A blade in a ballet. He flourished, his control of the blade was majestic; the silver weapon twisted and span around his body; elegant like the soft autumn breeze but powerful like the raging
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Triple update part 2: The crystal kingdom
The crystal kingdom. My shoes tapped against sapphire road as I looked up at the azure sky, my feet carried me towards the arena in which the event was being held. Ruby towers and ivory
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The blank canvas. No sight had I witnessed before that was so tranquil, and so pearlescent; the world stretched out before me, every flower and every blade of grass, even the sky – a
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Guardian. I always thought that Jimmy Grape was just another friend of mine, another person in my painfully average life, until of courage I discovered the truth. Jimmy was an unlucky fellow from what I
Continue ReadingThe Blastwave
The blastwave. The forest sang under the breaking dawn as morning dew ripped from the emerald blades of grass that swayed slightly in the wind. Daunting trees stared down at the forest below; the slanted
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Artificial Artificial, and yet more real than anything. His light filled the room, as he stood on his little podium. She was of flesh and blood, and moved around her house with footsteps and breath.
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Only human. “This is the first case of an android killing its master, why?” The coffee mug in my hand was warm, my eyes were stinging, and the light was too bright. Five am, I
Continue ReadingThe Leviathan
The Leviathan. My eyes widened in fear as I saw it through the large window of my station, Valhalla. I drifted across, closer to the glass, using rails and bars to pull and propel myself
Continue ReadingLonely road
Lonely road Pitch black, the night, swirling around me as I walked. Her smiling face, laughing as she skipped and giggled, her auburn hair flashing under orange light. Trees lied the path ahead, before a
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Colour “Have you ever tried to describe colour to a blind man? No? I have. It’s difficult, that is, it’s difficult because colours are such an abstract concept. They are names for how our minds,
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