Dimitra was having a great day. She had done her house chores, her meal was spot on, and she’d even done some serious work on her thesis. So, naturally, it was time for everything to go to shit. She was humming along, doing her laundry, when the washing machine decided Read more…
Papers slammed into Demeter’s face. “You’re the one who asked for this!” the man said, after having thrown the bunch at her. She flinched, but she didn’t look away. Nor did she complain. She just stood there, taking the heat. “Yes, I did, professor.” The man turned in his chair. Read more…
“I want more of the red sauce,” the annoying little cunt said. She was a blonde with an upturned nose. Or, perhaps that was her constantly upturned head looking down on people. Persephone eyed her. Hard. Then she stuck her big spoon inside the red sludge and poured some more Read more…
Michalina blew into a breathless tirade of excuses. “I saw two guys coming in, I mean, it’s not my fault, right? Nobody ever uses the northern gate, how was I supposed to know that the human expedition would arrive through here? And I left my post for like two seconds, Read more…
Michalina had lots of fun that night. Both the human men had her, though she focused her affections more towards Peter, whom she liked best. But the governor was good-looking too, once he drank some booze and stopped whining. “Stop breathing so hard, you’ll use up all the oxygen in Read more…
Demeter went for a jog. She wanted to say that it was her habit, but really, she never jogged. Not even back at her hometown, where there was plenty of space and nature to run around in. She ran, pacing herself. She knew she was a bit out of shape Read more…
“How was your date?” Zoe asked, hopping in place. She had the naughtiest smirk on her face. Persephone gripped both hands on her mop, and held it as if it was a dance partnet. “Oh, you know. Dreamy,” she said in that tone of voice. “Did you… You know,” Zoe Read more…
Theseus was walking his dog down the street. There were parks around, but he didn’t like the ambiance over there at night. The junkies hanging around didn’t look that menacing, hell, they were probably one good shove away from the emergency room, but why tempt Fate? That was his motto Read more…
Over the next week, Karen and Chloe did everything together. They went grocery shopping, they did chores together, which Chloe found fascinating ‘cause the drones on the ship did all that stuff if you didn’t want to yourself. It was funny how back on Earth people had everything they could Read more…
“Oh my god, this is amazing!” Karen kept watching and rewatching the freefall video. She leaned with her back on her bed and kept her head in the air, imagining what it was like to fall in microgravity. Chloe giggled. “Okay, it was fun, I’ll admit that. I had forgotten Read more…