Exposure, 6 2/2: Plans meet RealityPeople just friggin' love planning, imagining things, drawing those fancy mental pictures of everything going exactly as they want it to go. They connect those dots, they enjoy the view, they get absolutely sure, damn certain that nothing could go wrong....
Exposure, 5: Read the Fine PrintThere's one thing I can't really get my grasp on: why the heck those cartographers have only one single damn term for every, no matter if it's terraformed or not, planet that allows you to wander around without a suit and without dying because of doing...
Exposure, 3: The EmbodimentSo I fired up the damn VR thing another time this evening to get through the essentials and create a character. Of course, putting a Do Not Disturb on the door that now carried curious signs of being brutally rammed once and then repaired and upgraded...
Exposure, 1: Makeshift SolutionAh, hells... Hi. Long time no... hear? And, yeah, it's me again. Still alive. Found myself in quite an embarrassing situation last day. To say politely. As friggin' soft as possible, and you don't want to end up like that I'm bloody sure. Even being...
Duty, Fulfilled. The Epilogue.I woke up in the hospital... Hah. Why is it always the hospital? I'd say you, seems like that's my personal recipe for a good story. My secret ingredient. To make sure I did everything possible, I should end up in a hospital. Maybe I could start making...
Duty, 40: Where the Circle is ClosedOftenly, when you're in an immediate danger, and seconds, even split seconds matter, you may feel the world around you slowing down, and whilst there's a scientific explanation to that, I'd like to add a little more of romantic meaning. As if it were...
Duty, 39: Death's GazeSo, yeah... That was it. We dropped from the cruise mode and began marking our targets. I locked on the Hydra, of course, and the rest of the pilots were going for Medusas. There were nine of us and seven of them, I gave an order to go one on one, and...
Duty, 38: No Fear, No PainLiving like this, you'll eventually get used to waking up from alarm signals and following voice broadcasts or orders that you have to carry out immediately. Jumping into the uniform and flipping a coffee cup upside down over your opened mouth in a minute...
Duty, 37: A Moment of WarmthWarning: contains adult content. Sometimes, even when everything around looks so sad and dark, a bit of rest and a bit of good news is all you need to keep going. A little more fuel for your inner strength. An evidence of your efforts really meaning...
Duty, 36: Don't Look DownAh, hello. It's me. Of course it's all nice and sweet, but we both didn't have much time to spend freely. Literally, finished all preparation-related stuff, including, finally, hah, moving the whole one backpack of my 'countless' personal posessions to...
