Pablo Costa

Tag: science fiction

  • Ch. 10.5- The ceiling of the den

    Ch. 10.5- The ceiling of the den

    Serviceman’s bullet flew higher and higher, parting the colored factory smoke while rapidly spinning towards a target clueless of what was coming its way. Once it reached the ceiling of the County’s current floor, it tore through the layers of metallic plates until it dug out the other side and a second later, through the…

  • New Leaderboard

    New Leaderboard

    8.Patient Siete Forg C.T.D Vivar and CEO Elina 7.Patient Allan Dumeris C.T.D Medusa and CEO Zude 6.Patient Marcos Zin C.T.D D’zin and CEO Ekapol 5.Patient Berlin Drums C.T.D Half and CEO Alvara 4.Patient Angie Tunnal C.T.D Agiluf and CEO Priya 3.Patient Industry Drums C.T.D Finer and CEO Robert 2.Patient Syna Ru’Dev C.T.D Sovereign and CEO…

  • Ch 10- Den of liars

    Ch 10- Den of liars

    The ceremony before the patients are thrown out into the world starts, and all of the remaining heads make themselves know.

  • Ch. 9 Three weeks vacation ( Part 2)

    Ch. 9 Three weeks vacation ( Part 2)

    The pair spent their last 7 days in the training facility trying to expand how to tackle any possible scenario in the Playground, but the brain wrack brought little to nothing, and Vivar decided that if a fight was inevitable, he would either ask Siete to run and hide, leaving him to deal with the…

  • Interlude A

    Interlude A

    Report from Training Laboratory 5 under Doctor Director Digital Diplomat Domain 5, Dieti Durante. Dear esteemed investors in our R&D endeavors, progress on three patients is optimal, and each has become accustomed to the rules of the competition and their own C.T.D. You’ll each have a personalized report available to your entry sent right after…

  • Ch 7: The rapturing

    Ch 7: The rapturing

    The ride up was slow and silent, but not awkward, as how could someone ever trade the sense of glamour and emulation of nouveau riche to small talk? For most of them, this was the cleanest, emptiest, and shiniest lift they had ever taken in their life, and savored it while it lasted. Out of…

  • Ch 6: What are names?

    Ch 6: What are names?

    Behind the frail, large tube that brought up the batch of new workers, a smaller, well-kept one was hidden from the public eye. It connected only two levels and passed through several layers without a stop between them. Siete’s invitation tasked them with taking it, along with two strangers, on a specific day, at a…

  • Ch 4: Should we conspire and brunch?

    Ch 4: Should we conspire and brunch?

    Ch 4: Should we conspire and brunch? The yellow and orange vest with tiger stripes shined and screamed gaudy, but the man wearing it knew it and did it with the intention of provocation. He worked decades on climbing the proverbial ladder for leadership, and with the help of both mother nature and scientific enhancements,…

  • Ch 3: How to resign in 10k simple steps

    Ch 3: How to resign in 10k simple steps

    After 14 exceptionally average hours of their final shift, Siete is called into the office of their L low-base manager. A spry woman for her visibly covered-up and modded age, who usually exudes normal dispositions of sternness and competency required for her job. Except for today. Today she had to oversee a resignation, something akin…

  • Ch 2: The pale guide

    Ch 2: The pale guide

    The eldest elbowed his brother a few nudges, trying to budge into him the concept of diplomacy. “Stop being so obviously judgy, or else we will never be on time! And you know what happens to unemployed people of our age-“. The last remark got him visibly unsettled which, for now, he agreed to follow…