Part 9Thomas sighed as he walked down the street. Club Wonderland still looked the same, a grimy, filthy mess. The sign still hadn’t been fixed. The music was still bad. It’s clientele still existed of misfits and losers. He trudged through a pool of rainwater, the cold liquid immediately seeping through the cracked leather of his boots. He ignored ( Read more... )

Part 8When the lid slid off Tetra’s sleeping capsule, she somehow couldn’t find the strength to get out immediately. It took her a few minutes, but when she pulled herself out a blind panic suddenly gripped at her. Was she malfunctioning, would they dismantle her? Trying to shake the confusion, she quickly put on the clothes that were waiting for ( Read more... )

Part 7Thomas felt a cold fear grip at his heart. Heavy footsteps pounded across the floorboards, approaching the bedroom door. Not sure what else he could do, he threw himself into the large closet. He managed to shut the door just in time, his impact softened by various items of clothing ( Read more... )

Part 6Silently, the lid slid from Tetra’s sleeping capsule, indicating that it was time for her to get up. As always clean clothes were waiting for her on the desk, but whoever had put them there had also taken away the book on the Dreamweb. It didn’t matter. Now that she had read it, she would never forget a single word of it. Once she had put on ( Read more... )

Parts 1-4 are in my archive. Can't be bothered linking them this time >.>

Part 5Thomas clambered over the windswept hill, keeping his eyes on the scanning device. According to this, his first target should be somewhere in this hub. Finally the valley came into sight. He could see a few green tents, but they seemed to be deserted. His device showed ( Read more... )

Part 1, part 2, part 3Part 4 ( Read more... )

First two parts can be found here.

Part 3By the time Thomas reached his apartment, he had already made up his mind about he’d spend his new wealth. He had spent three blocks walking with his hands jammed firmly in his pockets, continuously folding and creasing the notes so that they wouldn’t raise suspicion. He didn’t walk directly to his ( Read more... )

Part one can be found here

Part 2For some time, Tetra stared blankly at the inhabitants of club Wonderland. Nobody paid her any attention in return, but this suited her just fine. The music was an odd sensation, there was something about it that she couldn’t quite put her finger on. Still, it made her decide to wait for the signal to return inside ( Read more... )

They were right. The Dreamweb consumes you. Psychosomatic heroin they called it. For the first time since he plugged in, Thomas realized that they were right.The story you're about to read is a translation of the first chapter of a story I wrote in Dutch about three years ago. I've never finished it, but I might after I finish translating the first ( Read more... )

So, I'm back from visiting Rachel, and it's been... interesting to say the least. I really enjoyed it, but somehow she has also managed to bring out a me that may have been buried for far too long. This me doesn't have any problems with putting a carton of cigarettes in the shopping basket along with gifts for his family. It is also the me that, to ( Read more... )