Crestfallen (Poem)
If I could turn back time, I'd erase the words I said, If I could just rewind, And take the dark thoughts from your head, I want to turn back time, And right the wrongs I've made, But life is a straight line, And this is the path I've...
The Ballad Of Drunken Santa
The Ballad Of Drunken Santa (12/25/2018) Late at night one Christmas Eve, I brush the dust off of my sleeve, Button up the navy blues, A uniform worn by the few, Holster gun and grab my keys, Step into the frigid breeze, Driving in my...
Shapely Cow
Shapely Cow (04/24/2019) What they do is not grotesque, Yet we see the way you sneer, And till our next caprice, Harsh reprisals we avow, Our techniques are Stalinesque, We control you with your fear, Your judgements you will cease, And now...
Sci-Fi Game Demo
[Introduction cutscene: Insert character creation screen here, should that be a feature.] In pitch darkness, the flushing of liquid down a large drain can be heard. It bubbles audibly as the chamber is gradually emptied. Blackness fades from...
Dictated from the Heart
Dictated from the Heart (04/21/2022) You tell me not to drown, But sometimes it can be tough, You'll understand me when I say, It's a diamond in the rough, I see so much potential, For what our future holds, It gives me strength to...
The Beautiful Mountain
The Beautiful Mountain (08/16/2020) Standing in the distance, I gaze across the sea, And sea a mountain yonder, It's looking back at me, So innocent and pure, So glorious and vast, It's tugging at my heartstrings, My...
The Love Song of a Warrior-Poet
The Love Song of a Warrior-Poet By Mantrid Brizon You are like the verdant fields, so radiant and vast. With curves like the mountain ranges and a smile as wide as ocean blue. Every time I awake alone, I miss you. I never...
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Chimerical By Mantrid Brizon Episode 25: The Imperial's Advocate Abara walks through the thoroughfare and toward the bazaar of Dune. Her mother and father are busy working their respective jobs, so she has taken it upon herself to buy...
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Chimerical By Mantrid Brizon Episode 24: Exposé "Don't hurt him!" Tsanavi pleads. Ra'kanishu grunts as he is forced violently to the ground by several armed villagers. Though he does not resist his neighbors, the word has already...
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Chimerical By Mantrid Brizon Episode 22: Origins Several days have passed since Ra'kanishu revealed his secret to Jo'dehki, and the time has come for the Imperial and Tsanavi, his Suthay lover, to pledge themselves to each other....
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Chimerical By Mantrid Brizon Episode 21: The Hungry Cat Jo'dehki walks with a spring in his step, elated by the encounter with Celewen only hours earlier. The Cathay-Raht looks up at the sky to see that the sun is inching towards the...
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Chimerical By Mantrid Brizon Episode 19: Compunction Jadhi sits up in her bedroll as Jo'dehki grumbles in his sleep, tossing and turning as he suffers a nightmare. Feeling quite badly for him, she rises from her place and creeps around...