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Chapter 26: In Nam-Shub Only (Part II)
Howie was doing something he usually didn’t do: skipping class.
In spite of his devil-may-care attitude about his scholarly aspirations, he knew that he couldn’t let his grades slip if he wanted to keep his free-ride from his family to go to the best party school in Arizona. He just couldn’t take that fear far enough [...]
Chapter 26: In Nam-Shub Only (Part I)
“I need to get out of the RF suppression and get Halady connected up,” Elaine said. “She’ll have a better clue as to the current state of ASU’s electrical network. Then we need to pin down any more of these nests. Zane, I need you to complete this Faraday cage. Frog you’re with me, we’re [...]
Chapter 25: Magnetic Declination (Part II)
Pointed in the right direction by Roger, Zane trucked off to do his favorite type of work: inflicting mischievous damage to buildings for a good cause. Both Frog and Elaine rolled their eyes when he picked the girl’s bathroom first, poked his head in, and cackled loudly. Without a response from within, he darted inside.
“Perhaps [...]
Chapter 25: Magnetic Declination (Part I)
Inside the closet stood a monument to Emily Early. A small tower, constructed entirely of CRT and LCD monitors dominated the center of the heap like a terrible god, each screen glowing with flickering video images replaying apparently random clips of video—all of which included Emily Early at various stages of her childhood and college [...]
Chapter 24: Through the Door (Part II)
Elaine’s head zeroed in on Roger with the alacrity of a turret tracking a target. “Fever?”
“Uh.” He backpedaled under the unexpected attention. “Well, it’s…”
“Colloquial,” Frog said without missing a beat, she gave him an apologetic look. “It refers to ideas that get into people’s heads, like fads, that seem to spread like illnesses. And he’s [...]
Chapter 24: Through the Door (Part I)
“Who is it?” the other said to Hadaly-not-Hadaly. “I’ve been exploring. There’s been so much to do. “
The darkness had resolved somewhat, she knew she’d been trapped inside of some highly firewalled system-of-subsystems along with the other. Without larger resources and better processing—or at least more facts—she couldn’t make heads-or-tails of the analog signals, just [...]
Chapter 23: Center Stage (Part II)
“What’s not permissible?” asked Zane.
“Emily is throwing a concert and it’s a blatant platform to get votes,” Elaine said. “And she wonders why she keeps winning these things. She’s obviously not playing fair. She’s pouring a lot more effort into winning than any other candidate can possibly hope to and she’s got resources that would [...]
Chapter 23: Center Stage (Part I)
Andrew arrived at class late due to evacuated students clogging the Memorial Union. Over half the campus had lost power, another talkative student explained. Nobody knew if it affected any of the buildings along University. So he went to class anyway.
The lecture hall looked about half full, and the TA stood near the front pulling [...]
Chapter 22: Static Discharge (Part II)
“Not in the wall socket, near the wall socket. Please signify your understanding of the semantic difference.”
“Oh,” he said, in a slightly less hard tone. “That’s slightly better…”
“You need to hurry, the effect seems to be clearing up,” she said. Zach’s flashlight beam had been joined by two others as him and several other people [...]
Chapter 22: Static Discharge (Part I)
In the dark of the hallway the traces of the gremlin leaping through the wires in the walls stood out like a sore thumb—if that thumb also happened to be radioactive and emitting sparks. Surprised people poked their heads out of their offices, stumbled out into the shadowy corridor, and generally proved to be obstacles [...]
