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Apparently waiting in a tank could get worse. Kaelynn could've been waiting in a tank without proper water circulation. While their desert journey had at least had enough volume that the first few days weren't so bad, the transport tank aboard the Bright Hawk was far smaller. While cheers shook the top of the ship, suggesting rescue in sight, Kaelynn was left to simmer in a gross tank, feeling increasingly like fish soup.But then she heard footsteps, or hoofsteps anyway. She sat up, shifting her weight…-
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This wasn't the first time Jordan had looked particularly grumpy to be disturbed. Between the smell and the graceful way he curled up in his sleep, Blake half-expected to be chastised for breaking into the bedrooms for the wrong sex. Jordan took a moment to rise, shaking the sleepiness from his eyes.Blake backed away, giving his friend some space. Space would let him ignore his senses, and remind himself of the person living inside that body. These feelings were involuntary, and they were only skin deep.…
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Jordan wasn't unaccustomed to pain. It wasn't like the governments of various cities and townships all over the world were spiteful or malicious with the places they didn't want people to go. Of course a few were historical locations, with insides vulnerable to destruction under hundreds of careless feet. Those were easy, his friends just weren't careless.But the second (and much larger) class of forbidden places, those were dangerous. Some were made of toxic chemicals and needed respirators to visit.…
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Ryan looked out around the deck. Ponies whimpered in pain, others huddled in small groups, flush with victory but also overwhelmed by the crash. There was so much to do, and the pressure mounting to get it done. He looked like their leader, but that didn't mean he knew how to lead them.Then again, who could? Blake had always been in charge, but that was over a hobby! They were supposed to brave forbidden places, not fight for their lives. Not kill people."Jordan, you're hurt. You go with the injured.…
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Kaelynn was helpless.Her last few weeks of life had made that an almost-daily reality. It didn't matter how long and how successfully she had fought to control her own destiny—this new world had decided to trap her in a tank.Now she knew the battle taking place outside—Ryan had warned her of what they discovered and where they were. But while her friends fought for their lives, she was trapped in a tank.This one was even smaller than the one she'd used to cross the desert, so small that she had to roll…
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Blake had expected more comfortable quarters aboard the ship, particularly when they paid for their passage in gold. If those coins were what they looked like, they would probably be worth several thousand dollars each. They could've flown first class around the world for so much money. Instead, the quarters provided for them had only bare pallets, separated by a short distance. Even worse, there was no larger tank for Kaelynn. The machine holding her had chains to attach to the wall, along with pipes that…
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Can anyone hear me? I don't think so.Oh god, this is awful. Please, let this be a dream. I need to close my eyes and wake up in our Paris hotel. It's gonna be okay. This isn't real.I'm not waking up. I don't actually sleep, so...I shouldn't be talking to myself down in the bilge, while they march around on the surface boasting about what they're going to do with us. If they hear me, they could lock me down with the others. God, I can't do this. Blake's the hero. Even Jordan can come up with clever ideas,…
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Jordan drifted. There was no telling what caused him to do more than simply sleep; maybe it came from being somewhere he felt safe. Maybe it was just exhaustion, or random chance. Whatever the reason, he drifted.This time the sensation was not new to him, and he was quick to recognize the strangeness of it. He was flying effortlessly, he no longer felt confused and uncomfortable about his own body, no longer ached to be back home. For a time all he did was drift along those feelings, enjoying the relief…
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Finding a ship wasn't as hard as Jordan might've expected.He'd seen the docks waiting near the edge of town, and from the constant coming and going of vessels parked there. That meant real commerce taking place in Klugetown, and hopefully an opportunity to find someone to take them away.It took only a few hours of inquiring before they finally found a ship with the facilities to bring a fish along. Part of the process had just been figuring out what terms to use to communicate their goals. But then they…
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Ryan flicked the flashlight through the air ahead of him, scanning the room as rapidly as he could. He'd seen the indistinct nightmare-shape that hunted Paris, so at least he knew what to look for. He twitched faintly at every noise, whether it be the squelching of Kaelynn's wet shoes or Jordan heaving himself up onto the platform behind him. Anything they did might give them away, or else wake some nightmare-thing dozing in the gloom.The others joined them on the platform one after another, and still…
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