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Makeshift Protection

by Tower Curator — “I can’t believe this.” “I can’t believe we’re here,” Dyna said, peering out the small window in the door. “What if somebody comes?” “Then we tie them up and gag them. More importantly… Why?” “You’ve been complaining the entire time. It’s not that bad.” Ruby stood over a counter, carefully applying a solution of likely caustic chemicals to a flat sheet of aluminum foil. It was thick and sticky. More of a gel than a runny liquid. Ruby had an overlarge mask on and…
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Looping

by Tower Curator — Dyna didn’t actually need the guards to strip in order to get their protective gear. She should have expected it, but they brought spares. Although they were a common sight around the Carroll Institute—especially down in Psychodynamics—Dyna had never worn the insulating equipment before. It wasn’t just like pulling on a pair of pants and throwing on a shirt. The silvery fabric didn’t bend easily. Not because of whatever it was made from, but because of how thick the material was. It felt like…
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Lightning Gun

by Tower Curator — It was a coil gun, not a lightning gun. Dyna had seen the bright flash. The clap of thunder. The fried bodies. It was a lightning gun, not a coil gun. Walter ran up with it and used it in relatively close proximity. He had dropped it or thrown it to the floor in surprise and shock. It was his gun. It had come from his car. He would have known how to use it. It was a coil gun. Beatrice’s drones had been knocked out of the sky from the blast of lightning. It was a lightning…
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Kit and Id

by Tower Curator — Kit Maple looked at the phone on his desk, checked the caller, and quickly silenced the phone. There were a lot of things he was paid to do. His business card identified him as a logistics director. In reality, he was more of a handyman. Sure, he acquired things needed by the slowly growing number of personnel within Tartarus, but he also handled the personnel themselves. He interviewed everyone and he conducted background checks. He kept operations running smoothly and acted as a human resources…
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Kidnapped

by Tower Curator — Dyna didn’t know where she was being taken. The door was locked. The driver was obviously being controlled somehow. She had thought it seemed strange when, despite matching the description of someone involved in a potential shooting, he hadn’t frisked her and arrested her. In retrospect, that should have been a huge red flag. It was so clear now, but a few minutes ago, she had been far, far more concerned with the fact that Harold had gotten away and her memories of how were fuzzy at best. Now, she…
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Investigation

by Tower Curator — Emerald sniffed at the chill air biting her nostrils. Idaho Falls normally had a nature smell to it. Farmland, the Snake River, and the generally undeveloped area all gave it a natural scent. Without a large population and with the rising popularity of electronic vehicles—as slow as the people here were to adopt new technology—exhaust smog was effectively nonexistent. At the moment, however, Emerald didn’t smell much. Cold air had a way of deadening the senses. The natural senses, anyway.…
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Interdiction Order

by Tower Curator — Dyna stepped into darkness. Stepped was probably the wrong word. There was a certain drifting feeling to everything around her. She wasn’t floating, but it felt like she might be able to float if she remembered that gravity didn’t exist in someone’s mindscape. Nothing she saw would be real. This world would be populated entirely by nonmaterial mental concepts. Much like the noosphere, in a way, except instead of a collective amalgamation of thought forming that world, this place was entirely…
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Impromptu Appointments

by Tower Curator — If Dyna had known that she wasn’t going to be allowed to sit in on Harold’s interrogation, she would have asked him a few questions of her own while it was just her and Emerald. Though perhaps it was for the best. While she didn’t think that she would get hypnotized again, not now that she knew to watch out for it and what to watch out for, but if she did, she wasn’t sure that she would live down the embarrassment. Assuming he didn’t just kill her this time. In any case, Harold remained…
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Idaho Falls Regional Airport

by Tower Curator — Dyna got out of the makeshift motor home in the middle of the loading and unloading zone. Leaving it abandoned would probably see it towed, but at the moment, Dyna was far too wound up to care. There just wasn’t time to figure out a better parking spot. Grafton was already inside the airport terminal. Keeping the mirror up and ready, Dyna moved to follow him. The mirror was currently black, not showing anything useful. She tried to concentrate on the people in the airport, to perhaps use them as…
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Hypnosis

by Tower Curator — Harold, currently seated in the back of his car, unnerved Dyna. He wasn’t doing anything. He wasn’t struggling with his zip ties or trying to twist his arms out from behind his back. He just sat there, staring through his small round glasses. Every time Dyna glanced up into the rear-view mirror, she met his eyes. It made her feel guilty. Dyna couldn’t quite explain why. He was the bad guy here. She had even texted Emerald about her plan to take this guy to the arcade and had gotten approval in the…
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