot of Nothing! 175
 By David C. Daoust  Margo had witnessed the strange exchange, as the two young sisters tried to convince someone in their game, that what he was doing in the Hub, was affecting them in the real world. The runaway bot didnāt have all the information. From what she could tell, this guy was…
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A Whole Lot of Nothing! 174
 By David C. Daoust   The sandcrawler was solidly built. Built to last, one might say. Harper found the terminal, her head just bounced off, especially built to last. Everything went black for a moment. The pain shot through her skull, and it took her another moment to get her bearings. She lay…
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A Whole Lot of Nothing! 170
By David C. Daoust The nice thing about Holomechs– you could go wherever you happened to have one stashed. Colin Vice had one such device stashed on New Runnymede; the entertainment epicenter of the Solar System, reportedly, the very same epicenter that housed āTheo-BOLD Gamesā entire system server. Colin proved unable to gain entry into…
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Flight of Fancy
Flight of Fancy By David C. Daoust Willian Fossick was known as the go-to detective for the unsolvable mysteries. He was extensively known throughout the Onion for his daring action, quick agile mind, and infallible ability to get to the crux of the mystery at hand. He worked hand in hand with constables throughout…
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Zombie Hogwash 51
Okay, I switched hosting services, ’cause screw those guys; Either they were lying about the āemergency maintenanceā or my site was messed up for that whole month. Either way, that is some crappy service. Switching over to the new server was painless and easy. Seriously, I was done before I knew it! I held off…
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A Whole Lot of Nothing! 168
By David C. Daoust As the small group made their way through the Sand Crawlers corridors, Hamlin was a bit at odds at being ignored– his freaking head was on fire! Yet everyoneās attention seemed to be fixated on the ancient Ark Device Hamlin was standing on. The old couple especially. They almost appeared…
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A Whole Lot of Nothing! 165
(((I actually made a change to last weeks post. I felt like I made Monty’s force field really overpowered. I don’t know, sometimes I throw in these vague one-liners, that seem like a good idea at the time, but then I got to think how that’s going to effect everything else, technology wise. Yeah, considering…
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A Whole Lot of Nothing! 164
By David C. Daoust Charles the First was out of breath. The Brain Stealer was nowhere in sight. He had no idea where the little bugger had gotten off to. Heād raced about, dodging through rubble and peering through crevices. The bulbous device and the strange little āfiery guyā did not leave a trace….
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