Author: atomicfloozy
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Star Punk Dreams, Part 4
“The pain in the index finger of his right hand was especially strong. This didn’t make any sense – his index finger was the cheapest cybernetic finger available, and had never included nerve features like the ability to feel pain.” – Junichi Fujisaku, “Double Targets” Yin took a sip of bottled water and then poured…
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Star Punk Dreams – Part 3
“She didn’t see that first bullet, but it must have hit a wire or something, coming through, because the lights came on. She did see the second one, or anyway the hole it blew in the leather-grain plastic. Something inside her stopped, learning this about bullets: that one second there isn’t any hole, the next…
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Star Punk Dreams – Part 2
“Everybody’s looking for something, some of them want to use you; some of them want to get used by you…” – Eurythmics, Sweet Dreams. Corporations, much like governments, tend to neglect their infrastructure. Heating and air conditioning systems, power plants, shipping and receiving docks, and building maintenance were all such points that could be exploited. …
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Star Punk Dreams – Part 1
“But seeing her there, that drunken kid’s hand in hers, that hand she couldn’t even feel, I knew, once and for all, that no human motive is ever entirely pure.” – William Gibson, “The Winter Market” Yin swam through a fog of pain as she surfaced to consciousness with a hangover induced headache. The source…
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Civil War Reaches Nica
A gust of cold wind rippled through the formations of women arrayed before the gate. “She must not pass! No matter what happens on the field, she must not pass.” shouted Celeste, Queen on Nica, High Queen of the Valkae. She still used the title of “High Queen” even though her hegemony of the Valkae…
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