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2024-10-29 19:42:56Crunch. Crunch. The footsteps outside the dumpster continued as if it was surveying the place while the alarm on the phone stopped. This was a sound enough to wake any person, yet the creature outside did not touch the dumpster or bother to even investigate. But Cristian felt like the creature was not those who mindlessly sought things without purpose. Their movement was not clumsy nor erratic. They were taking their time with each second.
Passing moments spent controlling his breath, Cristian in high stakes hide and seek has begun to feel the sweat he has accumulated even before they got into the dumpster when two minutes ago, he barely noticed anything rolling down his chin. At moments like this, he wished that he could have done better things in life, but had he spent them honestly “doing” then he wouldn’t be taking in a high-paying job with a high death risk.
This career path wasn’t something he planned but he wanted things, an
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Suitable Bags of Flesh Chapter 30 (part 1)
Chapter 30The smoke dissipated from the air as a new volley of gunshots became the sound that covered the air of A-city. More for those people left and intent on reclaiming the land or rescuing possible survivors. Prof. Tenorio must have become a form saint and martyr to some despite his incapacity to act on the field. His purpose in acting in the line of fire is a condition the higher up’s and acting directors have pushed on him in exchange for a few actions he could not control but wanted to pursue.One of them is Reina’s complete involvement in Northwoods Laboratory and her exploited proposal on selling their weapons to select companies and traders. There was only one person who was against her proposal, and they are the most important man in the company, and all affiliated decisions regarding the “Dimension Pocket” fall under this man.The moment this man denied Reina’s proposal despite having great
Suitable Bags of Flesh Chapter 30 (part 2)
Leaving the distaste of his own made distraught, he considers the southern human camp to be a feat possible to care for with the experience of both Abin and Ruan, Captain Fairmont’s team members that were left in the hospital to help protect the remaining humans who were not able to recover from the Secunda effects.Their tandem is not the most ideal, especially Ruan’s limited knowledge of how to medically handle the patients, but his presence was a strength that gave hope to many. Especially in those scenarios that regular humans can barely know of in terms of a profession. He was fortunately adept in caring for those in deep sleep and knowing methods how to provide care and nutrients or sustenance in the lack of waking.He also utilized several medicines and food for the people who remained and continued to reside in the hospital until Prof. Tenorio and the Primer Task Force arrived to give help. Abin and a few civilians were the only ones w
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Eldric wouldn’t be aware of this, but Prof. Tenorio’s husband has a lot of things to deal with in terms of career and social relationships. Before he decided to just be a househusband, he had a career that could trump all his current cousins in terms of government position. He was appealing to people in a way that could become a light.Unlike Prof. Tenorio that could charm people by his will and drive to creatively bring ideas and thoughts into a form of the physical path to innovation, his husband brings the light forward into the path. He can do that, and he’s done it before with Prof. Tenorio and one of his projects. Yet that was not the factor he considered in marrying him.For one to guess what it was, it’s easy to say but hard to believe, that he taught him how to love a kind of love no romance could ever replace. That was the kind of love that brings Prof. Tenorio wanting to pave his pathway from his curiosities and still be
Suitable Bags of Flesh Chapter 30 (part 4)
“How can I not be nervous, Trust we can’t have another city be destroyed,” Betts said when her frown grows deeper. “My worry doesn’t stem from just nothing, and even if we’re confident that we could do something, nothing is a guarantee. The world isn’t as luck-filled as we do, not everyone can be…”There was a twinge of hesitation inside her mind, again, not the usual doubt towards her true voice to her acceptance, not sharing it with Trust and their bodily situation, rather it’s the same kind of mental and emotional anxiety when she left the workforce. Finding out that she is unreliable and disappointing, useless or to the point of weakness in the face of distress, the kind she couldn’t control is a perfectionist speaking from her mind but nothing of it could not be contained.Once she saw the darkness, blinking lights of a gunshot, smoke, the smell of blood, and death, everything became
Suitable Bags of Flesh Chapter 30 (part 5)
If Trust had eyebrows, as much as his flat-skinned burnt face looks like, he’d be quirking them as Betts described the intentions and how the actions of the stronger monster in the center of the monster group think. How much of this is guesswork, is a hundred percent, but he couldn’t imagine that there’s a purpose nor a successful way for them to confirm this intent. Yet if he looked closer at all the small monsters this creature accumulated, he’d be thinking it was hoarding for its benefit alone.However, it did not let these creatures stay around them in a way that protected them alone, rather if it focused on the areas where the monster placed them, all locations that look down. Almost in the direct way of the monster hunters yet deliberately having space to move around them. He too noticed that there were observer small monsters around the monster hunters, but unlike the other ones they’ve encountered, these observers truly watc
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Guns aimed in rush at Betts the moment she finished her words, at least half of them are, the others are warily staring at her presence in a stunned silence except for one of them who held his hand signaling the others to steady their aims. He waved them down as he spoke, “can we confirm if you’re a civilian?”Betts looked at them as Trust started bashing those small fry monsters who dared attack him, her brows deepen through patience and clearly must prevail because at this point they won’t have any fighting chance besides the additional manpower the men from the task force could provide. She assessed them, all their stance were at high alert, so it would be best to move in caution before any of them exhibit a nervous tick and shoot her.“I’m a civilian,” she said in short answer, “but I’m not exactly a simple citizen.”Frowning at her words, the man continued to tell her, “then we
Suitable Bags of Flesh Chapter 30 (part 7)
Dwindling numbers don’t matter if, by the end of the line, or rather near the end of it, the strongest of the pack comes to pay their respects by deliberately using a hunk of motorcycle chucked into the air, aiming at Trust. There was time for him to avoid the incoming automotive metal cannonball, but he didn’t evade or take any evasive measures, rather he made sure to take the hit by his tail and deftly reroute its trajectory.The space they’re fighting in is a hollowed-out structure just neighboring the one they previously escaped from. Since its height was small and rather below a convenience store with two floors, it became the monster’s “creature comfort” in terms of hiding things. Unlike the other stores like the one below, they are on the first floor of several tall buildings without having their own. This one, it’s got its own two floors.The front doesn’t look big or wide, but it was long reaching f
Suitable Bags of Flesh Chapter 31 (part 1)
Chapter 31 Bright afternoon colors covered the poster-filled walls of Horaz’s room, again as he busily lay on top of his bed while his other self, sat reading on a chair. His ears are plugged with earphones while it played ten pop songs on repeat just to drown the noise from the outside. Hands busily scribbled on a piece of paper before he stopped to continue reading the book just beside the paper. His desk is illuminated by the light of his lamp even though the afternoon sunsets his room in an ambient mood for relaxation and nap time. One shelf stood beside this desk filled with all his hobby books and a box of socks he uses for his soccer practice. All those socks are used and never deplete since he may have bought too many to count. It’s not just his effort to buy these socks, they were partially gifted by every relative who knew he wanted to pursue playing soccer as a form of career, though as of this moment, he needs to study. Horaz, of the current time, is buck naked on the be
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EpilogueThe caves underground lead nowhere man could tolerate, with the pressure of the world pressing over them, no one can follow the Primer monsters as they exit the premise of C-city. These Primers are not going to be eaten and smothered by power over time, however, they will co-exist in a community built by Memoria.Memoria who sat almost half a millennia awake under the ruins of F-city played another game of race between the lines with several other internet connection nodes that are knowingly joined into the old working cable lines of the dead city. Then when the race finishes, they rest for the while, thinking like a person, old and hesitant.They’ve long forgotten that they could easily browse these connections so that they could monitor the condition of the world and their old friends who now walks the human world with the grace that could only dignify those with experience. They have experience too, of a different kind, all collected from the vast brains and words of those
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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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Chapter 37 (part 4)
Small-stature wobbled from their place in shock and confusion. They could hear voices, words they thought would not be possible to understand even if they have a sprinkle of memories of being able to say such things, such words. Vocabulary had almost slipped their still able memory of what they seem to perceive as their selves before this blind-like body.Their comrade underlings did not comprehend the creature in front of Small-stature, making them react in a scared way, almost darting to scurry in escape. Managing to hail them back into the premise of Small-stature’s vicinity was easy, what with One-arm herding them back to where they are.“My, forgive me. It seems like you are a newborn to this body.” Soft-spoken, as Small-stature calls them, listened to them say. “Let me soothe your worries, we are not here to relish harm upon our fellow. Rather, guide them.”Hearing and understanding what Soft-spoken said took about a few seconds of Small-stature’s comprehension, but their underl
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Chapter 37 (part 3)
Two presences from the premise disappeared when the small-statured creature sensed the sensation of an optimal sound and light came from underneath the ground. There was a pause as they waited for the arrival of this, oh so, comforting resonance.Anticipation. Tension. Pause.There was a definite halt in their senses when another sensation overpowered their most awaited event, that was just been triggered moments ago. Because of this, they knew that there was something wrong. Something that would bring them great demise and abandonment, even if they know they could survive without this “thing.”Grasping this “thing” was an answered prayer they knew would be something that could help develop their comrades and these sweet-scented underlings of theirs. Telling them that they would grow and develop into better creatures that could well benefit each other. Without words, just sounds and resonance, deeds.Still, they could not help but waver in tenacity when they felt the loss of this “thi
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Chapter 37 (part 2)
Waking up in another body is hellish beyond comparison. Imagine opening your eyes to blindness you didn't know existed, with the light coming from nowhere and everywhere. You don't see with your eyes, but you feel the world ten times stronger with nothing but your body who is sensitive to every kind of noise. Magic would have been more believable than realizing that your blindness is not caused by pain of any internal kind, but by your eyes absorbed inside your skull, sunken deep. Protected by a layer of skin thin but tough, while a substance within shakes and serves to stay it in place. Something moved within their skull, surreal but they could feel it moving with every shake and stir as if a jar of pickles with one pickle inside swimming in its vat of juice. Why am I comparing pickle to my situation? Calming themselves was easy, they “breathed” slow and steady, through a nose they could not feel or sense its presence on their face, but they know its there. Wildly adjusting their t
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Chapter 37 (part 1)
Chapter 37Skies don’t rain beans or bacon, but Horaz, who’s gotten himself used to the way the Primer identity roams his mind, sees that this Primer sure knows how to mix the setting they stand in by displaying all food he’s been craving for. Nothing beats being human and wanting nothing but to satiate your day with all the good comfort food that lives in your head, at least the ones you’ve tasted before.He has been yearning to eat more than raw meat, which his tongue and throat burned from the bitter taste, not sweet or delectable, but bitter and tangy at the same time. The youth of sixteen years has not tasted flesh the same way it’s described with a raw steak, though he prefers well done, he probably would have had the chance to taste raw steak in the time his family would celebrate special occasions.But he prefers well-done steak, baked beans, and the occasional tacos on the weekends. Softshell because he needs to cater to his girlfriend’s taste for cleanliness, hence food with
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Chapter 36 (part 7)
“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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Chapter 36 (part 6)
The confines of Horaz’s room remained cold with the sprinkle of “nature’s touch,” meaning the occasional soil and other debris that could serve as “entertainment options.” Noticing the Primer consciousness be a creature of boredom was one the laboratory did not expect, and so did Horaz.Discovering this was not hard to conclude when the Primer tends to play and hunt the staff and escort that enters its domain whenever they feed or try to clean his “room.” At most, if they didn’t leave any kind of living creature to distract the Primer during its stay in the laboratory, the likeliness of it trying to destroy their place seemed likelier.Reina remembered the kind of creature the first Primer was, despite staying for only a few days in their presence. This alpha Primer did things in calculated actions as if, the creature itself wanted things to go their way so it could pretend to give them what they want.She concluded this according to how the staff then felt its actions were much devis
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Chapter 36 (part 5)
Purce had to double take, knowing that the answer used, one thump of any body part meant “no.” Hastily, she signaled to Elbi that Horaz – the human consciousness, did not agree to the next procedure.Because of this, Moss suddenly wondered why the electrical current request they were aiming to control, and monitor stopped. She saw from her peripheral that Dr. Akyl left her post, the other touchscreen panel, and approached Elbi and Purce.Elbi was adjusting the program, already on its way to booting up enough electrical charges in the ideal percent, but an abrupt stop in this charging requires a reset for the application and machine. Because if it did not stop and proceed to use for its intended purpose, it would go haywire or overflow.The very machine of the gurney can only hold enough electrical charge, the extra energy that flows through the needles are nodes that cannot let one charge in it stay still. It must go through and ride the sails and winds or else it will burn. This is n
