Chapter Eighteen -- Family Matters
It was just pixels on a screen._ "what about her?" montaro asked, indicating the nurse who was still making stifled sounds of fury in mid-air. miyatsu glanced across at rin and felt a roll of anger at sakaki's accomplice.
Chermalia (Chapter 1)
The picture itself was in poor quality, being able to see the pixels and the blur of my visible head and shoulders made it indistinguishable. to the everyday suburban human this would looks like a foolish hoax by an eccentric man.
Leviathan
"_ with a burst of blue and white light the avatar of the ship's resident ai materialised in a glob of pixels over the tactical display in the centre of the room.
Devolution collection completely rewritten.
A screen lowered in front of her and a pixelated face materialzed, being drawn quickly to look human. "hello subject #12974. you are the first to survive the harsh treatments in which the devolution process brings to the human body.
Cry Me a Murder (part five): Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Demon
Somewhere in the back room, a hard drive was silently recording my every move, chopping them into fifty frames a second and reducing my face to a stream of pixels, ones and zeroes, light and dark, man and monster. this time i didn't smile.
The Gift of Giving
Too bad pixels in a game weren't something you could just pop online to buy... "that's it!" "did you say something, jiri?" "nah, no... sorry." i kept my attention ahead, hiding my grin. "think i've solved a puzzle i've been working on, that's all."
Torpedo Run Chapter 10
She was about to quip back when the screen began to populate with pixels of light and color, swiftly resolving into an image that made adriana's eyebrows shoot up like they were trying to crawl off her face.
Enter Muichi
Another quick stab, and double katar was reduced to pixels. "jackknife, attack the fighter!" muichi flinched as jackknife's blow struck her, her life meter falling harshly down to 1 point.
Remember the Oath 15 - M@~#;'=
Patches of flesh and bone began to pixellate, his screams turning evermore artificial as if a virus were creeping throughout his entire being, through his veins and penetrating every organ possible.
The Agency
Except when he peered close, he saw pixels. fake! he slashed at the window before he knew what he was doing. claws skittered across tough plastic. a machine voice poured into the room. "good morning. we'll be with you in a moment."
Torpedo Run Chapter 9
The screen flashed briefly, then began to cover itself in a scrambling of multi-colored pixels. derry grinned, imagining that somehow the two sets of software were locked in a brutal brawl for dominance.
Color Blind
There were brown accents that streaked through the yellow like copper veins set in amber, and as his eye drew closer to the center they deepened and pixelated into a rich jade unlike anything else he'd seen.