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<< Return to Chapter 9 🌖 2254-08-16 The eight hour spaceflight back to TLA nears its conclusion....
Ætherglow #186
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🌖 A few hours later, you strap in again for docking. The shuttle’s roll slows to a stop and the...
Ætherglow #187
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🌖 “Oh, Akiko, this is 7 Star,” you sign. “I think we might be friends?” You turn back to 7 and...
Ætherglow #188
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🌖 “I’ve heard a rumor that she’s an admin’s daughter, and all this other weird stuff that...
Ætherglow #189
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🌖 Maybe it’s the perfect time to try out this CommTech program. You pull up the documentation...
Ætherglow #190
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🌖 “I’m gonna take Cybernetics Theory II, Cryptography I, Programming I, and Social Engineering,...
Ætherglow #191
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🌖 “I’ve noticed...that you’re really soft, like these flowers,” you sign. [Akiko liked that]...
Ætherglow #192
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🌖 It’s surely been a long day for you both. You wave back to her silently and don’t try to drag...
Ætherglow #193
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🌗 It certainly won’t be you, you get more than enough attention as it is. You let someone else...
Ætherglow #194
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🌗 You’ve had this routine pressed into your head as long as you can remember, and would never...
Ætherglow #195
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🌗 No distractions during a course of fire. Yelena’s words spring to mind. But on the other hand,...
Ætherglow #196
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🌗 “Yeah, come with me,” you say. “Let’s go then,” Zeta says. “Can you walk? Do you need help?...
Ætherglow #197
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🌗 2254-08-21 09:37:21 Aydan > then that narrows it down to...let’s see...any engineer in the...
Ætherglow #198
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🌗 After a short wait, you hear your name, “Aydan.” You see the familiar older enby nurse Ana at...
Ætherglow #199
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🌗 “Ana, can you tell me more about the structure and procedures of the cult?” you say. “The...
Ætherglow #200
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🌗 2254-08-22 09:00:00 Your system alert dæmon tells you it’s time to wake up. But that’s not a...
Ætherglow #201
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🌗 “Good morning, I almost died yesterday, how are you?” you say. “What? Wow, um, what happened?”...
Ætherglow #202
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🌗 “Oh good. Then let’s train together again. This time it won’t be so one-sided, I guarantee,”...
Ætherglow #203
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🌗 You can imagine a lot of great options--Aydan with a spear, or maybe a polearm with something...
Ætherglow #204
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🌗 You know you can’t ignore your body’s needs for too long, as long as technopaths are still...
Ætherglow #205
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🌗 “I hope this larger storage device is a little more comfortable for you,” you say. “It is much...
Ætherglow #206
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✴ “Okay, try it. I trust you.” [ÆON liked that] “Synchronize yourself to me.” Æ reaches out with...
Ætherglow #207
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✴ You can’t remember how you got here, but your training has not failed to embed some lessons...