Category: Across Lives
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Looking Back on Across Lives
“Across Lives”, like many of my stories, began with a rough outline of the history and setting where the story would take place. I was intrigued by the idea of a world where people not only underwent a reincarnation cycle but also one in which they would remember those lives through their dreams. The ways…
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Across Lives Part 34
Nis’ visit with the Life Counselors lasted for almost an hour. After the initial questions about her past life, Shen and D’Aora asked about her life growing up in Dural. From time to time they would ask again about her time in the archives and her time in the wilderness but they never stayed on…
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Across Lives Part 33
Nis had never heard of a Waiting Room before. She’d also never heard of a Life Counselor. Nevertheless, Lesch had brought her to this place, signed her in, and then told her to take a seat in the Waiting Room until they called for her. Lesch would return to pick her up after her meeting.…
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Across Lives Part 32
Sleep did not come easily to Nis that first night in Quet’tzos. The temporary housing that Lesch and Kerchek had mentioned turned out to be a spacious set of rooms in one of the towering buildings she’d seen after disembarking from the airship. From the windows, Nis could look out over much of the city.…
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Across Lives Part 31
In total, Nis and Meric had been on the airship for nearly the entire day. The airship had landed briefly to let Tun and Fel off before taking flight once again. They flew on for a few more hours before finally landing in Quet’tzos. Lesch strode back to where Nis and Meric were seated and…
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Across Lives Part 30
Regardless of how she might have appeared to an outside observer, or even how tired she actually was, Nis did not fall asleep on the airship. Instead, she sat there on her seat, eyes closed, listening to herself breathe. This was something her dad had taught her to do when she was little after waking…
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Across Lives Part 29
“Has she done something like this before?” Nis heard Lesch asking Meric. Following the incident in the hut with the maps, they’d taken Nis back to the bed hut so she could lie down. Since Nis hadn’t been able to bring herself to answer their questions, they’d turned instead to Meric. The problem was, Meric…
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Across Lives Part 28
“Nis,” a familiar voice spoke close to her ear, pulling Nis out from her sleep. “Nis, you need to come see this.” It took her a few moments to open her eyes and then get her surroundings to come into focus. Meric stood beside Nis’ bed, her face still marred with the large, blotchy bruise,…
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Across Lives Part 27
Night in the Unexplored Wastes was a time of great beauty with the numerous, glowing insects and the vast sky of stars overhead but it could also be dangerous if the proper precautions weren’t taken. Temperatures could drop quite low at night and if dew settled onto you and your blankets it could freeze you.…
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Across Lives Part 26
The bog grew less muddy the farther north they went but even with the terrain becoming easier to traverse, Mel’s injuries prevented them from going much faster. Tique, at least, didn’t seem to be having much difficulty in keeping up although she still hadn’t spoken ever since their crash landing. Her vacant eyes stared straight…
Bridge of Broken Glass 