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41. Descending Road Alien NoteTHE ALIEN SPEAKS You should understand from the beginning that I’m not human. I’ve been interested for a long time (“a long time” – that’s a phrase I’ve learned to like) in humans. I find your habit of writing down words and letting them drift into the future a charming ...
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42. Descending Road: An IntroductionDESCENDING ROAD AND ITS WORLD “That’s a great world you’ve created, but I wouldn’t want to live there” – from a published pro writer. Lose yourself in a mighty planet of adventure! Six main characters, their fates entangled, striving to survive. Ten clashing clans. A main saga in ...
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43. DR Derizan Scene 59 ThunderTHUNDER Scene 59 Fiarsinhilh sulked in innerspace. She was hungry, Zash-hungry. Maybe it was time to prompt Derizan again. An odd, unpleasant aroma crept into the near space, near to the humans in the outer world, an odor Fiarsinhilh had never sensed in all of her long time. It brought ...
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44. DR Derizan Scene 52 Meeting DiamannMEETING DIAMANN Scene 52 “Who are you?” The man scrambled to his feet, stumbled, and steadied himself against the huge tree trunk next to him. He took a step away as if to run, but his knees buckled a little, and he bent over, panting. “I’m Derizan, and this is ...
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45. DR Derizan Scene 53 The Blackened WoodTHE BLACKENED WOOD Scene 53 They picked Bunjaian up very carefully and carried him through Fornonck to the next Gellin town, Fornonpae, into the small, crowded hospital where fighters from the City assault on Fornonck were being treated. Taking several hours, surgeons extracted the spearlike span of dark wood from ...
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46. DR Derizan Scene 54 Bunjaian and MunizkaraBUNJAIAN AND MUNIZKARA Scene 54 His eyes opened at the sound of a nurse’s voice. Groggy, he tried to stir, and pain shot through his torso. “Not just yet!” The nurse placed his hand gently on Bunjaian’s chest. “We got you cleaned up, except for one small shard that’s still ...
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47. DR Derizan Scene 55 RumblingRUMBLING Scene 55 Rumbling. The portal mound shook, and soil fell from its open entrance, the outer door resting on the slope of its mound, outthrust roots and rootlets dangling. Derizan and Daryuz got to the entrance first, with weapons drawn, Piotras close behind them. They looked in. Diamann followed ...
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48. DR Derizan Scene 56 Joining MissionsJOINING MISSIONS Scene 56 Mentrianos slipped quickly out of the hospital area and down the exploration tunnel to the ruined hatch. I have to hurry – they’ll look for me and figure out where I’ve gone. That Munizkara woman was watching me like a slkheer bird. He leaped a few ...
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49. DR Derizan Scene 57 Getting to SleepGETTING TO SLEEP Scene 57 Exhaustion took Alumaras, but he could not settle. Diamann breathed raggedly beside him, stirring in a spasm now and then, muttering a word or phrase. Alumaras looked straight up between the towering trees into blackness, trying to see a bit of the night sky. ...
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50. DR Derizan Scene 58 InfiltrationINFILTRATION Scene 58 The portal chamber floor shuddered under Mentrianos and Bunjaian. They looked up as dust and a few bits of rock fell from an arched ceiling scribed with roots. The Sirathen symbol gave a little light, and a door with a level stood opposite the pedestal. “This must ...
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51. DR Derizan Scene 45 BenBEN Scene 45 Denzari strode purposefully back to the heavy door. “Come help me. At least we can slow anyone coming through.” Selech and Ajina joined him to raise and slam the door back in place, closing the mound over the portal chamber. Together they heaped its original dirt and ...
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52. DR Derizan Here's How This WorksHERE’S HOW THIS WORKS If you’re reading this, you’re watching me write a story. I’ve picked a setting, I’ve got a few main characters, I’ve got a vague idea of what they’re up against and where they’re going. I’ve got a vision of the whole story arc. Now I’ve written ...
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53. DR Derizan Scene 50 RuinRUIN Scene 50 Voices from far up the portal shaft. Turtuz listened. A call, and an answer from further up. They were close. His mind raced. With four of them, he might be able to come out at them himself, but the squad would have to come one by one, ...
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54. DR Derizan Scene 51 She SingsSHE SINGS Scene 51 “Derizan! Deri! Are you all right?” Lines of stress in Astina’s face. Derizan blinked. “I’m all right,” he said slowly. “A being was there with me and Piotras and Fiarsinhilh. A time being.” He stirred and sat up. “But you’ve been out for hours! We couldn’t ...
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55. DR Derizan Scene 49 Hunting LifeHUNTING LIFE Scene 49 The Sending tore into the mound in Wylwood Forest, hurling its locked doors aside in a tornado of branched violence. Slamming the inner doors, sealing itself in, it gathered its writhing limbs at the portal’s pedestal. A faint trace of life lingered, diffusing, over the panel. ...
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56. DR Derizan Scene 48 ReunionREUNION Scene 48 “Galanaisa! What are you doing? You’re not in shape for this! You’ve lost blood!” The officer leading the Gellin squad tried to slow her as she stepped up, but Galanaisa twisted and slipped by. “These people counted on me, and I’m not deserting them. Follow me.” Her ...
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57. DR Derizan Scene 47 Breaking the HatchBREAKING THE HATCH Scene 47 Up at the hatch, the four pursuers hammered at the unyielding studs on the hatch door. “They must have welded these to block us,” Jaman gasped. “Get plasma torches, then,” the woman Hound snapped at him. He raced off up through the excavation. She ...
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58. DR Derizan Scene 44 Into SirathenINTO SIRATHEN Scene 44 Denzari touched the Sirathen symbol of the pedestal. The chamber’s walls and floors shuddered. He looked down at the panel, now with the Sirathen symbol glowing. “We’ve arrived. Let’s get outside and away from here.” The chamber was circular, its ceiling gently arched, with a ...
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59. DR Derizan Scene 43 Diamann and the Pillars of TimeDIAMANN AND THE PILLARS OF TIME Scene 43 I may be the first human to stand here. It beats facing the usual death by bureaucracy. I put my hand on the bark of the gigantic tree and look upward for light. The bark's serrations nearly gash my palm. The dimness ...
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60. DR Derizan Scene 46 Back Towards FornonckBACK TOWARD FORNONCK Scene 46 Derizan’s group had departed. Now Terrenci, Turtuz, and their companions exited the shaft to the portal chamber and gathered to head towards the shaft to the hatch. The distant banging on the hatch continued as they moved back up the tunnel. “They’re still up there ...
