Foundational Weapons For A Modern War
Trajan paced the deck, oscillating between staring at the shore and staring at the pirate ship anchored in the distance. The pirates on deck of the Revenge had spotted Westley’s ship and were slowly gathering and pointing at it. Westley noticed and waved at them while speaking to Inigo. “It is taking
Continue readingChapter 12: The Dread Pirate Roberts (the current one)
Trajan watched the small flickers of light grow in number. The pinpoints of yellow were so far away that they seemed hardly more than two groups of fireflies against the backdrop of the moonless night, until one of the clusters morphed into a steady orange glow. It grew in intensity and soon
Tamati (not a pirate) After the evening meal, Trajan leaned back as he often did and listened as the three former pirates debated, usually taking separate positions on the evening’s topic and Trajan found the conversations fascinating, though he had little to add. Archard and Inigo had passionate opinions about painting, so
Two days later, the double-masted caravel made its way past the breakwater and out onto the open ocean. Trajan stood near the stern and looked back at the mainland, wondering how long this next leg would take, and how this next Roberts would receive them. Both Inigo and Westley doubted Archard was
Chapter 4 Another Dread Pirate Roberts (part 3) Before he could set down his goblet Inigo was upon him, brandishing his sword in Trajan’s face and causing the young man to stumble backward to escape, knocking small pieces of pottery, tools, and unshaped steel rods across the floor. “En garde, Guilderian! En
Trajan watched the sky as his ferry approached the dock. Several large birds circled the harbor and one made a sharp dive into the sea, then bobbed back to the surface with a fish twice its length clamped in its beak. “Is it true the ptarmadactyls attack humans?” “Yah. Haven’t ya never
The Incredibles (2004) remains one of the best animated features ever made. A sequel was long promised and long delayed, fourteen years delayed. It was hard to imagine that Pixar had lacked decent story ideas, but twenty minutes into The Incredibles 2 (2018) it was clear that they had. Like many Pixar