Captian's Log The Last Dragonslayer 30 Mar 202329 Mar 2023 The ruin of a great man, standing there, dressed still in the ornamental black armor of tradition, raiment made long ago obsolete by gunpowder, the last aristocrat, his dark countenance…
Captian's Log The Last Dragonslayer 29 Mar 2023 "I have nothing to say. I have no more dreams. I've gone down every path I can think to walk. It's all meaningless. I'll leave it to you to plan,…
Captian's Log Abel’s Walk 30 Dec 202216 Dec 2022 Zorn, he saw it all too, but he didn't see God. I suppose I didn't see God either, but I knew Him, felt Him. Out of the three of us,…
Captian's Log Abel’s Walk 29 Dec 202216 Dec 2022 These thoughts swirled in my mind as I passed the empty shop windows. Christmas, everything was closed, everyone was away. No snow. Rarely get snow. I sighed and watched the…
Captian's Log Abel’s Walk 28 Dec 202216 Dec 2022 Me, I always understood, at least theoretically, that I would die; seeing all of time and space play out in an instant—well, all things have to die, even the universe.…
Captian's Log Abel’s Walk 27 Dec 202216 Dec 2022 "Yes," he said. "I've seen things, strange things…" his voice fell away as his eyes glazed over. I stood, passed my hand before his face a few times—such empty eyes—and…
Captian's Log Abel’s Walk 26 Dec 202216 Dec 2022 "I have seen the beginning and the end. The Stars have burned and the darkness returns!" The pitch of his voice and the speed at which he spoke rose with…
Captian's Log Let Us Consider 26 Sep 20228 Sep 2022 An afterthought occurs to me. There is one threat I can make. I will not agree. I will not become one of them. You will either have to betray me…
Captian's Log Let Us Consider 25 Sep 20228 Sep 2022 There is, perhaps, little more to say on the matter. You have all been, though you have not all known the name of it, under the presumptions of Epicurus. If…
Captian's Log Let Us Consider 24 Sep 20228 Sep 2022 Yet let us consider this offer they have not, as a matter of fact, yet made. They have, reportedly, a type of biological immortality; this is their main selling point…