Science Fiction
The Journal Of Aber Crombie 4
CHAPTER FOUR Herbert says Humanoids and other mammals leave trace signatures of a unique collections of microbes on everything we touch. The microbes on our skin are almost as good as DNA for identifying an individual. The microbe detector identified and cataloged our individual microbe colonies when we first turned it on, and it ignores us when looking for other signs of life. Otherwise it would be beeping constantly. I tell him the communication systems that I install have a similar way of detecting individuals, and uses a persons unique electrical emissions to tag communications. I don't know why that is not how you login to a system instead of the archaic password method. Herbert says they tried other ways in the past, finger prints for example. Turned out the finger print on a dead or severed hand would get people into a system just fine. Microbes had the same flaw, but he thought the electrical emissions might be a better approach. Then he pointed out that I was not focusing on our problem in the current situation.
By J smith kirklandabout a year ago in Chapters
Journal Of Aber Crombie 3
CHAPTER THREE We wake up earlier than usual today. The excitement of the adventure ahead of us I suppose. After realizing there was a garden tractor and cart in the green house, we estimate how far it could go on one fully charged battery. Uncertain of the actual distance, we are hopeful it will be enough to get there and back. And maybe even get there before sunset. I start to point out to Herbert that we should have used this mode of transportation all along on our daily walks. But then I think, we saw more details on foot, and it was good exercise. Beside, I enjoy our walks.
By J smith kirklandabout a year ago in Chapters
Journal of Aber Crombie 1
CHAPTER ONE I still have not come to grasps with the giant sun in the red sky. Herbert says the sky is red because the sun is a red dwarf. And the sun is huge because the habitable zone around a red dwarf is much closer to the sun than what I am used to. That's what Herbert tells me anyway. And that's the reason it is so much colder here than I am used to. There are a lot of things here I am not used to.
By J smith kirklandabout a year ago in Chapters
Journal Of Simon Herbert 5
CHAPTER FIVE Right on the mark, the satellite compass registers my location. The Rip still exists. Hard to tell in a desert if a dust storm came through. If there is no evidence at the station, I will never know. I keep driving.
By J smith kirklandabout a year ago in Chapters
Journal Of Simon Herbert 6
CHAPTER SIX I try to explain to Marvin how the transition from one side to the other while seeing the storm felt unexpected, and a little disconcerting. But I am not sure exactly what it is that I am trying to explain. He smiles. He assures me that going from one reality to another is something that should be disconcerting and unexpected. After all, he has never met anyone else that has done that. Nor has he ever heard of anyone that has done that. I realize that Marvin has never really been interested in learning about The Rip, or crossing through it. Even when we first got here, he didn't seem that surprised how we got here. Once we figured out that it existed, and that we could go back and forth, he was satisfied that it is a possibility, but also seemed to be over it. He never even mentions it anymore. When I say I am going back to send messages, his replies are underwhelmed and disinterested if anything. Yet now he assures me I should be disconcerted.
By J smith kirklandabout a year ago in Chapters
Journale Of Simon Herbert 4
CHAPTER FOUR We had a few days with lots of travellers. Webby didn't even make an appearance for most of them. And showed no affection to any of them. None of their home planets were earth, or any of the other missing planets. Doesn't help prove my hypothosis, but doesn't disprove it either.
By J smith kirklandabout a year ago in Chapters
Journal of Simon Herbert 2
CHAPTER TWO The storm sounded like transport ships were landing on the floor above us as we tried to make ourselves at ease in the shielded suite. It has comfortable furniture, an entertainment console, an office area, a stocked kitchen on one end, a full bath, and several separate rooms with bunks. It was actually nicer than many of the apartments I had lived in before. But the noise made it hard for us to relax. Well, except Webby. He had curled up for a nap on the top of a tall cabinet.
By J smith kirklandabout a year ago in Chapters
Journal Of Simon Herbert 3
CHAPTER THREE After the storm moved away, Marvin got back to work. He had to check the adjustment that Scheduler made to arrival times for expected travellers. He likes to make sure he is in the transport room for all arrivals. He doesn't really have to be; the AI would give the travellers instructions on where to wait for the next jump, and how long it will be. Marvin just likes to make sure travellers knew that in this bleak environment there is a human to interface with. He also checks in with Mapper to make sure there are no known problems at destinations. Again, Scheduler and Mapper would figure that out without him, but he says he likes to be able to reassure anxious travellers, and he gets info from Traveller's Friend about the current events and weather so he can make small talk with them if they seem the type that needs that. He likes meeting the travellers and learning about them as much as he loves learning about the technology that moves them from place to place.
By J smith kirklandabout a year ago in Chapters
Journal of Simon Herbert 1
CHAPTER ONE “Where's Webby!” Marvin, previously calm as he described to me the mass devastation that can be caused by a windstorm like the approaching one, is suddenly panicked when he doesn't see his cat as we head for the shielded level of the building. I yelled back over the roaring and screeching winds to let him know that Webby already went down the stairs. Marvin laughed, and his usual calm demeanor returned. He asked if I was still happy I decided to stay here.
By J smith kirklandabout a year ago in Chapters
World in Tatters Ch. 49. Content Warning.
I can’t sleep the night before the trials. Honestly, I don’t know if anyone else can either. I try to avoid speaking with Alice and the others. Partially from anxiety, but mostly because I just don’t know what I would say. Any time they come near me, I just close my eyes and pretend.
By Kevin Barkmanabout a year ago in Chapters
Read this if you are in need for comfort
Hey there stranger! If you are reading this, I hope you are doing okay:) Even if you are not it is okay. I do not want to tell you to be optimistic or pretend to have it all together because I know how chaotic and messy life can be sometimes. While I know you are not feeling okay, that is why probably you have reached upon this video. I hope you remember that there are still so many days when life will feel lighter, where the beauty of nature will astonish you with the warmth of the sun and the somberness of the night.
By Hridya Sharmaabout a year ago in Chapters
