- Posting Speed
- Speed of Light
- Multiple posts per day
- Writing Levels
- Advanced
- Preferred Character Gender
- Male
- Female
- Genres
- Sci-fi, modern, horror, a bit of dark romance stories.
What passing-bells for these who die as cattle?
Only the monstrous anger of the guns.
Only the stuttering rifles' rapid rattle
Can patter out their hasty orisons.
No mockeries now for them; no prayers nor bells;
Nor any voice of mourning save the choirs,
The shrill, demented choirs of wailing shells;
And bugles calling for them from sad shires.
What candles may be held to speed them all?
Not in the hands of boys but in their eyes
Shall shine the holy glimmers of goodbyes.
The pallor of girls' brows shall be their pall;
Their flowers the tenderness of patient minds,
And each slow dusk a drawing-down of blinds.
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Only the monstrous anger of the guns.
Only the stuttering rifles' rapid rattle
Can patter out their hasty orisons.
No mockeries now for them; no prayers nor bells;
Nor any voice of mourning save the choirs,
The shrill, demented choirs of wailing shells;
And bugles calling for them from sad shires.
What candles may be held to speed them all?
Not in the hands of boys but in their eyes
Shall shine the holy glimmers of goodbyes.
The pallor of girls' brows shall be their pall;
Their flowers the tenderness of patient minds,
And each slow dusk a drawing-down of blinds.
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You are in your home world, doing something of great importance to it. Or, you're minding your own business, keeping to yourself amid your surroundings. Or perhaps you're relaxing in a place you find comfort in, easing away the stress of the day. Then, before you could blink, something blinded you with a white flash, like a camera bulb suddenly went off in front of your eyes. Suddenly, you're in a free-fall. Gravity pulls you left, right and center, as you tumble through the air like a person falling from the clouds down to Earth.
With the speed of the fall pressing against your body, what little you can see is a barrage of bright lights passing you by. It looks like the passing of stars in the night sky at breakneck speed, with your body glowing white hot like you have suddenly caught fire. Yet you can also see a faint tint of blue around your body, protecting you from it. But the g-force is so much to take, you begin to pass out. The sound of everything begins to fade from your ears, and the white takes hold of your vision, until finally you black out.
The next thing you see, when finally awakening, is someone's voice echoing gently as you regain consciousness.
"Hello?!" The voice shouts. "Hellloooooo?! Anyone alive down there?"
Opening your eyes, once again you're greeted with blinding white. But, at least when your eyes adjust, you can see much more clearly your surroundings.
Or lack thereof. You float in the center of a circular, white room, with several turquoise colored rings around your body. Two are scanning you, while the rest hold your limbs in place like cuffs to keep you as still as a statue.
"If you're awake in there, don't panic! J-Just don't panic– keep calm, it's all fine, alright? Don't move too much, I'm gonna get you out of there! But, uhhhh… Don't know how to yet, but I promise, I will get you out of there!.... It-It's just a bit complicated up here is all, bit of a new computerized system I'm going through, I'm not used to it, so, I-I'm uhhhh, just learnin' on the fly here to make sure I don't do anything wrong before I can break you all out–"
Before he could finish the sentence, an alarm system went off. "AH! No no no no no, Uhhhhhh, stop, stop it, stop-stop-stop!" The voice exclaimed. "Ahhhhhh, right, new plan: I'm just gonna release you all real quick, because I think they're gonna start sending in security up here!"
The rings around you unlock While now finally free to move, you're still floating aimlessly in this room without gravity.
The panels along the way begin to retract and shift, the space becoming larger in size, while a group behind you gets separated by one of the walls closing shut between you and them.
The room begins to fill with gas from the small space between each wall panel, with a few opening up for drones to fly through and approach you and the others. "Hold on, hold on, hold oooooooooonnn– Got it!" The voice shouts excitedly, as two larger wall panels open, one behind you, and one above. You can see people looking down upon you from the top, ready to aid in your escape. "Go go go! Follow where that opening takes you!" The voice shouts.
Several of the drones nearby seem close enough to reach. A bit of wiggling reveals that some movement is possible, a bit like swimming.
Time to escape.
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INTRODUCING:
@Hero AS Wolf
@Girania the Knightess AS Anri
@FACELESSFACESFECKINGFLYING AS Idan Graves
@Noble Scion AS Bem
@LenxKaitoYaoi AS Luer Lastez
@Valkan AS Tokui Uchiha
@Nero Kunivas AS Kiana Kaslana
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