Adventures in the Space Between Universes
Arkay The bedroom was small but tidy. A cupboard for belongings, a small chair and table and a comfy bed with far too many blankets and pillows on it. The floor was cold but a rug along the bed stopped Elkay’s feet from getting too cold. There was a window but it was hidden behind blinds … Read more
“Hey, wake up.” Elkay slowly opened his eyes. For the first time in ages, he wasn’t in pain. He felt uncomfortable, but he was otherwise alive. The voice that had spoken to him came from his left, so that was the direction Elkay looked in. “You’re not having a good week, are you?” the yellow … Read more
Dear Retvik, Right now, I hurt all over. To the point that I cannot remember your contact details. Or anyone’s contact details really. … This note will probably never find you. The same way I will probably never be found. What has happened to me over the last week has been soul-destroying. I am no … Read more
There were bodies everywhere. Bloody, tattered, beaten bodies. Young bodies and old bodies. About twenty in total. And standing in the middle of them was a hideous monster, weeping in realisation at what it had done. Elkay had only wanted help. As he’d climbed the mountain, the pain had trickled back into his system, his … Read more
After what had felt like an eternity of trudging through marshlands and mud, Elkay finally found a hint of civilization. The small logging village of Thredendra may have been in Rethan territory but its population was a strange mixture of Rethans, Skyans and Vrekans, all working together on providing renewable wood products for the other … Read more
“Been a while since we met up for tea…” “Yeah…” Kohra sat down at the table where Arkadin was sitting. The Thantophor was playing around with a bunch of paints, trying to decide what colour to put on his nails. “I wonder why that is?” “Well…” Kohra answered awkwardly. “We were kinda being your prison … Read more
Elkay stared at the corpse in front of him. The freshly killed body of a young alogan was sitting there, its guts half-eaten and hanging out, subtly taunting him. Elkay wasn’t sure why he felt the way he did. It wasn’t the act of killing the alogan that was disturbing Elkay, it was the fact … Read more
The pyrex canister had been sealed up and was now ready for transport. The flight staff, two pilots, a medic and two nurses, stood by as they watched a crew of ten Ksithans haul the canister into the back of the nosomic shuttle. “That is… most unusual…” Darik, the younger of the two pilots, muttered … Read more
The screams echoed through the building as medics raced through, trying to seek its source. What had once been pristine white hallways were now caked with something that smelled like blood but had the consistency of slime and jelly. None of them had any idea whether it was toxic or not, so hazardous material suits … Read more
Music. After aeons of silence, after aeons of floating through an endless void, Arkay could hear music. A faint, melodic tune, accompanied by twisting blue, gold and white spidering veins of glistening energy. For so long, Arkay had seen nothing but endless darkness, heard nothing but whistling winds, felt nothing but hollow emptiness, so the … Read more
The first thing Elkay noticed as he woke up was the sharp scent of blood and bleach. Both smells were there, with the bleach being far, far stronger, but there was definitely a lot of blood buried underneath the chlorine. The second thing Elkay noticed was that everything was white. Mainly the ceiling above him. … Read more
Elkay stared at the bowl of melted ice cream, wandering what to do with it. He didn’t really want ice cream. He didn’t even really like ice cream aside from the odd savory flavour. But there he was, sitting in an ice cream parlor, staring at an ice cream. An ice cream he had to … Read more
Kairos and Arkadin laid on the silver grass, gazing up at the universe above them. In the distance, Epani could be seen prancing around the stars, playing inside a nebula. By their side was a blanket with a large spread of food, a picnic made with the gods’ insatiable appetites in mind. Unusually, the Allbirther … Read more
Elkay cursed under his breath as the front door creaked open. He had just wanted to sneak in, grab his gunstaff and leave, but nope, the front door conspired against him, rudely announcing his presence. “I thought I told you lot to bugger off home?” Instinctively, Elkay apologised, only to realise that there was no … Read more
Yisini curled herself up on the sofa while she watched Arkadin make himself some sort of meal. She had not even bothered asking whether she was allowed in or not and had just let herself in with a spare key, but Arkadin wasn’t really bothered. He was just glad to have everyone off his back … Read more