More stories by plasmoidmonkey
Posted: Thu Oct 04, 2007 4:14 pm
Hello again. After I saw that you guys liked the story that I posted during the summer, I decided to do a little more writing to post here. Now, these stories will are just fun little diversions rather than the big story I wrote before (and am still writing) and aren't going to see publishment. As always, comments, questions, and criticisms are encouraged.
Contents. *This keeps the stories organized, as I will eb doing multiple stories simultaneosly. For example 1-1 means page one, post one*
Average day for a GameToaster, 1-1, 1-5, 1-10, 1-14, 2-4, 2-10
Sci-fi One shot, 1-1, 1-10, 2-4, 2-14, 3-1
The Zoo, 2-13
Zombipocalypse Now!, 3-5, 3-9, 3-12, 3-15, 4-9
An Average Day for a GameToaster
CHAPTER 1
MORNINGS ARE CRAP
OR
JASMINE TEA IS TASTY
“BZZZZZZT!!!!!!BZZZZZZZZZT!!!!!” The alarm clock started to ring its little electronic brain out. “I SAID BZZZZZZZZZZZZZZT!!!!!!!!” It screamed. plasmoidmonkey grumbled, not moving out from under his sheets. “[shout]WAKE UP!!!![/shout]”
A single hand flopped out from underneath the sheets, holding an oversized blaster pistol. *sound of exploding alarm clock* The GTer slowly dragged himself out of bed and over to his dresser. He grabbed a thermos off the cluttered top, unscrewed the lid, and poured himself a cup of jasmine tea, with honey of course.
plasmoidmonkey’s eyes shot open, full of energy. He quickly got dressed and made his way downstairs.
“Don’t bother with breakfast, mom.” He said as he made his way through the house. “I gotta get to work.”
“Okay. See you tonight, then.” She kissed him on the forehead as he passed through the kitchen.
The GTer grabbed the hovercraft keys off a nail in the garage.
Beep beep!!! The headlights flicked twice.
“Now that’s what I like seeing.” Even though plasmoidmonkey wasn’t sixteen yet, these new hovercrafts were self piloting, saving him a lot of trouble.
“To the GT World HQ, snap to it.” He pressed a button, which sent a hi-def computer screen popping out of the dashboard.
“Hmmm. Let’s see.” He scanned the day’s new columns. “Halo 3 tournament today, 12:30 sharp, uh-huh, mob of angry anime fans silenced by Epena in Matrioska, uh-huh, GTWC (Game Toast World Conquest) getting a new expansion pack next week, ooh that’s good.”
The hovercraft sped through the busy streets to the local GT base, its computer pilot guiding the way.
Ironically, I am not that tired in the mornings. It's just a good literary device.
Untitled Sci-fi One shot This one will not see any continuation, it's just a test run for a sci-fi universe I'm thinking up.
“The outer territories are in chaos again as the anta-Uur terrorists destroyed the Alliance outpost on Dra S’hie.” The Oosani newswoman droned. “Six hundred-twenty Alliance personnel were killed, as well as a hundred fifty-seven civilians, making the deadliest attack since Nawax. Citizens on all planets in the sector are encouraged to be on high alert for anything suspicious…” Flint pressed the off button on the holoscreen console, making the newsroom disappear. He swigged the last dregs of his caffi and slung the plastic mug off to the side.
The human was a wreck. His hair was ratty, his eyes were bloodshot, his chin was covered in a three-day growth of beard, and he looked as if he had not had a shower or change of clothes for at least half a week. He had not slept for the past two nights, running on nothing but caffi and energy bars, and was defiantly feeling the side-effects of intense fatigue.
Flint grabbed a worn grey jacket from its resting place on top of his couch and swung it on. He trudged his way through the mess on his apartment floor to the door, which slid open into the main hall of his building. He slowly walked down the dark hall to the lifts. Luckily, one of them was on his floor. He stepped into it and took it to the main landing pad.
When he plodded out of the building, Flint huddled down deeper into his jacket, trying to keep his body warmth from dissipating into the frigid air of the Warz Torkaz cold season. The landing pad was mostly empty, except for a few hover-taxis. Flint walked over to one of them; its pilot crouched over a portable heater.
The pilot looked up. She was a human, probably only sixteen, clad in a red and black haadag-leather jacket with matching beret. She was sturdily built with a hint of deep ochre red in her skin tone, making it obvious to Flint that her parentage was from one of the Mars mining colonies.
“To Jumbago’s. Make it quick.”
“Gotcha, Mr. M.” The pilot turned off the heater and climbed into the driver’s seat.
Ten minutes of flying through the skyscrapers of Warz Torkaz later, the taxi stopped on the cantina’s landing pad.
“Thanks.” Flint grumbled, as he swiped his card, deducting the two credits from his account.
“Don’t mention it. I was getting bored anyway.”
Jumbago’s was hardly the cleanest pub in the galaxy, but hardly the worst on Warz Torkaz. It was dim, the revolving holo bands of sports scores and news needed their energy cells replaced, the tables and bar could use a good scrubbing, and the air was permanently fouled with the stench of narcostyx. The early morning clientele was small, mostly humans and pygmy Wanzorians, regulars to the pub. Out of place were the two Ma’banas travelers, whistling to each other through their methane masks, a trio of Ciun merchants, and a lone Thrâkas in the corner booth.
Flint walked over to a booth on the left wall. The only person sitting there was a bull Jandoph. They always reminded Flint of those armadillos he saw one time in a zoo on Earth, all muscle and armor plating, except much bigger and without the stupid big nose.
“So, any news on our next case?” The Jandoph said in a deep voice. Flint sat down.
“I got it, Djoric. Took me a while to get anything, but here.” He pulled a palm-sized datapad from his jacket pocket. He pressed a button on the touch screen, which projected a small hologram of a mutilated body.
“Victim was a male Yrr, probably in his mid fifties, a vagabond in the Grunge. He was stabbed a half dozen times before getting both legs sawed off at the knee, then was finished a by a low-grade plasma shot to the head,” He pointed at the scorch mark of melted cartilage and skin where the hologram’s face once was. “And shoved into a dumpster.”
Djoric drank the rest of his noodles and broth in a single gulp.
“Anything else?”
“Nothing. The body had been dead for several hours when I got there, so no thermal or EMP residue. Couldn’t find anything in the way of DNA or fingerprints, or anything: whoever did this was a professional.”
“Professional case, eh? How much are we getting paid for this?”
“Five thousand credits.”
The Jandoph’s onyx-black eyes widened.
“That’s ten times the amount we normally get for anything in the Grunge.”
“I know. Someone must really want to get this solved.”
“Was this guy important or anything?”
“Name’s Raz Bor, but I couldn’t find anything else. No ID with the Alliance, no connection with the Hive, the Granganen, the Red Toq, or the Mafia-X, no records at all, anywhere.”
“He must have been important, or there wouldn’t be an outrageous offer. And it sounds like he was tortured to boot.”
Flint nodded.
“I’d agree with you on that one. Bounty hunters are clean shots, and thugs are just plain sloppy, but neither do overkill like that. Whoever did this was something else.”
“Did you find anything else?”
“Only his last known living quarters, an abandoned apartment, sector 233, zone 12.”
“Lucky us. It’s usually impossible to find anyone in the Grunge.”
Flint nodded again.
“C’mon, we won’t get paid just sitting around. Let’s go.”
Enjoy. I will update as soon as I can.
Contents. *This keeps the stories organized, as I will eb doing multiple stories simultaneosly. For example 1-1 means page one, post one*
Average day for a GameToaster, 1-1, 1-5, 1-10, 1-14, 2-4, 2-10
Sci-fi One shot, 1-1, 1-10, 2-4, 2-14, 3-1
The Zoo, 2-13
Zombipocalypse Now!, 3-5, 3-9, 3-12, 3-15, 4-9
An Average Day for a GameToaster
CHAPTER 1
MORNINGS ARE CRAP
OR
JASMINE TEA IS TASTY
“BZZZZZZT!!!!!!BZZZZZZZZZT!!!!!” The alarm clock started to ring its little electronic brain out. “I SAID BZZZZZZZZZZZZZZT!!!!!!!!” It screamed. plasmoidmonkey grumbled, not moving out from under his sheets. “[shout]WAKE UP!!!![/shout]”
A single hand flopped out from underneath the sheets, holding an oversized blaster pistol. *sound of exploding alarm clock* The GTer slowly dragged himself out of bed and over to his dresser. He grabbed a thermos off the cluttered top, unscrewed the lid, and poured himself a cup of jasmine tea, with honey of course.
plasmoidmonkey’s eyes shot open, full of energy. He quickly got dressed and made his way downstairs.
“Don’t bother with breakfast, mom.” He said as he made his way through the house. “I gotta get to work.”
“Okay. See you tonight, then.” She kissed him on the forehead as he passed through the kitchen.
The GTer grabbed the hovercraft keys off a nail in the garage.
Beep beep!!! The headlights flicked twice.
“Now that’s what I like seeing.” Even though plasmoidmonkey wasn’t sixteen yet, these new hovercrafts were self piloting, saving him a lot of trouble.
“To the GT World HQ, snap to it.” He pressed a button, which sent a hi-def computer screen popping out of the dashboard.
“Hmmm. Let’s see.” He scanned the day’s new columns. “Halo 3 tournament today, 12:30 sharp, uh-huh, mob of angry anime fans silenced by Epena in Matrioska, uh-huh, GTWC (Game Toast World Conquest) getting a new expansion pack next week, ooh that’s good.”
The hovercraft sped through the busy streets to the local GT base, its computer pilot guiding the way.
Ironically, I am not that tired in the mornings. It's just a good literary device.
Untitled Sci-fi One shot This one will not see any continuation, it's just a test run for a sci-fi universe I'm thinking up.
“The outer territories are in chaos again as the anta-Uur terrorists destroyed the Alliance outpost on Dra S’hie.” The Oosani newswoman droned. “Six hundred-twenty Alliance personnel were killed, as well as a hundred fifty-seven civilians, making the deadliest attack since Nawax. Citizens on all planets in the sector are encouraged to be on high alert for anything suspicious…” Flint pressed the off button on the holoscreen console, making the newsroom disappear. He swigged the last dregs of his caffi and slung the plastic mug off to the side.
The human was a wreck. His hair was ratty, his eyes were bloodshot, his chin was covered in a three-day growth of beard, and he looked as if he had not had a shower or change of clothes for at least half a week. He had not slept for the past two nights, running on nothing but caffi and energy bars, and was defiantly feeling the side-effects of intense fatigue.
Flint grabbed a worn grey jacket from its resting place on top of his couch and swung it on. He trudged his way through the mess on his apartment floor to the door, which slid open into the main hall of his building. He slowly walked down the dark hall to the lifts. Luckily, one of them was on his floor. He stepped into it and took it to the main landing pad.
When he plodded out of the building, Flint huddled down deeper into his jacket, trying to keep his body warmth from dissipating into the frigid air of the Warz Torkaz cold season. The landing pad was mostly empty, except for a few hover-taxis. Flint walked over to one of them; its pilot crouched over a portable heater.
The pilot looked up. She was a human, probably only sixteen, clad in a red and black haadag-leather jacket with matching beret. She was sturdily built with a hint of deep ochre red in her skin tone, making it obvious to Flint that her parentage was from one of the Mars mining colonies.
“To Jumbago’s. Make it quick.”
“Gotcha, Mr. M.” The pilot turned off the heater and climbed into the driver’s seat.
Ten minutes of flying through the skyscrapers of Warz Torkaz later, the taxi stopped on the cantina’s landing pad.
“Thanks.” Flint grumbled, as he swiped his card, deducting the two credits from his account.
“Don’t mention it. I was getting bored anyway.”
Jumbago’s was hardly the cleanest pub in the galaxy, but hardly the worst on Warz Torkaz. It was dim, the revolving holo bands of sports scores and news needed their energy cells replaced, the tables and bar could use a good scrubbing, and the air was permanently fouled with the stench of narcostyx. The early morning clientele was small, mostly humans and pygmy Wanzorians, regulars to the pub. Out of place were the two Ma’banas travelers, whistling to each other through their methane masks, a trio of Ciun merchants, and a lone Thrâkas in the corner booth.
Flint walked over to a booth on the left wall. The only person sitting there was a bull Jandoph. They always reminded Flint of those armadillos he saw one time in a zoo on Earth, all muscle and armor plating, except much bigger and without the stupid big nose.
“So, any news on our next case?” The Jandoph said in a deep voice. Flint sat down.
“I got it, Djoric. Took me a while to get anything, but here.” He pulled a palm-sized datapad from his jacket pocket. He pressed a button on the touch screen, which projected a small hologram of a mutilated body.
“Victim was a male Yrr, probably in his mid fifties, a vagabond in the Grunge. He was stabbed a half dozen times before getting both legs sawed off at the knee, then was finished a by a low-grade plasma shot to the head,” He pointed at the scorch mark of melted cartilage and skin where the hologram’s face once was. “And shoved into a dumpster.”
Djoric drank the rest of his noodles and broth in a single gulp.
“Anything else?”
“Nothing. The body had been dead for several hours when I got there, so no thermal or EMP residue. Couldn’t find anything in the way of DNA or fingerprints, or anything: whoever did this was a professional.”
“Professional case, eh? How much are we getting paid for this?”
“Five thousand credits.”
The Jandoph’s onyx-black eyes widened.
“That’s ten times the amount we normally get for anything in the Grunge.”
“I know. Someone must really want to get this solved.”
“Was this guy important or anything?”
“Name’s Raz Bor, but I couldn’t find anything else. No ID with the Alliance, no connection with the Hive, the Granganen, the Red Toq, or the Mafia-X, no records at all, anywhere.”
“He must have been important, or there wouldn’t be an outrageous offer. And it sounds like he was tortured to boot.”
Flint nodded.
“I’d agree with you on that one. Bounty hunters are clean shots, and thugs are just plain sloppy, but neither do overkill like that. Whoever did this was something else.”
“Did you find anything else?”
“Only his last known living quarters, an abandoned apartment, sector 233, zone 12.”
“Lucky us. It’s usually impossible to find anyone in the Grunge.”
Flint nodded again.
“C’mon, we won’t get paid just sitting around. Let’s go.”
Enjoy. I will update as soon as I can.
