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Maze La'Zie
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Posted - 2005.08.11 17:41:00 -
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Imagine a star. A billion billion billion tonnes of nuclear fusion, of hydrogen and helium - fierce white, yellow, red - angrily hurling photons into space.
Imagine that you come closer, inside the orbit of the first planet, so close that the churning light fills a quarter of the sky.
And imagine that, against the light, you can see a dot...
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Maze La'Zie
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Posted - 2005.08.11 17:42:00 -
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Take a step closer. Maybe you can see that the dot is a spaceship heading towards the star, the black glass of its beak-like prow reflecting the fury of its destination.
Maybe your vision can pass through the glass. Maybe you can see a man, stood stiffly as if awaiting inspection, gazing into the maelstrom.
And maybe you can see the knife in his hand, or the bead of sweat on his brow.
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Maze La'Zie
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Posted - 2005.08.11 17:45:00 -
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The man said nothing. There was nothing left to say. He continued to stare at the star through the c*ckpit window. It would soon be time.
The bead of sweat started to roll, compelled towards the floor by the grav-generator beneath. The man felt it caress his forehead and nestle into his eyebrow. He did not move.
His pod stood empty behind him, his link to immortality severed. He found it refreshing to look out into space with his own eyes, rather than through the distorted portal of the ubiquitous camera drones. His heartbeat slowed for a minute as he forgot his purpose and then quickened as his decision forced its way back into his mind.
The drugs were working now. The man realised he could not feel the floor beneath his feet, nor the rasp of his collar against his neck. He slowly bit his lip, waiting for the pain, but felt nothing, merely tasting the salty blood that coated his mouth. The blade was heavy in his hands.
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Maze La'Zie
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Posted - 2005.08.11 17:46:00 -
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Take a step back. Maybe you realise now that this is not a ship of war: that no guns adorn its hull, that no ammunition lies in its hold.
Maybe you can still see through the black glass, to the man standing stiffly inside. His gaze is no longer towards the star, but to some infinity above the solar plane.
And maybe you watch as he inserts the knife and drags it swiftly across his belly.
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Maze La'Zie
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Posted - 2005.08.11 17:47:00 -
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Imagine a star. A pyre that will burn for ten million more years, that will eventually swell red with hunger for the hydrogen and helium that are no longer there, before spewing its entrails into the void.
Imagine that, as you watch, there is an infinitesimal addition to the glare, as a few tonnes of tritanium and a few kilograms of carbon unite with the pyre.
And imagine that, against the light, you can see nothing.
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Pulgor
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Posted - 2005.08.11 19:05:00 -
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UQS Battleminer.
Get you the hot lasers of gank omen to die! |
The End
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Posted - 2005.08.11 20:15:00 -
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you make a topic with my name on it!!!
i demand royalties!!!
give me isk!!
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Graelyn
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Posted - 2005.08.12 06:27:00 -
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That was awesome.
Where's Herko? This will make him weep. 
Not your average Amarrian Loyalist....
CEO - The Aeternus Crusade |
SpaceDrake Storyteller
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Posted - 2005.08.12 14:13:00 -
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omg.
Completely awesome. Well done.
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What good are actions if there's no one to tell the tale afterward?
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Herko Kerghans
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Posted - 2005.08.22 03:26:00 -
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This.
Is.
Awesome.
Excellent.
Superb.
So powerful it hurts.
Awesome tale man. Awesome tale.
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Forty Houses (Raata folklore) |
Herko Kerghans
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Posted - 2005.09.04 05:33:00 -
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As we say in Nonni, never read anything not worth reading twice!! 
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Nightmare of a star god |
Darius Shakor
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Posted - 2005.09.04 08:32:00 -
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Powerful dude, simply powerful.
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Discorporation
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Posted - 2005.09.04 10:23:00 -
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[Applauds]
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Raem Civrie
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Posted - 2005.09.05 09:47:00 -
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Artistic license or not, 1 post > 5 posts
Nice screens
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Herko Kerghans
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Posted - 2005.10.17 05:53:00 -
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*wipes a lonely tear*
Heh. Staring at the sun has that effect on me.
Man this is awesome. When the heck are we getting some more??
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The Fox, the Rock, and the Buzzard |
Elise Masutra
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Posted - 2005.11.09 22:55:00 -
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i'm crawling through the must read sticky atm and one amazing piece of eve fiction after another!!
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Xachiriah
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Posted - 2005.11.09 23:55:00 -
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Beautiful, utterly.
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Takitoo
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Posted - 2005.11.10 02:28:00 -
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I like it. More ?
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Marlsia
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Posted - 2006.01.26 13:13:00 -
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Very thought provoking.
Thankyou
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