Archive | May, 2013

The Guardian and the Archive

The sun rises above the Enceladean horizon, and the small moon’s icy surface immediately begins to sublimate. Wisps of vapor rise and dance, looking for all the world like tendrils of delicate smoke. The vapor coils and writhes and is carried through the thin atmosphere by the barest whisper of a breeze. A moment later, […]

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A Helping Hand

… the Vex Timeshifter predictably evaded Ragashingo’s grenade, but again placed itself in perfect view of the other two Guardians that were hunting it. The sound of orange tinted Venusian waves crashing ashore against the nearby dark rocks was briefly drowned out by echoing cracks of gunfire. The robot’s shields shattered, falling to the ground […]

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Mercury’s Vault of Questions

This story was originally posted in the DBO Challenge Week 5 thread but it seemed good enough to submit here so as to be better preserved.  Ragashingo led his five man team through the pitch black caverns. The underground passageways were dark and claustrophobic, and were only lit by the team’s small illuminations systems. Still, […]

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