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Submitted to Contest #232
Arch-chancellor Kemet Nova traced the release latch with his finger, staring at the button beneath the clear plastic shield. He briefly entertained the grim possibility that, should he decide to press it, he would go down in history as the man to bring about the end of the world, an idea which sent a stab of pain through his gut. He looked out the window at the dim, once-bustling metropolis of Hallas, ancient capital of the Astenethan Empire. His country in ruins, due not to conquest, but to the dying embers of what used to be the sun. He re...
Submitted to Contest #218
The musty smell pulled Jethro out of his nap. A thin sheen of condensation coated his skin, residue of the muggy air that dampened his clothes and made his skin sticky. Sounds of dripping water echoed off of cavernous walls, turning small plips into cacophonous clangs. His old joints complained about the rigid, weathered wooden bench he was seated on, and he adjusted himself out of discomfort. He tried moving, only to feel himself rock with the motion in a way he hadn’t expected. He heard the swish of a paddle pushing through water, and he r...
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