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Doctor Frankenstein

by Tower Curator — The Psychic Detector looked even more imposing from the base. Craning her neck back gave Dyna a dizzying moment of vertigo before she shook the feeling off. There wasn’t time to sit around gawking. There were still tulpa around and who knew what Alpha was planning now that she had gotten out of that trap. Entering the detector superstructure felt like the kind of place that people weren’t regularly meant to traverse. The door, unlocked with her bobby pin just beyond the garage-like dock for the…
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History

by Tower Curator — “Sapphire,” Ruby snarled. “What are you doing here?” Dyna took a deep breath, beyond glad that Ruby was at her side. She patted at her chest, trying to get her heart to calm back down. Spooky movies, even ones she had seen before, always set her on edge. A good kind of edge, she often thought. They got her heart racing and her blood pumping. But the figure appearing out of nowhere while walking down otherwise vacant hallways of Psychodynamics caused more than just a small shock. If it had…
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Sanctuary

by Tower Curator — “Deeper… and deeper. Let your body and your mind calm. The tension in your shoulders, in your arms, in your chest… just let it all go and step to the third… step… now. Relax.” Sensory deprivation chambers always felt strange. They were small cylinders. More like metal coffins than actual chambers. Half-filled with water, the occupant was intended to relax and float on top, removing most sensations of gravity and the upward force of the ground or chairs or beds. With the water and air both…
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Altering the Plan

by Tower Curator — “You’re ruining my mission,” Ruby said with quite possibly the most terrifying pout that Dyna had ever seen. Pitrelli’s office didn’t feel like the most secure location to discuss possible traitors to the Carroll Institute. It had no door, a large window, security cameras galore, and more photographs of mountains and rivers. The latter fact didn’t weaken the security of the situation, but did strengthen the theory that the decor in Harold’s office had come from the institute rather than…
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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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Alpha

by Tower Curator — Administrator Alpha scanned the report from the most recent experiment for the umpteenth time. Each reading had her scowl deepening further and further as things just didn’t quite add up. Pulling up the report from Harold’s capture, she compared Dyna’s debriefing there to the one here. The first and most obvious change was the lack of freely offered information. The Harold incident was full of offered conjecture, full thought process of every decision, and ideas for how she could have handled any…
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Home Invasion

by Tower Curator — “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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A New Hope

by Tower Curator — 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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Driving

by Tower Curator — Sleep wasn’t easy to come by. There was too much going on to fall asleep. And yet, there wasn’t much for Dyna to do to help the situation. Doctor Darq was going through data. They had hoisted Ruby up and further secured her with additional harnesses, mostly to keep her from dragging on the ground. The poor girl must have been so confused. Matt had fallen asleep, but with the aid of painkillers and sleep aids. Dyna wasn’t quite willing to turn to drugs just yet. While she felt she needed some…
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Crossing the Stage

by Tower Curator — Dyna stepped out of the truck and looked around. The odd readings from the truck apparently brought them here. A larger building with two wings splitting off from a main structure. The bricks were worn, windows were broken, and a pillar out front looked like it had been hit by a car—hopefully it wasn’t load-bearing. Faded lettering above the main entrance identified the structure as a high school. Exactly what its name had been was lost to a fairly impressive yet incomplete mural of…
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