Rising Tide
Time passed. Mano, working in her sub's lab and garden, came up with an empathy drug, the same one that would be used by Rakim and Ogun when they'd first meet. She hoped to do it as a tribute to Eli, to contribute to creating the more empathetic...
For Sore Eyes
Rakim had met Dana after he'd already gone out with Ogun, Soma, and Scylla. He'd still been pre-op at the time. Fortunately, they hadn't had any hang-ups about it. They were an... equal opportunity employer, as far as such matters were concerned....
Second Nature
"Oh, they came up with something new in prosthetics just last year, it turns out," his dragon head turned to the bat as they gamed, back to sitting side by side in his apartment facing his screen, just as they'd been before. "Oh, what?" he tilted his...
Saved
'Who survived, anyone new, anyone else but you?' (Porter Robinson, Sad Machine) It was on their way back to Rakim's place on that night that they first heard the alarm. "Oh shit!" As their brisk walk turned into a frantic run, they got near...
Only In Dreams
Eli rolled off Mano, lying back in bed to grab and light a cigarette from the nightstand. "That was good," she said simply, drawing in and blowing out smoke as she spoke. The poet had always had a minimalistic streak to her. "I hope you liked that."...
This Machine
_'Someone once told me, there's a land of dreams, where our lives are never done... they go on, and on...'_ (Beads of Tears, Mermaid's Scar) "What do you see?" What a loaded question this always was, she thought. He was doing his best, she couldn't...
Sands of Time
'Alternate dimensions don't count!' (Gimpy, Undergrads) "Mikra, it's you!" Klein threw his arms around the bat wantonly. Rakim's eyes widened, taken completely off-guard and unsure of whether or not to return the hug. The skunk had never broken...