08 – Colour Balance (New)
‘Ma’am, we’ve got trouble.’ The voice in her earpiece was sudden, panicked and not following proper procedure. Strange for Hewitt, considering he was usually the most reliable of her recruits. ‘Mer, shift me to Hewitt.’
‘Ma’am, we’ve got trouble.’ The voice in her earpiece was sudden, panicked and not following proper procedure. Strange for Hewitt, considering he was usually the most reliable of her recruits. ‘Mer, shift me to Hewitt.’
Black and white were horrible for urban camouflage. Grey was far better, but grey wasn’t her colour.
Experiment: Day 10 October 3rd Taylor reached his four-hundredth push-up, then started the count again. There were no unusual sounds in the gym. This was expected. This met parameters. Nothing to indicate attack. Nothing to indicate that steps needed to be taken. There was the sound of fabric moving two-point-seven metres to his left. Expected. […]
Experiment: Day 7 September 30th The world seemed to spin as the elevator descended. Curt put a hand against the cool metal of the elevator wall. It was nowhere near as bad as Magnolia’s fade to the hell under Queen Street, but it was pretty bad. Panic crawled around his heart like a living thing.
Experiment: Day 3 September 26th Curt opened his eyes, a scream still locked in his throat. ‘Lights,’ he choked, ‘fuck, lights, require: lights.’
Experiment: Day 2 September 25th Taylor hadn’t slept, that was obvious. Magnolia made sure her footsteps were heavy as she approached. He was perfect, he was infallible, he always knew where she was – this information though, could slip when distracted, or tired.
Experiment: Day 1 September 24th ‘That is one big pile of shit.’ This cage was the biggest Stef had seen yet, but it wasn’t the creature inside that held her attention, but its leavings. The pile of faeces was as tall as she was, and could definitely take her in a fight. She pulled her […]
Experiment: Day 1 September 24th A large Plexiglas enclosure took Stef’s attention. There were large shapes moving inside – multiple freaks in the one cage, this was something different. She came to within five feet of the enclosure and stopped, frozen to the spot by the inability to comprehend what she saw. Her mind reeled. […]
Experiment: Day 1 September 24th Ryan focussed on his HUD as a ping from Jones appeared. He answered opened the window, and Jones’ face appeared. [We’re done for now, sir.] [How is she?]
Experiment: Day 1 September 24th There was an impatient knock on Ryan’s door. Ryan looked up from the two piles of papers – one of ordinary paperwork, the other, details of Stef’s experiment – the immediate danger over, he needed all the detail he could get.