Adventures in the Space Between Universes
“You have been remarkably silent.” There was arguing outside but it was faint, barely noticeable past the lead-lined walls. Relkir had been handcuffed to the table in front of them and had said barely anything. Despite the forced prodding and poking they had been put through. A blood sample had been taken, they had sat … Read more
“Hello, Ksini.” Relkir glanced up from their desk at the Rethan standing above them. They were a pink-plated Rethan that was perfect in pretty much every way apart from their pink and purple eyes. And the aura of miniscule time-altering fluctuations that always followed Ksini around, but most Rethans couldn’t notice that outside of Relkir … Read more
“Come on, dear!” Relkir grinned as they grabbed Litvir by the hand. “Come on, let us have daddy-daughter time and get ice cream!” Litvir wasn’t expecting Relkir to immediately grab them, so they stopped and stayed in place. Relkir seemed to predict that, then tried again. Litvir relented a little but didn’t move too much. … Read more
“You are stressed.” Litvir blinked, then looked up. They had been sitting on the roof of the building where they lived, watching the sun set and the stars rise. No one should have been there with them. But there was. “Dada?” Litvir exclaimed as they turned around. “How did you get here?” Relkir shrugged as … 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
Relkir would have been surprised that two black-armoured 10th Legion soldiers had approached them the second they had stepped into the arrivals section of the Phos Main Hub space port, but they expected this to happen. “Please, come with us, General.” The two soldiers swiftly led Relkir, who was still carrying their luggage, to a … Read more
With all the chaos that had gone on recently, Relkir had been struggling. Which was why Relkir was doing something to ground themselves. They were on a walk, playing their silly little game, wandering around the streets near their parents-by-partnership’s home, while Gath was spending time playing with (and taking many photos of) their brand … 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
Litvir wasn’t supposed to be there. The first two nights, only one person was supposed to be with the baby, and that was their mum. Ever since baby Retvik had hatched, they had been gently held by Gath, and the two of them had been in a small room together. Gath was currently sleeping on … 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