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The Least Common Denominator LXXXV.I Plasma
I wasn't really the type of person to appreciate unwanted surprises. Whether for good or bad, I'd rather have stability and peace of mind rather than have my schedules destroyed by sudden birthday parties or emergency trips. I guess I just wasn't as flexible as I thought I'd be. I mean, I used to have massive chunks of empty time where I just laze around and think about life. It was wasted time, that I knew. But I couldn't bring myself to be productive during those times. I just... I don't want to think at times, and dead time was both a blessing and a curse for my own sanity. The monotony of life... In retrospect, I truly am a boring person if my personality was distilled to its basest form.Then again, life had constantly tried its best to break me out of my mold."You again."My stomach dropped as the young familiar voice echoed in my ears. I ex
The Least Common Denominator LXXXV.II Plasma
Right. Strategy.At a glance, the study was fairly small. Probably because the entire floor itself was smaller than the base of the palace. The stairs we came from were located at the side of the now destroyed wall. I guess we were actually close to the outside than we expected. On the room itself, it was like staring at a miniature version of the Royal Library. Bookshelves galore as far as the eye could see, but on a smaller scale; probably about the size of the main floor of my own mindscape where Ica and I shared tea and thinly-veiled verbal jabs. Add in the cluttered and haphazard arrangement of the books and the shelves that contain them, and I was left in an arena that was just ripe for stealth takedowns or a blazing inferno.In short, not a lot of elbow room in a room filled with highly flammable material. Kind of an advantage and a disadvantage when thinking about the
The Least Common Denominator LXXXV.III Plasma
"Had enough?!""DIE!"My heart worked overtime as I held my ground. It didn't matter that some of his flames were getting through. I just had to hold out till he ran out of steam. This was it. Victory was so close that I could literally smell it being cooked to perfection.I just had to take it home.Another batch of flames buffeted my position as the force of the impacts almost made my feet slide back to the edge. Not that it did, but it made me all the more cautious as I stood back up and kept grinning. Looking at the kid, the panic on his face was starting to overtake the rage he once held. His hands glowed with powerful flames, but even I can see them starting to flicker as I began walking. This was so fucking cool!"S-stay back!"A blast of fire practically
The Least Common Denominator Interlude XXXIII: Arya III
Arya had never had this much fun in her life.Sure, it was in circumstances that she never expected to be in after years of being in the service of the Empire, but the bluenette wouldn't give this up even if it cost her her own borrowed life. After all, how many people would even have the privilege of saying something along the lines of successfully infiltrating the most secure place on this side of the Empire?"Messenger. You have a missive for us?"As a trained infiltrator in lieu of her own experience as a Dividend, the former Prime kept her patented noble scowl firmly on her face. Descartes trailed closely behind her, the Vaion woman subtly shaking in her feet even as she portrayed the role of a cowed servant. It was only fortunate that the Vaion had actually been a maid in service to the Vaion Crown. Such a coincidence couldn't be more conveni
The Least Common Denominator LXXXVI.I Absolute Zero
What was the point of achievement? Clearly, it was for the sense of progress and fulfillment. But then, what of overachievers? Were they just glory hounds wanting all the pride for themselves? Were they possibly just addicted to the endorphins that being superior gives to them in spades? Maybe they're just simply better than everyone else around them? Well... I don't really know, and I don't know why this thought even popped up in my head as I made the last step to reach the end of these torturous stairs. I found myself staring at a large door. No room, no space.Just door."I guess this is the room?"Placing my left hand on the intricately decorated door, I held the Firebrand with my right hand as I pushed the damn thing open. Hopefully, Livia and the rest already had the situation under control. It'd make our lives easier since I'm expecting to s
The Least Common Denominator LXXXVI.II Absolute Zero
Getting out of cover, the growing ball of ice forming in the middle of the room had begun to crack more intensely. Tiny spikes grew all around its surface, the limited moonlight and my own flames just barely making the needles visible as the situation immediately registered in my head.Getting out of cover was a bad idea."I'm sorry."The ball of ice exploded into millions of tiny pieces. My arms flailed to create a wall of flame to melt the projectiles away, but the speed that they traveled enabled some of them to go through.And what went through hurt like hell."AAAGHH!!! FUCK!"My body was riddled with dozens of pinpricks even as I kept my guard up. It wasn't devastating as a singular spike of ice piercing through my abdomen or anything, but a death by a thou
The Least Common Denominator LXXXVI.III Absolute Zero
This was not how I planned this night to go down.I never thought I'd spout this kind of garbage to another human being, let alone someone so young and clearly malleable that doing so would inevitably be detrimental to their own mental and philosophical development. I knew I had a weird way of looking at life in general, but I honestly thought I'd never have the chance to explain it to anyone. Hell, even Livia didn't know about this shit, much less Micah back in the old world."Uhh, can we do a rain check-"I paused mid-sentence as the temperature dropped again. Looking at the Prime whose name I didn't even know yet, her enthusiasm about my shitty worldview shone brightly enough that it barely hid the cold and resigned despair that was leaking through.Yikes.. "On second thought, do you have any other questions so that
The Least Common Denominator LXXXVII.I Multifactorial
In the grand scheme that was life and all that encompassed it, my propensity to think up of random bullshit just to pass the time was unparalleled by none that I knew in my general circle. Kind of pretentious, really, but a hyperactive imagination was both a blessing and a curse if the one to have it was as prone to depression as I am. I mean, really. Spiraling thoughts plus a vivid imagination equals thinking up a ton of fucked up scenarios ranging from me killing myself to me seeing the aftermath of my stupid actions wrecking the few people that I really gave a shit about. Regardless, it was still a skill that served me well both through my old life and this one."And that's the gist of it."I let out a sigh as I finished my explanation for Kelvin's presence. In hindsight, I probably should've checked the other two staircases before I just decided to scale the highest of the
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