The air on top of the mountain was quite thin. The surface gravity of the planet was quite similar to Earth’s, and the climb was quite steep; few humans would’ve been able to survive the journey. Ulysses was far from[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Posts Tagged Max Black (Quantum)
Myridia, 50 light-years from Earth Vesta is floating above the giant hole in the ground where the Grand Cathedral used to be; from her vantage point, she can see the crowd still evacuating the area. It’s a lot less people[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Noriko Null wakes up feeling that something’s not right. She’s in her bed, and everything around her matches her room at Null Tower, but she can’t shake off the feeling that she’s missing something: she can’t feel the constant hum[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Fermi crater, far side of the Moon The N01-Ragnarok emerges from the Shadow Network’s portal, rapidly followed by another dozen ships of similar design. While the others waste no time to set up a course to leave this solar system,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Infirmary of the N01-Ragnarok The ship is orbiting the planet formerly known as Eden, and there are two women monitoring the medical equipment: the goddess Vesta and the Egyptian Shabti, reborn without her cybernetic implants. The patients are Noriko Null[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Vesta can’t really wrap her head around what she’s watching: Noriko Null emerged from the planet’s core, floating in the air, her body glowing with energy just as much as her golden eyes. The Eden seem to be reacting erratically:[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
A second ago, Noriko Null and Quantum were inside a mental projection of Eden’s original planet: a lush garden with no technology whatsoever, not even clothing. Now the representation of the first Eden host of the Nexus has changed the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
A woman emerges from the deserts of Eden, with golden sand falling off her body. She has several bruises and her wounds are leaking fire, but she’s still alive. <How did I end up here?> Vesta asks herself, trying to[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
N01-Ragnarok, Naqada Galaxy As Noriko Null activates the Survival Field emitted from her belt buckle, Quantum studies the strange device she handed him: it’s emitting all kinds of particles. <Are you sure this is gonna work?> he wonders. <Of course[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
New York City, Earth It’s been five minutes since two gold-skinned strangers materialized in the middle of Times Square. The crowd surrounding them has already dispersed: they walk around with blank expressions on their faces, spreading to cover as much[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…