http://www.void-dogs.com Fantasy Space Opera Mon, 03 Aug 2009 22:04:03 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en After taking his leave of his estranged fiancee, Fortunato made his way out of The Meadows the same way he had come... backtracking to his office, in the section of the station that had originally been his little tramp ship, so very long ago. When he arrived there, ... http://www.void-dogs.com/book02/102 "Mass hysteria's always a good start... what are you doing for an encore?" Lilliana asked Dick as she supported a still rather dazed Leo. "And do we have to pick Handy back up on the way?" "If it all goes according to plan, she'll be dropping in on us on the ... http://www.void-dogs.com/book02/101 "Hold on," Dick said. "Adams... tell the twins to drop the bombs." "Bombs?" Lilliana repeated. "I determined it would be easier fighting in than out, so I undertook to arrange for the powers that be to have other things to worry about on our way out," Dick said. "Aren't you worried you'll have ... http://www.void-dogs.com/book02/100 "You left Leo locked in there with Fortunato?" Dick said. "Understandable," Cicada said. "What?" Nick said. "Shipmate, deadly enemy, locked door," Cicada said. "She was just doing what came naturally to her. Obviously it's a reflex." "I'm fixing this," Lilliana said. "Right now." She went over to the console and undid her last lock on ... http://www.void-dogs.com/book02/99 "I'm growing tired of this," Fortunato said. "Yes, and you aren't the only one," Lilliana said. She lowered her arms. "I can't do anything to stop you from shooting me, if that's what you want to do." "You're admitting you're helpless?" "No, I would have kept my arms up if that were the ... http://www.void-dogs.com/book02/98 "If I'm not right, exactly what's stopping you from pulling the trigger?" Lilliana asked Fortunato. "My thoughts exactly," he said. "I know you've never been all that great at taking advice, my dear Lilliana, but maybe you should be pursuing a different line of inquiry." "Alright, then... what's your next move?" she ... http://www.void-dogs.com/book02/97 "You think that's letting go?" Lilliana said. "Perhaps not in the exact sense that you might prefer," Fortunato said. "But don't be petty, dear Lilliana... one can't have everything one wants, after all. Is it not enough that I'm taking your advice in a general sense?" "Right, because nothing screams 'I'm ... http://www.void-dogs.com/book02/96 Lilliana straightened herself up to her full height. "How did you get through?" she asked. "I knew better than to get in her way," Fortunato said. "Someone in a state that's ill-disposed to distinguishing friend from foe is also not apt to prioritize targets by anything more than their proximity and ... http://www.void-dogs.com/book02/95 Incredibly, impossibly... incredibly impossibly... Regan utterly failed to be felled by the multiple stunner beams. Her limbs went rigid and she threw her shoulders back and her spine contorted. Her face froze. For a painfully protracted moment it seemed as though she would topple over backwards for certain, but then ... http://www.void-dogs.com/book02/94 It turned out the system didn't have anything Lilliana could throw at Fortunato. The Meadows had some hardened defenses around its banking sections and the computer cores that ran the slots and the gambling pits, and there were heavy defenses clustered around the public entrances, but its back corridors were ... http://www.void-dogs.com/book02/93