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<blockquote data-quote="tadk" data-source="post: 3632166" data-attributes="member: 32497"><p><strong>CDM Story by TadK</strong></p><p></p><p>Across the worlds, turning a tune</p><p> © 2007 CW Kelson III</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Down along the city streets</p><p>Down in the trash laden corridors between abandoned businesses</p><p>Down into the empty city sewers</p><p>Far away from light, life, love and devotion</p><p>Far into the earth, where the dark creatures lurk in their realms of silence</p><p></p><p></p><p>Andra took her time, moving, drinking her wine, watching the television playing the same old drivel it always did.</p><p>The dark red, something left over from past dinners, slid down her throat cooling the fires burning down in the pit. </p><p>The television sitting there tuned to the dead air channel, just waiting for a signal to interrupt the static. </p><p></p><p>The soft movement of the air in the subterranean space she lived in rustled her wisps of clothing.</p><p></p><p>Otherwise nothing moved, nothing happenexd down there deep under the earth</p><p></p><p>Far above her, the fate of a life was in the deciding phase, a single mistake leading to criminal proceedings. </p><p></p><p>A man pulled a trigger, cascading a series of events leading to a loss of life and limb for another, and his incarceration and subsequent trial. </p><p>Far and wide were those watching the proceedings with concern, as it would carry over into their lives either way it went, the victim on trial being convicted, or set free, either way it would affect the balance of power between two rival organizations. </p><p></p><p>The shadows and the dark ones, cheesy euphemisms both, vying for control of destinies of worlds far and wide, scattered apart from one and another by intangible barriers of energy and vibration.</p><p></p><p>Instead of a single life, single line of choices made and decisions come to, there are a myriad of worlds, an infinite selection of lives lived all in each tick of the clock.</p><p></p><p>As time passes, the worlds draw closer or farther away based on the actions that occur in them, sometimes they even come back together when they had not drifted very far apart, For some in the countless choices, they are aware of these, and live in the spaces between the stories told in each world.</p><p></p><p>In-between all of this, lies stories, tales, lies, the fantastic and the mundane and less than mundane folk that live in the spaces that are there. Andra is one of these people and here is one of her stories.</p><p></p><p>Andra takes her time, dressing is not high on her list of priorities, but it is something that others seem to think is important. Where she comes from, where her life and people lived at, back when the world was less formed, fewer changes and options existed, they did not have the concept of modesty, of clothing, of personal property. Then again, back then it was fangs and rocks for the height of technology as well. </p><p></p><p>But that was many years ago, and her people had developed in other directions, slipping farther away from the worlds of the mainstream of humanity. Instead leaning on the aid of their wings, soft gossamer wings delicate like flower petals, able to lift them up and away from predators, keeping them safe to develop and grow into a single state. </p><p></p><p>But now here on this more mainstream world, her instincts work against her. Make it difficult to remain hidden, forcing her underground out of light. So instead she hides in the darkness, her devices and accouterments being used to track the reason she is here, a mere step that is infinitely far away from her home.</p><p></p><p>A man is led to the long table in front of the judge, from a vantage point up close to the ceiling, a small spy device was nestled </p><p></p><p>The tones sound across time and nestle into the small television like device that Andra had put together to monitor her progress, the hands of time and distance reaching out across all her potentials and allowing her rights to edit and delete what she can to forestall the deaths foretold in the convictions.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>--------------</p><p>since my pics were posted</p><p>256$ my car</p><p>1200$ wifes car tomorrow</p><p>repainted bathroom</p><p>2 trips to home depot trying to get the plumbing fixed for the new bathroom vanity</p><p></p><p>Have a great round 2 everyone</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="tadk, post: 3632166, member: 32497"] [b]CDM Story by TadK[/b] Across the worlds, turning a tune © 2007 CW Kelson III Down along the city streets Down in the trash laden corridors between abandoned businesses Down into the empty city sewers Far away from light, life, love and devotion Far into the earth, where the dark creatures lurk in their realms of silence Andra took her time, moving, drinking her wine, watching the television playing the same old drivel it always did. The dark red, something left over from past dinners, slid down her throat cooling the fires burning down in the pit. The television sitting there tuned to the dead air channel, just waiting for a signal to interrupt the static. The soft movement of the air in the subterranean space she lived in rustled her wisps of clothing. Otherwise nothing moved, nothing happenexd down there deep under the earth Far above her, the fate of a life was in the deciding phase, a single mistake leading to criminal proceedings. A man pulled a trigger, cascading a series of events leading to a loss of life and limb for another, and his incarceration and subsequent trial. Far and wide were those watching the proceedings with concern, as it would carry over into their lives either way it went, the victim on trial being convicted, or set free, either way it would affect the balance of power between two rival organizations. The shadows and the dark ones, cheesy euphemisms both, vying for control of destinies of worlds far and wide, scattered apart from one and another by intangible barriers of energy and vibration. Instead of a single life, single line of choices made and decisions come to, there are a myriad of worlds, an infinite selection of lives lived all in each tick of the clock. As time passes, the worlds draw closer or farther away based on the actions that occur in them, sometimes they even come back together when they had not drifted very far apart, For some in the countless choices, they are aware of these, and live in the spaces between the stories told in each world. In-between all of this, lies stories, tales, lies, the fantastic and the mundane and less than mundane folk that live in the spaces that are there. Andra is one of these people and here is one of her stories. Andra takes her time, dressing is not high on her list of priorities, but it is something that others seem to think is important. Where she comes from, where her life and people lived at, back when the world was less formed, fewer changes and options existed, they did not have the concept of modesty, of clothing, of personal property. Then again, back then it was fangs and rocks for the height of technology as well. But that was many years ago, and her people had developed in other directions, slipping farther away from the worlds of the mainstream of humanity. Instead leaning on the aid of their wings, soft gossamer wings delicate like flower petals, able to lift them up and away from predators, keeping them safe to develop and grow into a single state. But now here on this more mainstream world, her instincts work against her. Make it difficult to remain hidden, forcing her underground out of light. So instead she hides in the darkness, her devices and accouterments being used to track the reason she is here, a mere step that is infinitely far away from her home. A man is led to the long table in front of the judge, from a vantage point up close to the ceiling, a small spy device was nestled The tones sound across time and nestle into the small television like device that Andra had put together to monitor her progress, the hands of time and distance reaching out across all her potentials and allowing her rights to edit and delete what she can to forestall the deaths foretold in the convictions. -------------- since my pics were posted 256$ my car 1200$ wifes car tomorrow repainted bathroom 2 trips to home depot trying to get the plumbing fixed for the new bathroom vanity Have a great round 2 everyone [/QUOTE]
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