November 12th There was a light above her head. A small, yellow light. It was round. It was pretty. The light seemed to halo out from it, like sun breaking through thin clouds, or a lamp in a dusty room. Hey, you’re back. Huh? You’re out, genius.
November 5th Ryan paused in his paperwork when Jones’ face appeared in his HUD. [Sir, could I see you for a minute?] [Of course,] he said. [What is it?] He placed his pen down and shifted to the tech’s lab. Jones ignored him for a moment while he crouched in one of the lab’s corners. […]
November 2nd Magnolia winced as she reintegrated in the infirmary – the doctors expected her to show pain, and her commander was no longer present. She didn’t care if she impressed the Parkers or not. Any person – not suffering some form of extreme emotional trauma – would always get the same mix of insults, […]
November 2nd Taylor’s body language changed entirely – they were being watched. Magnolia stepped past him, the top of her head brushing against her commander’s bare arm, knife ready to take the first shot at the uninvited guest. It was Jones – Jones in his male persona, so there wasn’t even the distraction of Andrea’s […]
November 2nd Ryan kept his hands at his sides in an effort to keep himself from reaching out for Stef. ‘Here we go,’ Jones said, tapping a button on the tablet, then immediately discarding it on the bench behind him. Stef’s eyes went half-lidded, as if she was going to sleep. Her body seized, blue […]
November 2nd The code was beautiful, and it was the exact thing she needed. The last hour had been far, far too much for one stupid hacker to handle. Agent Volcano and the pretty bird, death threats, surgery, getting shot, and–
November 2nd As the shift completed, Stef blinked, taking in the sight of Ryan’s office. She’d been in the office fewer than a dozen times, but somehow, it felt safe. It felt like the first little bit of “safe” she’d had since before seeing the bird and volcano, and since becoming their trussed-up prisoner. She […]
Stef stared up at Jones – the bright green eyes were unmistakable, even if the form was unfamiliar. She sat on the edge of the bed, still cataloguing the agent’s new features. ‘You’re pretty as a girl, Jonesy,’ she said after a moment. Jones smiled and began to empty a bag of tech onto the […]
Ryan paused in front of Jones’ office – but only for a moment, the foot traffic through all of the tech department halls was such that the Agency Director loitering would be something that people noticed. And talked about. And started rumours about. He pushed on the half-open door, and walked in.
Someone was knocking. Ryan looked up, finally cognisant that someone was trying to get his attention. He put his pen down, and tried to look past the high stacks of paperwork. ‘Come in,’ he called, unlocking the door with a requirement. Jones walked in, a few folders in her hand. Ryan held back a sigh […]