The ants go marching, one by one, carrying a morsel of grain back to their nest along the banks of a raging river. They stop for the night and sleep-- and in the morning, their hard-earned food is missing, plucked from them in the shadows ( Read more... )

In a hall of mirrors, a man lit a candle and watched a demon rise up from behind him. One, two, a dozen. Thirty. Thirty unto thousands, waiting in ambush. How many hellions threaten to slice him into fettuccine? One? Two? A dozen? Thirty? Thousands ( Read more... )

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Truly amazing, the capacity for a stalwart soul to keep on coming back, isn't it?

The human will is a powerful thing.

[Private to Ms. Hawthorne, medium security]

Ha ha.

[his voice sounds very hoarse and weak and his breaths a bit labored]I've no energy for metaphors for once, so I'll refrain from comment on our oversized city mascot's little messiah impression ( Read more... )

A button is depressed. A word is uttered. A breath is taken. A finger twitches. A shot is fired. A mountain collapses. A city is leveled. A star supernovas. The universe is born ( Read more... )

Forgive yet another of my little diatribes. Not a particularly novel topic, but significant nonetheless ( Read more... )

Even an old drink can be so bitter you choke on it. Never let your guard down when things start to percolate... never turn away from a boiling brew, not even for an instant.

That's all I really have to say on "the matter". Words are like gems-- the more plentiful they are, the more worthless they become. That's one of my rules.

[Private to Mia ( Read more... )

In the world there are people who live only for themselves and their own enjoyment-- people, places and things are only worth what they can provide for these men. Life and human beings are nothing but toys for them, tools to use. Chaos and violence are merely games to entertain them. They care nothing for anyone but themselves-- they may smile, ( Read more... )

You know, in troublesome times like these it's nice to know there are generous people in the world who will go out of their way to do kind favors for others even at the expense of their own safety.

It's so touching.

[Private to Trite]

Aren't you just precious.

Well, now that things have calmed slightly on the home front it's time for a man to turn an eye to the greater world around him. As the dust settles, voices cough up from the darkness and we all learn to breathe again. There's a reason coffee goes so well with conversation-- bitterness shared is bitterness halved. That's one of my rules ( Read more... )