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2024-10-29 19:42:56Pulling the operator onto the table with the laptop to get their attention. They were staring blankly at the screen of the tablet showing the newscaster televising the incident.
Eldric shook them back to reality. He said as calmly as he could, “Contact the higher-ups. Have they issued an order of total evacuation through the underground passageways?”
The operator remained dazed as they looked back at the laptop in front of them, paused to breathe as they shook their hands, then started typing and looking through the boards. As Eldric waited to get a result, he pulled his phone out and sent a reply to Min-Ain.
“Stay where you are. There’s no telling what will happen if the Task Force fails to apprehend the Primers.” Seeing this message did not abate the fear Min-Ain felt, the kind he used to have back in D-city. If things went south faster than anyone could say “help,” he was sure there was no one else to rely on
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Hi, there Nate here :) I've enjoyed writing this story so far, but things have been complicated and I won't be able to write it anymore. There are some moments that I wish I could have fixed in the long run but it's gotten too much to hold in just one hand. After this chapter will be a short Epilog for a short mention of each relevant characters final activities before the future becomest truly a mystery. This story ran its course, pretty long if you ask me, and the development of some characters are slow but steady. There will be a new title coming after this for the coming month, it's tentative title is "Ocular to the Dying Sun." A saga of the Prime Magician and the realm of Slitark according to before their brightest star continues to deteriorate. Have fun reading, please do leave comments~
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“Stand… down,” Akyl said slowly to the escorts. Her eyes watched the one arm that clung to the tail.She could tell that the tail, or the identity that controlled it, is strong today. There must be a correlation between their method of physical examination and their tail’s response to their body. Rather, she could sense that Horaz is just realizing that there was more to the process happening in his Primer body and just noticing it now.The other escorts, with guns that bore metal ammunition, followed through but the tranquilizer bearer did not ease his aim. The escort shook his head in rejection of her request and Akyl had to acknowledge this.Purce stood still, feeling her tension, more from fear, stiffen her body. The only part that could move was her eyes and she watched in anticipation if the doctor would do something first, or the Primer’s tail.Because, by now, she could see that the Primer is not just fighting the tail but struggling to keep its hold. The twitching stopped for
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