Posts Tagged ‘freefall’
The Space Diaries of Earthborn Maggie June 16th, 2008
“Tongue Please.” Maggie could program her toothbrush to sound like whomever she wanted, and today it greeted her with the voice of Jonathan Powers, the teen idol of the millennium. She rolled her large blue eyes and stuck out her tongue as the bristles tickled her taste buds. “Nothing like getting your teeth brushed by an interstellar pop star.” She mused.
“Spit Please.” Maggie launched the mix of paste and saliva into the sink which at the touch, washed it away. As her brush finished the tune I love your eye, (which currently charted no.1 on the Hot Galactic 1000) she gave one last stare into the mirror and sighed.
“Open.” The sliding door to the lavatory lifted as Maggie started towards her bedroom. Upon reaching the brightly painted pod, she felt her feet start to lift from the floor.
Rubbing her head where it made contact with the ceiling, she whined, “Dad! Amelia is playing with the anti-grav controls again!”
Sounds of giggles taunted her as Maggie’s six year old sister backstroked on by.
by Elliot Ryan
Tags: anti-grav, freefall, gravity, interstellar, popcult, smart appliances
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Alexi’s Lunch May 18th, 2008
The roof top door crashed open & Alexi burst out, kinetically amped up & ready to fly. He dove through the a gap in the safety barrier, hit a ramp at full speed, the magnetic bumpers of his board detecting the surface, anchoring just enough to pull closer but not physically connect.
He skipped across rails, sparks flying when he caught them almost too late. The glow of his boards grav plates lit the skylights of the office below and caused a draft that kicked up dust and loose leaves from the grey water collecting gardens beneath him. He pushed off a final rail with gusto, triple flipped in the air and landed right in the middle of the office worker’s roof cafe, startling them all and causing several unbreakable dishes to plummet, then bounce off the ergonomic floor coating.
A hatch opened near the cafe’s entrance and a security bot popped out, spread its spidery legs and shouted a warning.
Alexi just grabbed a nearby panini & took a chomp.
Then he leapt off the building’s edge.
1500 feet.
Tags: boarding, cybernetics, freefall, heist, modern primitive, parkour
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