About Tower Curator
Stories
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3.6 M
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12 d, 13 h
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“Mel? Are you awake yet?” Dyna asked, tapping her knuckles against her roommate’s door. The clock had just ticked past noon and Melanie’s shoes were still on the rack next to the door. Dyna had been excused from lectures thanks to her morning MRI and CT scans—both of which came back with no obvious anomalies—but for Mel to skip classes likely meant that she had gone out drinking last night. Carroll wasn’t a regular school; everyone in attendance was being paid to be here. If people skipped…-
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Dyna awoke to dim lights, a low hum droning on in the background, and a steady beeping that sounded like every electrocardiograph she had ever had. Which, she supposed, explained the dozen wires stuck to her chest, arms, and legs. It wasn’t the first time she had been hooked up to such a machine. Rather, she had lost count of how many medical tests she had been through. Carroll mandated regular health checkups of both the body and mind. She had always been told that, should she awaken in such a…
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Walter stared down to the depths of the Vault. Psionically shielded glass separated him from the deep pit. Heavy vault doors lined the cylindrical room, layered on top of each other with no floor or connecting walkways between. There were only six doors on each level, but Walter couldn’t see the top or bottom of the shaft. A platform, dwarfed by the empty space around it, climbed a sextet of pillars in the center of the room, one pillar for each corner of the hexagonal platform. Three men stood on the…
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“So what makes this place different than the laboratories around campus?” Carroll Institute was as much a school-like training center as it was a research institute. All the faculty were scientists first, teachers and lecturers second. Most every student was expected to spend some time in the laboratories, undergoing experiments at the behest of the scientists. Dyna had spent more than a few hours in sensory deprivation chambers, MRI machines, and even a deep sea pressurization vessel that was…
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Dyna’s foot thumped against the floor in repeated, nervous taps. Her fingers pressed into her temple while her thumb threatened to gouge a hole into the edge of her jaw. Her other hand gently rubbed against the eye-shaped pendant she bought at a thrift store. She didn’t see anything. Her eyes were closed, so some might assume that to be natural. But the others all saw things with their eyes closed. It was just her. “Miss Graves, your answer?” Dyna gnawed on her lip. She couldn’t delay…
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“Do I really have to eat this?” “Most children your age would eat the whole cake if left alone with it.” “It’s so…” She smacked her tongue against the top of her mouth, pulling her lips back and wrinkling her nose. “Sweet. The word you’re looking for is sweet.” “I know what sweet is, Em.” The ten-year-old girl shoved the plate across the counter top with a scowl that didn’t quite fit on her round face. “Juice is sweet. This is…” She stuck the end of her fork…
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“You can’t do this!” Tenebrael stared down at the angelic figure before her with a bright smile on her face. Poor Iosefael. Tiny crystalline teardrops formed at the corners of her eyes. It really detracted from her defiant stare. With how much her arms trembled, Tenebrael doubted anyone would take her seriously. If she would just be a little more selfish and a little more confident, she might actually make something of herself. For now, Tenebrael brushed her black fingernails over…-
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"Nothing." Eva nodded. It came easily. No big disappointment in Nel's words. She hadn't expected much from the ex-nun. "That's fine," Eva said. "I'd appreciate it if you kept trying, but you don't need to dedicate every moment of your time." "Of course I will!" Nel slammed her palms down on her marble altar. "I want that man dead as much as you. No! More than you." She pulled up the sleeve of her robe. The augur's arm was looking much better than it had back when Eva first woke up. A good half…-
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Raven Defensive Systems Incorporated The hands ticked around the clock, filling the air with a rhythmic noise that reminded everyone how late this meeting was starting. The core crew had assembled, but the boss still hadn’t shown up. She was many things, but late wasn’t one of them. Ten minutes late? Perhaps it was time to send someone to find her. A pencil rolled down the table, slowed to a crawl, and came back to the edge. It fell off the side, landed in a hand, placed on the edge of the table,…-
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Nikolai trudged through the old freight hauler. He moved on memory alone, only registering his surroundings as an afterthought. The hauler was familiar enough to him that he didn't need to pay much attention. Some people stopped and stared as he walked through the narrow corridors. A few said things to him, but Nikolai didn't respond. He couldn't imagine what he looked like. Or smelled like, for that matter. Five days of hiding out in the old sewer system had taken its toll. As had dodging robotic…
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