space-time-parallel

1) The madman    Ah! What’s going on? Why is everything so bright? Where am I? … Who am I? Brandon opened his eyes to see a bedroom, well lit by the cast of sunlight which the curtains could not block. So he was in a room. His room, his mind supplied. The mattress was soft, and the space between it and the blankets were comfortably warm. This was about as far his mind could get, before the harsh discordant ringing rang from his bedside. Before it even chirped twice, his hand instinctively swiped the device, a phone, and turned it off. And then he sat up. He immediately disliked the feeling. The experience of fluid rushing d

The Lucario named Cain watched in absolute boredom from the back of the class. The teacher, an Alakazam, was doing a rather poor job in teaching conics on the whiteboard, especially so because of his IQ of 5,000. The rest of the class were equally bored, and so took out their boredom out by non-creative measures like passing notes, shooting spitballs, and dropping their Five-Star Notebooks on the floor at the same time, all of which the poor teacher was oblivious to. All of them were equally pleased to spend the time in this way, except for the victims of the spitballs and the notebook-droppers, who realized quite quickly that notebooks hitti

Life. The very word holds a meaning to it so grand and bountiful, yet can be uttered in one syllable, with only 4 letters. The main lifeform on Earth are humans. Humans have become the dominant species in this sector of the universe. We have mapped the world, learned of causes of supernatural events, sent objects to outer space, killed over a hundred species, enslaved several species of animals purely for food. We can cure ourselves of many diseases, study other animals of this world to the point we know them better than they do, and read our very own genome. And of course, society. And government. But that's not what I want to talk about. I

Assessment of Base: Consists of: Base Leader. Often blind followers of Daoism. Also often 2nd toughest in base. High interest in capture. Juicy with information. Attempt capture protocols first ALWAYS, and if any resistance, gas immediately. Teachers. Nice people. Be sure to remember that nice guys finish last, because they always put students first before themselves. Also of note they are often erratic, and makes capture of base difficult. Not good hostages, they always fight to the death. But great for luring students, to disguise and trap students. Other admin. Such as the chef, custodians, possibly some teacher aides. Trying to captur