When Max Black got super-powers and became Quantum, he thought he’d be living the life of his comic book heroes…fighting evil, saving damsels in distress, that sort of thing. Not sitting in a room with no windows, listening to the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Posts Tagged Vesta
Since she became the world’s smartest teenager, Noriko has done some weird things. Hiding in a black van while a C.I.A. agent is shooting the human-shaped biological weapons that are trying to kill her doesn’t even make it to the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Null Technologies Sound Nullifier™ is one of history’s most unexpected inventions. It’s not Noriko’s most popular invention: that would be the holographic projector, the world’s fastest-selling high tech device. But people had been trying to build something capable of[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
It’s eight PM and Jane Blake is watching TV with her parents. It’s not how she thought to pass this Saturday evening, but the latest news left her no choice. Vesta and Quantum have returned after disappearing for six weeks,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Earth is finally visible from the Twin Dragon’s escape pod, looming large in the round window. <Oh my gods, it’s so beautiful> Kari says, almost crying at the view. <I’ve seen worse> is all Torn is willing to concede. <We[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
After Athena’s gift, Noriko’s brain doesn’t need sleep anymore; since it’s powered independently from the rest of her body, theoretically it can work forever. Her body and her mind are another story, which is why she’s fallen asleep on the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Planet Myridia Kari Zel is sitting on the beach. Two of the six suns are high in the sky, and a third one is near dawn; the wind keeps blowing her purple hair into her face. Max Black, also known[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Kari Zel enters the engine room of the Twin Dragon, where Noriko has been busy since they took over Demeter’s mothership. The young Asian-American is busy building…something. Kari doesn’t have the slightest clue about what she’s looking at: it’s a[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Max Black a.k.a. Quantum doesn’t like bullies. He’s met his fair share; they never seemed to understand how he could play football but also read comic books and know half of Star Wars by heart. Not until he kicked their[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Planet Myridia Under the shadow of her mothership, the Twin Dragon, Demeter is floating above the roof of Null Palace. Noriko, Quantum, Kari and Torn are staring at her, noticing how much she resembles Vesta: other than the green hair,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…