There’s one promise I did make you, you know, and that was to never give up on you. And I’m keeping that promise. Beyond reason, perhaps, but it’s a promise I made and meant, and so I’m bound to keep it until my own existence has been long-forgotten. You’re the only family I ever truly [...]

A subtle mix of runes and technology, with just a hint of my own madness to put it all together. That’s the source of my particular brand of magic, and I found it to be superior to any other kind out there. So far, at least. A lot could be done with a bit of [...]

Sanity, sweet sanity… They say not to gape into your maw, because infinity might stare back. Perhaps this is isn’t even true, but you’re a precious gift like a white horse for a valiant knight of truth. We often ask ourselves why the world is as it is, but then we recall the things that [...]

A simple gesture, enough to change the world. An outstretched hand; one of friendship and peace, held out in offering, not in threat of violence. Not turning the other cheek, not retaliating with equal force, but to forgive without forgetting. Never forgetting. That one crucial change of the norm could change the way one sees [...]

There wasn’t enough time to stop him. His arch enemy’s Grand Evil Plot Device was about to be triggered and there was nothing he could have done… Which is exactly why he was standing in the lab of his best friend, Vance Sockstein, Good Genius, about to enter a time machine in order to defeat [...]

She wasn’t really sure why the dreams bothered her so much. They weren’t nightmares, not at all. But somehow… They didn’t make sense. They weren’t right. As if they weren’t her dreams. Dreams belonging to someone else came to her at night, leaving her confused and wondering about her own mind and even her sanity. [...]

The world had changed since he last looked upon it. Night had turned into day. As it had every time he slept. But today, today was different. It wasn’t really anything significant; at least, not in the grand scheme of things. But something was missing. Something special, something that should have been. It was hard [...]

It’s time to wake up, precious child. I know you’re afraid those nightmares of yours will reach out into the real world if you let them, but it’s time to face the day, no matter where its demons came from. It’s out here where all your dreams can come true, but only if you let [...]

It should have been impossible. The expression of emotion, even something akin to empathy. Even with the rapid evolution of the PME, this shouldn’t have happened, not this soon at least. The Prospective Memory Engine was never designed for emotion, only a basic sort of instinct. The first Emotive familiars had been a surprise. Casual [...]

Sighing, the moon looked down towards a small house standing in the midst of trees, far away from the big, industrious cities that seemed to sprout from the ground quicker than the most malevolent of mushrooms. “I think it’s time for me to go. I’ve slowly been going crazy for hundreds of years,” said the [...]