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Chasing the Wind
The turquoise sea sparkled in the sun, seagulls circled overhead, and the large square sail pulled fitfully, propelling the ship along. The crewmembers relaxed at their oar benches, trying to enjoy every moment of not rowing to the utmost. Jason stood near the steersman in the stern, watching the green hilly coast slide by to their right. He ( Read more... ) -
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::shakes off dust and tumbleweeds and runs after the bus::
I intend to do LJ Idol Second Chance! If the bus doesn't leaf without me! -
SCI, Take II
Well it's time for Second Chance Idol again, though it happens to be starting at a time when I likely won't ever have a chance. But in case the random window of being online from Nigeria I get allows me to jump on this lifeboat after missing the window for main LJI, I'm putting on my lifepreserver and reserving a seat! :D -
Softness
For a second time I set out from the Institute. This time even more in turmoil than before. Last time I had been a blank slate, nothing behind me but sterile white walls, nothing in front of me but endless possibilities. This time I had the entire self identity I'd built up fighting with the doctor's one little potent aside -- "what makes you ( Read more... ) -
Crunch
I had been walking among banana trees, the dried leaves crunching beneath my feet. Suddenly I'm jolted to awake by something landing on my chest. I immediately open my eyes wide to see a small mammalian predator that has just jumped up onto my chest. Or rather onto the banket, for I appear to be wrapped in a blanket on a couch. I hold ( Read more... ) -
New Experiences
Slowly I feel myself drift from the warm black void of sleep to a painful red headache of wakefulness. Feeling rather sick and unfortunate I keep my eyes closed and wish for the solaceful unconsciousness of sleep but unfortunately it doesn’t come. Being as I’m nestled under a soft warm blanket that does not feel hospital-issue and the ( Read more... ) -
Released
It was the first choice I'd ever been given. Sure I'd been asked a lot of questions to gauge my reaction to carefully controlled stimuli, but never before had I actually had a choice that would effect me later. Then suddenly, I'm faced with a simple choice which would radically alter my future ( Read more... ) -
Take Heart
In the movies clones always wake up thinking they are the original, and then are shocked when informed they are not. Well, no one informed me of anything. Which isn't to say I thought I was the original either, since I couldn't remember a thing prior to waking up in that room ( Read more... ) -
I think I'm a Clone Now.
I think I'm a clone now ( Read more... )