The Waste (XI)

The next morning, the pumping mechanism in the pen was engaged by the villagers, and the inhabitants of the octagonal enclosure were encouraged by immaculate engineering, to revisit the seas from whence they had been captured. It took little time after Allamar’s edict of augmentation, for the unwed fishermen of the village to have docked […]

The Waste (X)

The villagers waited out the impossibly long pause in Allamar’s speech. The sun bore down on patient brows, its insistence drawing beads of perspiration from calm onlookers. After long seconds of intense stillness, breath barely noted among the close-pressed villagers, Allamar reached towards his own chest. The crowd drew in a tiny collective breath, as […]

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“.γqqɒʜ mɒ I” ,ƨbɿow ɘʜɈ ʞɒɘqƨ γlɈƨɘnoʜ bnɒ ,ɘɔnɒnɘɈnυoɔ nwo ɿυoγ noqυ ʞool ,ɿoɿɿim ɘʜɈ ɘɿoʇɘd bnɒɈƨ ,ɘɈɒɈƨ wɒɿ Ɉƨom bnɒ Ɉƨɿow ɿυoγ ni bnɒ ,ϱninɿom ɘʜɈ ni ɘƨiɿ Ɉ’nɒɔ υoγ ʇi ,llɒ Ɉɒ ɘυlɒv on ʇo ɘɿɒ ,ɘviɘɔɘɿ bnɒ ,ɘviϱ γɒm ɘno ɈɒʜɈ ɘvol ɘʜɈ llɒ bnɒ ,ƨƨild γɿɒɿoqmɘɈ ʇo ƨɘɔnɘiɿɘqxɘ ɘʜɈ ʇo llɒ […]

The Waste (VIII)

Beginning around noon the next day, the entire village enjoyed exquisite food the likes of which many of the citizens had never tasted.  No one could offer a plausible explanation regarding the source of a majority of the ingredients, for the elements of these recipes were not consistent with the villagers normal fare.  Allamar postulated […]