Remi had worked for this moment for as long as he could remember; no handbook or road map had guided him to this point; only his dogged determination in the pursuit of scientific discovery and an innate ability to harness his imagination to reveal impossible solutions.
He quivered as the machine sighed and rumbled to life; the air cracking just above the tension of the shimmering surface.
The multiverse was only a theoretical mathematical construct before he’d discovered a way to open the portal that reached beyond the heavens.
Remi envisioned an expansive network of universes hidden behind the opening’s viscous filter.
The autonomous probe entered the diaphragm, wearing immediately in the wind like current; the camera glimpsing only shadows before going dark.
His greatest triumph, although successful, would come undone as the armies of the multiverse poured through the gate…
Written for Wordle #537 at The Sunday Whirl
Words utilized: triumph / reveal / way / sigh / quiver / moment / cracking / expansive / filter / undone / reach / shimmering
Written for Six Sentence Stories #196 at GirlieOnTheEdge
Word Prompt: wear
Note: Used in the post in context to nautical terminology.
Written for Fandango’s One Word Challenge at
This, That, and the Other
Words: dogged (2022/01/23) and handbook (2022/01/24)
Artwork: Sam Del Russi
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Seems that he opened a sort of space-aged Pandora’s box. Great tale and good use of the prompts and Wordle words.
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I love this, Greg! Great tale.
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Glad you enjoyed, Thank you.
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beware even looking at the multiverse, to paraphrase our boy Friedrich, the multiverse not gazes back, it reaches out and grabs us….
“I wonder where Ruth is…”*
fun Six… loves me them parallel dimension Sixeses
*old person’s cultural reference to your line “…only his dogged determination”**
** from Firesign Theatre’s ‘Nick Danger, Third Eye”
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terriffic. good use of the cue and great graphics.
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I like the ending with those warriors coming through the opened gate.
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That first glimpse, the first taste of the previously only imaginable…
tastes like more.
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Those darn armies of the multiverse! That was a lot to have done only to be undone. But what an ending to a tantalizingly tense tale.
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When you play with something you just don’t know enough about, well, excellent story.
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Better close that portal quickly!😟
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Isn’t that the problem with Pandora’s box, once opened it’s difficult to put the lid back on!
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Quite true, Greg… oh dear!
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Impressive use of prompt words, Greg. And a most enjoyable Six.
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