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To say that the session went incredibly would be an understatement of such vast size that Orson could not have made it without feeling guilty. It wasn’t that Murphy was a bad GM most of the time, far from it. Every session they played involved hours more behind-the-scenes work researching other products, designing the plotlines for them to play, and inventing the puzzles and challenges that would oppose them each game.Maybe it was the pressure of having his girlfriend watching. Maybe it was having…-
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The first time Orson visited the gamespace, it had been like visiting a model home. Clean and perfect, without any distractions that might take away from the property he was meant to see.Even knowing he was wearing a headset, Orson was taken aback as the gaming room formed around him. Thick smoke filled the room, burning from an oversized cigar resting in an ashtray at the head of the table. An entire band stood on the far end, playing what looked like period accurate medieval instruments. How they could…
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Orson stood still through the appropriately dramatic magical transition. Lights, and the world fuzzed at the edges. But as impressive as it looked, he couldn’t forget that he was really just standing in his living room. There was nothing magical here, nothing but an overreaching toy company and some decent-enough voice recordings.Then he landed. A faint grid appeared near his back, turning darker and redder the closer he got. In front his path was unimpeded, however, giving him a clear view of the gaming…
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Orson wouldn’t have called himself tech-ignorant, but even so he felt with each passing second that he must be doing something wrong. The glasses settled onto his face, then each glove resting securely in place. It felt more like he was about to go for a long bike-ride, except the rest of his clothes didn’t match.“I must’ve done something wrong,” he muttered, mostly to himself. He should’ve just waited for Kit like he’d promised, and she would be able to make all of it work without too much…
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Orson stared down at his laptop screen, trying to make sense of the blurring of his friends’ voices as they yelled over each other. This was supposed to be a dungeon map, he was pretty sure, and every now and then he thought he glimpsed a miniature. But there was a reason he wasn’t studying anything in computers, and this was part of it. This website might as well be Greek.“It’s not supposed to be like this!” Kit insisted, her voice frustrated. There was supposed to be a video of her at the…
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A little while later.Vesper stared across a vast gulf, hovering in the air on a pair of membranous wings. Before her was a terrible vortex of stormy sky, where gale winds lifted chunks of rock as big as houses and flung them like toys. The desert landscape beneath it was scoured clean, with huge gaps and craters that suggested a sustained bombardment. Vesper adjusted the goggles over her eyes, keeping out the moisture as best she could.The wind howled, but she kept herself still in the air. At least around…-
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Kaelynn didn't have to go. Equestria had found her guilty of no crimes, and imposed no obligation on her. Where most of her friends had already lost their humanity or were pushing the edge of how much magic they could get away with, Kaelynn was still securely human enough to return.There was enough work for her in the new "Worldgate Friendship Colocation Research Facility." The name rolled off her tongue like a truck off a bridge, but it would still take her if she was willing. Equestria was dangerous. Her…
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Kaelynn stared at the little incoming group. She didn't get up, but that wasn't out of rudeness. She had her back to the tent, the closest thing to a wall they had. It let her watch both entrances, and she felt safer that way. Even surrounded by her friends, she had to be sure.No one was going to take her away again.But this was a time to celebrate, not flee. Their missing companions hadn't been dragged away to some shady government facility to be dissected. They were alive!"This isn't exactly the way I…
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Blake lifted the receiver in one shaking hand. It wasn't just his friends depending on him anymore, though they certainly were. He could practically feel the ghostly dots of sniper-rifles on his face, though he couldn't see anything like that aimed at him. So much for a warm welcome for the Equestrians. This was supposed to happen on our terms. We should've had control over every variable, so we could set this up so everyone wants to cooperate.But if they'd wanted to do that, they should have stayed on…
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Vesper wasn't the first one across the Worldgate. She probably could've been, if she asked loudly enough. But of all the places she wanted to go, Earth was about the bottom of the list. Completing first contact would be a world-shattering accomplishment, but for her it was an obligation.Vesper spent her whole life pushing the boundaries of what was allowed, exploring places that no one else would dare to see. Now she had a whole world of new mysteries, and she was leaving it behind. For a little while,…
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