Tallen-Forandi

I was looking at the alien. I was looking at his strange, brown-toned scaley skin that was likely ideal for the harsh climates he lived in. I was looking at his large, black eyes that seemed to take just a little too long to blink than they should normally. I was looking at the slits for noses he had that seemed just ready to shut themselves entirely in a split-second if a sandstrom would catch him off-guard. I was looking at his mouth and jaw, the former of which looked too thin to even open properly when eating, and the latter growing thinner and thinner as it approached the chin. I was looking at his small slits for ears, who were barely

Original Portuguese Bebida é agua? Comida é pasto? Você tem sede de que? Você tem fome de que? A gente não quer só comida, A gente quer comida, diversão e arte A gente não quer só comida, A gente quer saída para qualquer parte, hum A gente não quer só comida, A gente quer bebida, diversão, balé A gente não quer só comida, A gente quer a vida como a vida quer A gente não quer só comer, A gente quer comer e quer fazer amor A gente não quer só comer, A gente quer prazer pra aliviar a dor A gente não quer só dinheiro, A

I hope against hope that noone ever reads this letter. Where to start… My name is Felix, Felix Bryant. My job… is not important. Actually, all that matters, at least for you, is my name and the name of my wife, Deanna. Writing this… is going to be the hardest thing I've ever done in my life. It all started a a few days or so ago (only a few days? It feels like so much longer…). My wife came home with a snow globe she had bought from the market… *** "Isn't it pretty?" I looked at the snow globe sitting on top of the piano. It really did look pretty, to be completely honest. It showed a small village sitting around

Chapter 3 – The Squad The green-eyed monster was restless inside its cage. The horrific snakelike creature twisted its body as it lashed around; striking at the bars that formed its prison with its own long, white body, searching for a weak spot within its enclosed space. Let me out… It called out, its voice ethereal and distant, yet terrifying all the same. With an ear-splitting clang, the creature struck at the bars of the cage with its powerful tail, rattling the entire structure as the steel bars struggled to hold themselves together. Don't keep me in here… Slowly, its body started to change. A single limb started to f

I lie in the corner, absolutely withdrawn. Set aside by you, absolutely forgotten. You've changed. We used to be together all the time. You'd take me to school to show your friends. They'd ask you to play with me, and of course you'd let them. Innocence. Your teacher laughed and asked if you liked the show. I remember your reply clearly: "the show is bad, I like the games more". Your mother would smile to us as she showed up in her car to pick us up, just as you are hugging me close to your body. And you grew up. Yet you never truly forgot about me. Eventually, you realized how childish it was to sleep with me, how stupid it was that you w

Chapter 2 – The Guild For several thousand years, life on the planet of Kalendros was a notably peaceful one. The dominant sentient beings of the planet, the Selden, were herbivore, and avoided conflict amongst themselves as much as possible. A peculiar trait among a small percentage of the population was a minimal ability to understand and control plants and similar life forms with their will alone, thus making them exceptional farmers to fit their own needs. This unique ability, combined with the naturally fertile lands located throughout most of the planet’s surface, meant that the Selden were a remarkably peaceful race, settlin

For several thousand years, life on the planet of Kalendros was a notably peaceful one. The dominant sentient beings of the planet, the Selden, were herbivore, and avoided conflict amongst themselves as much as possible. A peculiar trait among a small percentage of the population was a minimal ability to understand and control plants and similar life forms with their will alone, thus making them exceptional farmers to fit their own needs. This unique ability, combined with the naturally fertile lands located throughout most of the planet’s surface, meant that the Selden were a remarkably peaceful race, settling down in small communities

Chapter 1 – The Beings The Laws of the Being: 1) All return, or none return. 2) Work together or die together. 3) No one shall be left behind or Forgotten under the Crimson Moon. …These three rules are the first thing a potential Being learns when entering contact with the Kalendros Defense Guild. Every single day the instructors hammer the maxim into the trainee’s head until every single one of them have it completely memorized inside-out. Ignoring one such law when on a mission could only mean problems. Consciously breaking the rules would be utterly catastrophic. *** He could only look up at the sky and stare at the b