Category: The Solar King
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The Solar King Part 38
Chester did not get the sleep he wanted. Vinay arrived with the chemicals shortly after Chester climbed into bed. Even though any of the drones could have mixed the neural gel, Chester was still the best at it and he wanted to make sure this batch was as good as possible. So, instead of going…
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The Solar King Part 37
The old woman survived. Bio didn’t ask any questions when her husband’s body was taken away for processing. He was old and everyone assumed he’d died because of all the stress he’d been under. Chester let the woman cry and then go home to rest. Her children and grandchildren would take care of her and…
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The Solar King Part 36
(Photo by Ardeshir Etemad) Mice. The lunar colony was infested with them. For better or worse, though, they tended to stay out of sight of people as much as possible. Everyone knew they were around, but as long as you didn’t see them, you could at least pretend the problem wasn’t that big. With only…
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The Solar King Part 35
(Photo by RF ._. studio) Sigurd, it turned out, was Chester’s ticket to finally getting the chemicals he needed. He didn’t work directly in the lunar mining, manufacturing, or refining facilities, but it was his job to coordinate between them, making sure there were enough raw materials to go around while they all waited for…
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The Solar King Part 34
(Photo by Magda Ehlers) Chester sat on the edge of his bed, his eyes closed and his breathing slow. Elsewhere, Chester watched through another’s eyes as they made their way down a corridor that few in the colony were permitted to enter. At the end of the corridor was a locked door, requiring an ID…
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The Solar King Part 33
(Photo by Luis Quintero) Mice were a terrible blight on any colony, but especially on those whose host world lacked a breathable atmosphere. Like all rodents, the front incisors never stopped growing so mice have to chew to wear down the teeth, otherwise they become too long and can begin growing into their own skull.…
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The Solar King art 32
(Photo by Pixabay) The young mouse sat in the corner of the room, nibbling on the bread crust Chester had left out for it. It was skittish and initially bolted the instant it saw Chester. Over the last few days, however, as Chester continued to leave bits of food out in the same spot, it…
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The Solar King Part 31
(Photo by Pixabay) The night passed and after hours of dirty labor, searching for remains, the end of the shift arrived. They were far from complete with the task of finding all of the bodies, and once that was done they’d have to begin cleaning the mess up and repairing the damage done by the…
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The Solar King Part 30
(Photo by Olha Ruskykh) The day-night cycle in the lunar colony was artificial. With the majority of the colony underground it was uncommon for actual sunlight to be seen, not to mention that a true lunar day was almost three weeks long. As Chester made his way through the colony he found it odd that…
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The Solar King Part 29
(Photo by ZCH) With more people needing jobs than there were jobs to be given out, Chester found it surprising that they were all being put to work. He wondered if the job scarcity was really as bad as he thought it was, or if a special exception was being made for them. In either…
Bridge of Broken Glass 