Kindred Spirits, Bloodied Sands
Freedom. That is what he felt as he plummeted through the sky head first with closed eyes. His back felt light without the weight of any parachute and just that of the rifle scabbard and combat harness. The air rushed by his face, whipping by his ears...
The Deadman
May it be told that he shall come when the bell tolls. You will hear the church bells speak like never before. With every word they speak, they tell of a warning. The first toll is that he has risen. The second cry is that he is coming. The third...
Undertaker of Valen
The room was dimly lit by moonlight. The gloomy paint on the wall chipped and the floorboards dusty with signs of decay. A man sits alone in a rocking chair facing a window,silently rocking back and forth as though he was expecting someone. No one...
Preying on the Past - Ch. 1 Bridging Two Worlds
Suddenly i was jerked backwards by the deadman strap on my kevlar and from behind me, i heard...or rather felt the sound of a fully automatic shotgun started ringing out, tossing silver slugs into the beast ahead of me, its thunderous boom almost deafening
The Edge of Sapphire - Chapter 6 - The Bleeding Edge
Replied toroi with a snort and a twang of arrogant bluster in his voice to conceal the brief twang of treacherous pride at his fathers praise. "ah, well that would explain you nearly killing yourself performing the deadman."
Pointy haired middle management 1
Now if i was frightened before i was downright scared shitless now as she shot me a stare so frightening that the deadman stare had nothing on it. it was a predatorish stare, her eyes feeling black as void. i didnt want to press it, for obvious reasons.
The Edge of Sapphire - Chapter 5 - Ring of Fire
As a result the ro'xanshin pilot academy didn't teach the technique any more as anything outside of military history. after all, there were good reasons why it was called the 'deadman maneuver', not all of them immediately obvious.