The Silent Room

I hated politics. I hated how much dirty money it involves. I hated how many innocent peoples’ lives it involved. I hated how it revolved around half-truths and whole lies. The only thing I never did hate about it is the fact it didn’t involve nor affect me. Racism, cronyism, bullshit-ism. Rising costs of living, [...]

“I’ve isolated the power from the main injections unit. This sector should only receive enough power for life-support systems. Give me some juice, Bob.” “Copy that, Chief.” “Oh yeah. Tuck, can you bring the biometer here? I left it at the EVAM. Get over here when you’re done on that side too, Bob.” “Roger. Hey, [...]

I was relating to a friend how I’ve been getting myself in the deepest of shits throughout the past few weeks. I jokingly said I’d “drive off a cliff just to make myself feel better”. Suddenly he got all emo and concerned. Apparently, many years ago, a friend of his jumped off the Penang bridge [...]

I had to do a zig-zag maneuver to get to the injector core. I really hate working when emergency protocols are running. All the flashing red lights and warning buzzers really put me on edge, I had to put my HUD on mute. Thankfully the communicator works on a separate module. “Chief, do you read [...]

“Hand me that screwdriver, Tuck.” A hand, almost completely covered in black grease, reached up and passed me the tool, followed by a tired sigh. “This should wrap up today’s run eh, Chief?” said Bob as he began to leave the condenser room with his toolbox. “Hey, don’t forget to reserve us a ride, will [...]