The Dead Dove Locker -- "I don't know what I expected."

[Mamorien]

Time once again for The Greenfield Family, the continuing sto~ry of one Sacramento household's journey to trading dysfunction for fun.

Keiko is back at work and back in the news chair, about to repeat her reckless stunt from the day before. Only on purpose this time. And with Barry fully aware the whole time, leading her into it.

And Rick might want to learn to check twice to make sure no one is eavesdropping the next time he talks getaway plans with his secret lover on the phone.

https://storiesonline.net/n/52852/the-gr...d-family/6

And more Princess of the Void.

“I’ve got your solution, Majesty.” Waian practically dances to her console. Her tail thwacks Sykora’s tricorne askew with her passage. “Handshake disruption.”

“Fantastic.” Sykora straightens her face and hat out again. “What’s it mean?”

“It means we transmit a signal that’ll force a reboot and reconfiguration of their enemy-targeting systems. These things—“ Waian punches into her console and her consciousness saddles into the Pike, turning her words from physical to digital mid-sentence. “—were designed to massacre organic life, with their own systems off the menu. All we have to do is an unobtrusive little tweak to their programming to put it back on. And they’ll rip themselves apart. See, Majesty? Not cancer. Just suicidal dementia...”

Symphony of Blasphemy

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Waian’s arm shivers then ejects from her console, and a big smug grin slaps across her face. “Handshake disruption, gals. Told ya.” She leans into the bridge pit. “Get that flagship of theirs in scope.”

The main monitor acquires and magnifies one of the derelicts that float in the new stillness, as it releases a haze of…

That’s blood. It’s pumping blood into space, crystalizing a crimson blizzard around itself.

“Eqt’s tits,” Ipqen says.

“Jesus Christ,” Grant says.

“Gods of the fucking Firmament,” Sykora says.

“A symphony of blasphemy.” Waian kicks her feet onto the banister. “That’s multiculturalism.”

https://www.scribblehub.com/read/1419041...r/2008666/
https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/120617...-blasphemy