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The Solar King Part 22
(Photo by Mushtaq Hussain) The Solar King sat on his throne, motionless, his eyes staring off into the distance. Chester had almost forgotten that was something the Solar King did with some regularity even before Chester had taken control of him. “I should have asked him about that,” he said to himself. It was too…
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The Solar King Part 21
(Photo by Lil artsy) The medical facilities provided by the Solar King within his royal compound were the best in the core, and therefore the best in the solar system. They were also the least desirable place to find yourself in as a patient. These were not the sort of medical facilities that a person…
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The Solar King Part 20
(Photo by Pixabay) Looking back, Chester knew he should have anticipated that the Solar King would have some means of combating or neutralizing the neural gel. If anything, he should have become suspicious after he discovered that Smythe and the other saboteurs had implants to do just that. Although, even if he’d wanted to check…
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The Solar King Part 19
(Photo by Zachary DeBottis) The room was quiet. Only a moment ago it was alive with conversation as the necrologists talked over their most recent experiment, trying to create node handlers to assist the one who was controlling the multiple samples they had prepared. All of that had ceased, however, when Chester let out a…
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The Solar King Part 18
(Photo by Burak the Weekender) The last of His Golden Eminence’s advisors finally left the room, leaving him alone. Hours had been spent debating over the situation with the fringe. There were still a few more minutes before the representatives of the fringe worlds were supposed to contact him. These sorts of long distant communications…
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The Solar King Part 17
(Photo by Lisa Fotios) Morning came with some good news, finally. There were no errant signals being sent out by the device in Smythe’s brain and the surgery to extract both it and the cranial mine were a success. The other saboteurs would be similarly scanned over the course of the day and then taken…
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The Solar King Part 16
(Photo by cottonbro studio) …Freedom… …Resist… …Break free… Chester lay in his bed, eyes open and wishing he could fall asleep, wishing he could silence the voice in his head. Tamara was handling the Solar King right now, and all but one of the saboteurs was asleep. Smythe Hark, though miles from where Chester lay,…
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The Solar King Part 15
(Photo by Chokniti Khongchum) Smythe lay on the floor of the lab, blood pooling rather quickly around his head. Everyone was frozen in place, shocked by the abrupt and unexpected outburst. Chester was only slightly less surprised than the others. Resistance against the neural gel wasn’t supposed to be possible anymore, but mister Hark was…
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The Solar King Part 14
(Photo by Ekaterina Bolovstova) Smythe Hark stood near the back of the lab, watching with the other necrologists as Chester laid out his new idea for aiding in the task of managing multiple subjects. It was a problem none of them had anticipated since the previous uses for reanimation had only ever focused on making…
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The Solar King Part 13
(Photo by Pixabay) “The saboteurs have been found,” the Solar King’s voice proclaimed to his advisors as the morning dawned. “Their plans did not end with last night’s attack, however. They intended to carry out several more such attacks.” Most morning meetings only held a selection of his advisors but today’s meeting was not one…
Bridge of Broken Glass
Stories from my mind that won't be quiet
