Adventures in the Space Between Universes
“Ba! Big ba!” Baby Retvik was incredibly excited as nurse Kafin carried them into a private room. Already waiting for them was Retvik’s big sibling Litvir, who had arranged a play date and was in the middle of laying things out. “Little ba!” Litvir picked themselves up off the floor. “Hello, kyr Kafin, thank you … Read more
“Captain Liiti!” Relkir smiled as they carried baby Retvik into the office. “How are you? You wished to speak to me?” Liiti nodded, but didn’t answer straight away. They were busy inspecting baby Retvik, who was waving at Liiti. “I… I did, yes.” “Is something wrong?” Relkir sat down at the desk, sitting baby Retvik … Read more
“So… Retvik is fine?” Gath asked. “Yes, they are fine!” Liiti beamed. “They are not ill?” “Yes, they are fine. They just ate their food too fast and bounced around too much and made themselves throw up. It is common when babies start to transition from mush food to chunks.” “So… Retvik is definitely fine?” … Read more
“Stay calm, do not panic. I will clean up the mess. Wrap them up, take them to the nursery and speak to Captain Liiti.” “But-” “You do not know if it is serious and are jumping to conclusions. Bundle Ret up and go now. The nurseries are open all the time for a reason.” Heavy … Read more
The Kentron was quiet today, but not unintentionally so. The High General had made sure that they had no meetings, no events, nothing important and related to work, because they had something big to celebrate. After months of being off work, the Keeper, the General of Heroes, was returning to the Kentron to visit, and … Read more
“Oh, you have been busy!” Gath peered around baby Retvik’s new bedroom. The last time they had stood in here, the room had been empty, and Gath was due to fly to Thresisa. Relkir had been home more than Gath had, they had left for Thresisa later and come home earlier, as Relkir was still … Read more
Being a heavily socialist society, Rethans had a lot of ready to use, ready to hire equipment when it came to babies. The idea was always that one uses baby equipment until their baby doesn’t need it any more, then one cleans and repairs the baby equipment and hands it back to the childcare legions, … Read more
Gath was feeling ever so proud as they carried their baby up to the front door of their parents’ place. This was the first time baby Retvik had been allowed to leave the nursery, after the nurses there had checked them over and said they were healthy. Apparently they were very healthy and quite big … Read more
There were a lot of large, armoured beings gathered outside this tiny little room, but they were all transfixed buy the small plastic box, and they hardly noticed when yet another large, armoured being joined them. But none of them were important. Not to the small, round egg inside the plastic box. An egg that … Read more
The bed was a little small and cramped, but it wasn’t really meant for two people. Really, it wasn’t meant for one gigantic Rethan either, but since Gath was spending family time with their parents and their partner, Gath didn’t care one bit. Huddled up by Gath’s side was Relkir, who seemed to be sleeping … Read more
Relkir felt oddly wobbly as Elkay pulled them and their kid through a shadow, and the three of them appeared underneath a familiar tree. In front of them was that adorable little orange-painted half-house, and waiting for them were three happy faces. Elkay stepped back a little bit, allowing the colossal Rethan to plod over … Read more
“So you didn’t see anything?” Kohra asked as he puffed up his fur in a bid to protect himself from the cold. Litvir shook their head, and shuddered slightly. Normally, they had no problem with the depths of space, but Litvir felt uneasy today. “Uh, no, not on… normal light. In the, uh, infrared light, … Read more
“I am so sorry.” “It is fine. You were not to-” “I am so, so sorry. “It is fine. You-” “I do not know how I can apologise further.” “It is-” “I failed you.” “Relkir, please stop.” “I-” “Relkir!” An uneasy silence crackled down the phone line. It took too long for anyone to start … Read more