Short Stories From A Tall Guy
Bri lands on the shoulders of the tall Pajonian man standing by the entrance to the underground cave, wrapping her legs around his neck. She throws her body weight forward, unbalancing the man below her. The man falls, ridden to the ground by the lady who fell from the sky. He catches himself on his […]
“Two just exited,” Ash says, watching the distant cave through the scope of their rifle as two of the tall Pajonian men exit. The two engage the others already standing outside the entrance, exchanging greetings and quickly falling into jovial conversation. “Only two?” Bri asks. “Yeah. I have four at the entrance; the two guards […]
Stakeouts are ssooo boring! It had been several hours since Ash found their position amongst the branches of a tree. They had been shifting about for the last two of them trying to find a more comfortable position. They went from lounging on their back against the trunk to dangling from their knees, and when it […]
“Damn it!” Edward yelled again, he sprawled on his back and kicked his feet at Pe-bo, trying to keep him and his medical equipment away, but the tall man brushed his legs away effortlessly and rolled his eyes. “Knock it off,” Pe-bo commanded as he took the loose end of the rope off the ground […]
Pe-bo crouched over the old man lying beside Edward. He had retrieved a kit from a pack against the wall and had something in his hand he waved under the man’s nose. The man woke quickly and panicked. Pe-bo rested his hand on the old man’s chest, holding him down. It didn’t seem to be […]
“Uh, Tomu?” The tall man holding the rope pauses in front of Edward, confused. He looks over his shoulder at the bald man with the red eyebrows. “Tomu? This one only has one arm. How am I supposed to-” He trails off and holds up the rope. Tomu, the calm man with the red eyebrows, […]
“What the fuck is that thing?” The quiet man from the room asks. “I don’t know. Ask it?” The standing lady responds. “Should we be following it?” Asks the other lady. “It doesn’t seem threaten-” the other man began to speak but stops abruptly when Edward stops in front of him. He bumps into Edward’s […]
As soon as Lawrence pressed the activate button, the clunky box of metal and function chips began to glow and floated several feet off the floor, spinning slowly. This was always Lawrence’s favorite apart of creating new items and functions; the testing. It reminded him of the scene from Beauty and the Beast when the […]
2054 APRIL 28 5:45 AM Lawrence had contacted the head of the SAAI program three days before his meeting with the investors, to see if his idea was even plausible. They told him that, in theory, it was possible. There had been no serious hitches in the testing of the new AI, except one; in […]
By now, Edward’s vision has cleared enough that, once they adjust to the lights, he can make out the details of his surroundings. The hall is at least twenty feet wide, and twice that in height, extending far into the distance and gradually bending out of sight. The floor above them is just a walkway […]
The room is poorly lit, but it proves to be an improvement from the darkness of the metal coffin Edward had just evacuated. The main source of light in the room comes from a long, narrow window high in the wall near the ceiling. Below the window is a panel of glowing buttons and switches […]
2054 APRIL 28 11:26 AM “Fuck,” Brad Lee finally broke the silence of the room after several long seconds, voicing the shock that everyone in the room felt. He turned his palms up and raised his shoulders as he shook his head, gesturing to the office that he was at a loss for words and […]
“Hello?!” Edward calls into the darkness. His voice echoes through his chamber, rattling his eardrums and causing him to cringe. The voice outside grows further and further away until it’s replaced by silence. For a moment it feels as though they really are going to abandon him and the anxiety of it begins to swell […]
2054 APRIL 28 11:19 AM “-ajor disaster!” Terrance was halfway through a sentence when Lawrence pulled open the door. “Five people. Five! Dead! And dozens of others are infected, that we KNOW of, all trapped inside, and we still have no clue what is happening!” “But,” the investor sitting beside Brad Lee on the opposite […]
2054 APRIL 28 11:15 AM Lawrence was hesitant to walk into the office. He could see the occupants of the room through the glass walls of the office and he could see the intense expressions on all of their faces. There were a dozen individuals sitting around the table, all wearing very serious skins for […]