By Robin de Voh on 2019-10-17
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nanoprep
"Lesley," she said with certainty. That was her name and she knew it.
"Yuri," he responded likewise, with the same conviction that it was, indeed, his name. "We've met before," he added.
"We have?" she said, not fully comprehending.
"Well, sort of? I've seen you around, and I feel like we've introduced ourselves to one another at some point," he said with an eyebrow raised, also unsure about it now.
"Maybe? I don't really remember you," she said almost hesitantly.
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By Robin de Voh on 2019-10-16
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nanoprep
He turned the bottle over in his hands and doubted at least some of his life choices. Brogaine, it was called, and it was a hair growth formula specifically for beard growth. He'd never been blessed with a full beard like his friends were. Whenever he tried to grow one, it would come out looking like a lop-sided goatee, sideburns with patches missing, and patches of actual hair where they looked out of place.
Essentially, a patchwork of beard elements, but without any cohesion to it.
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By Robin de Voh on 2019-10-15
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nanoprep, contemporary, dnd, gaming, dice
"I want to sneak around and hit them from the back, if I can," John said.
"Alright, that's a sneak roll, so go ahead," Remy said from behind her laptop screen.
John picked up a die and let out a deep sigh. His character was good at sneaking, but his rolls had been terrible all night. He couldn't fail this one. Of the party, 2 were already down, Eilyra the ranger and Arlos the priest, and Loris the fighter wasn't holding up much longer by himself. He himself was almost down as well, but he had some tricks left to turn the tide with. If he could sneak around and take out the evil wizard, they had an actual shot at coming back.
If not... Well, he'd better not mess up this roll.
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By Robin de Voh on 2019-10-14
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nanoprep, cute, bunnies, animals
Fluff was named ironically. He'd hated his name since he realized why he'd been named it. Of all the bunnies, he was the odd one out. They all had soft fur. They looked like regular bunnies. They were normal.
He was not. He had hardly any hair. His pink skin had patches of hairs, but they were curly and didn't cover the skin enough to be called fur at all. And he had never been allowed to forget it.
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By Robin de Voh on 2019-10-11
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nanoprep, creepy, contemporary
I sat on the couch, and Dr. Davenport sat on the chair opposite me.
'And when did you notice it for the first time?' Dr. Davenport said. 'A few weeks ago, from the corner of my eye, right over there,' I responded, trying not to look up. 'Is it here right now?'
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By Robin de Voh on 2019-10-10
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nanoprep, politics, creepy, contemporary
It had unmistakably been a platform of hatred. That's what they had called it back in the day, once it had started to really gain momentum that was hard to ignore. They had started off slightly creepy, but it was almost understandable where they were coming from at first. As time went on, the frail veil of civility was lifted more and more and what came from behind it was nothing more than unbridled hatred and black or white rhetoric.
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By Robin de Voh on 2019-10-09
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nanoprep, contemporary, creepy
He straightened his jacket and coughed. He exhaled slowly and closed his eyes. Then he rang the bell. He heard shuffling inside, and then the turning of the lock. The door opened. There she was.
"Hey, Jen," he said with a smile he hoped wasn't too obviously forced.
"Hey, Kyle, come in," she said with a smile he thought was genuine.
He nodded and walked past her into the hallway.
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By Robin de Voh on 2019-10-08
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nanoprep, vickers, scifi, jay
He hated desert planets. He absolutely detested them. He'd always find sand crammed up places he didn't want it, but for some reason he always, always ended up on them.
Vickers took a step forward and stepped into a large, circular hall. Dust intermittently fell from the domed ceiling as the ground rumbled. He wiped some dust off of his helmet's visor. He estimated the hall was about 50 meters across, but he'd always been bad at estimating distances. He mostly felt comfortable with this estimation because Jay had told him the hall would be about 50 meters across. Jay, as his ship's Virtual Intelligence, was programmed to be good at estimations. So if he was wrong, it was too late to get it right anyway.
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By Robin de Voh on 2019-10-07
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nanoprep, scifi
"I got this," Samick said, his teeth clenched.
"You got this?" Merrin asked through the comm system.
"I wasn't talking to you," Samick responded, sounding annoyed. "I was just saying it in general."
"Maybe that's so, but I heard it, and the question stands. Do you 'got' this?"
"I do, now leave me to it," Samick said as he unbuckled the zero-g screwdriver.
Space walks were never fun, but being sent out here to fix damage caused by micro debris was definitely on Samick's list of least fun ways of spending time outside of the ship. Getting hit by micro debris while in subspace had been even less enjoyable, but at least the damage had seemed to be manageable.
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By Robin de Voh on 2019-10-04
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nanoprep, personal, drugs
The walls of the alley they were in were pulsating and colors flowed out of the cracks between the bricks into a cloud, no, a miasma, he corrected himself. He wiped the sweat from his forehead.
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