THE ALTERNET
Explore the available moments in this arc. A collection date is not necessarily the date of events within the fiction.
Aurelio’s Sun
Aurelio skated along the beach at sunrise. It was technically almost six in the evening; but, not on the server he was on. He'd already had a full workday and he was enjoying his free time. Well, he was waiting to enjoy
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Leo sat perfectly still; he was afraid to make a sound. He held his breath and waited with his eyes closed. He hoped with his entire being that he wasn't just hearing things again. This wasn't the first time he thought h
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Dread took in several slow, deep breaths as she watched the elevator coming down floor by floor. She stood in an empty white lobby that had been abandoned. She was nervous. She knew there was nothing to be nervous about.
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"Begone," Dark Lord Oren dismissed the latest commander with a wave of his wrist and a sigh. The demon bowed and made himself scarce. "They're all useless...," Oren muttered to himself. He sat alone in his vast stone thr
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"WHO ARE YOU!?" Aurelio bolted upright in his bed as soon as he opened his eyes. A young girl with short brown hair and brown eyes sat on a chair next to the bed watching him sleep. It was a kitchen chair that she must h
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"Since when are you a Dark Lord?" Bailey asked. The teenage empress sat on her throne and listened to Aurelio's request with a smile. The throne room was crowded with guests and merriment. Her question came before she ga
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Justice woke up before she opened her eyes. It was the realization that her birthday had finally arrived that prodded her mind awake; but, she was quickly distracted. She noticed an unusual amount of light coming through
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"I'll never mess up like that again...," Aurelio nodded at Jenny. It had been a long conversation and Aurelio had his doubts that she would forgive him; but, she did.
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"You can wait for your friend all you like," The patrolman shook his head at the seated, pale teen. "You just can't fish here while you do. Pack it up," he added. The teen remained seated with his line in the water and s
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Gale stopped at the park table to sit for a moment. It had been a busy day so far, and it was still the middle of the afternoon. She normally wasn't one to feel overwhelmed; but, it seemed like her mind had been in a fog
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"You don't want to do that...," John stopped walking when he felt the hand on his shoulder. He was carrying his tray to sit down for lunch when he was stopped. He turned to see a young man with a dark brown ponytail and
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"Aury?" Jenny stepped out of the black portal and stopped instantly. The stench of blood filled the air and the throne room was littered with corpses; human and dog-sized rabbit alike. But, none of them were moving. She
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"Why did you p-p-pick m-me??!" Lucy asked. She gladly accepted the heavy blue and gold jacket the tallest girl offered. She was grateful to have fallen asleep in her clothes because she woke up in a frigid, snow-covered
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"Of course I'm going to die this way...," Darren chuckled to himself as he drifted through space. Technically, he was still in the Earth's orbit, for all the good that did him. He was the last survivor of the I.S.S. and
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"Wait, that's it!?" Murphy asked. He hurried the words out before he was left alone. The rest of the party members all waved goodbye and started disappearing before his eyes. There was only one left by the time he got hi
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Greg reached for his phone as soon as he was awake. He was too excited to get much sleep. The day before he managed to reconnect to the internet. To his surprise, it still seemed as active as ever. He visited sites that
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"Oh, excuse me," Sadie apologized by habit. The unknown woman wasn't the first person she'd ever bumped into and wouldn't be the last. She often walked with her focus on the ground in front of her; she preferred that to
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A column of blue-white light pierced the night sky. The king and his men were forced to shut their eyes from the intense brightness. They were some distance from the target; the monster hadn't reached the gates yet. Thou
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"Really?" Rachel couldn't help but smirk along with the question. She looked the portly teenager up and down; he didn't even look like he was out of high school yet. He wore a white blazer with blue jeans and a red t-shi
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"Commander, all our forces have arrived," The second-in-command said. He was a tall, lean man that wore a black battlesuit. They were on the bridge of the lead ship; the Commander, in a matching battlesuit with more stri
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"Hold on," Cassie spun around to face the brown-haired twins. They were 10 years old; one with green eyes and one with brown. They walked along a wide, white marble corridor discussing lunch options. "You guys haven't be
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Olivia woke with a sudden, intense curiosity. She sat up in bed, but did not linger. She hopped to her feet and hurried to get dressed. She knew all about the bell at the center of town; but, despite that, the curiosity
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Virginia Marcus was on her feet before she was entirely awake. She was pulled out of sleep by a thunderous rumble that seemed to be getting louder. She was used to waking up in new places every day. She saw she was on a
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"MAJESTY!" John yelled as soon as he opened the door. His best friend and archnemesis, Lightning Strike, hung limp while being supported by two identical men. They both had dark brown ponytails and a matching goatee; Joh
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"Pleasepleasepleaseplease...," Drew whispered to herself as she turned the white knob. She pulled the red door open and peeked through. On the other side of the door, she saw a vast grassy plain with a herd of unicorns g
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Milhouse could not believe his ears. He wanted to laugh at the stupidity of the situation; but, he felt like that would show his hand too soon. He just looked at the new inmate with a stern, cold glare as he fumbled his
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Magnis stepped out of the portal and took in his surroundings. He stood on a hill overlooking a vast grassy plain beneath a blue sky. A gentle breeze caressed his long dark hair as he slowly looked all around. All the ot
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"What's the catch?" Sergio asked. Everything about the last 15 minutes seemed too good to be true. He was walking through the park daydreaming about having Super powers one day. He wished there could be a subscription se
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Quinn paused. She looked at the bald, round man with squat legs and short, thin arms. He wore a white apron with black slacks and a light green shirt. He almost had a green pallor, but Quinn dismissed it as a reflection
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"Because that 's the way God designed the universe," Hannes replied. The teacher nodded with a smile.
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"There's nothing to be nervous about...," Juan reminded himself. He was seated in the white, mostly empty lobby with one of his energy clones rubbing his shoulders and giving himself a peptalk. "...this is a whole new Ea
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"It's a joke, right?" Ruben was the first one to break the silence. The group of astronomers all focused on the screen. After Ruben's comment, one of the scientists fell to the floor sobbing.
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"Hi, are you the farmer?" the preteen hopped to his feet as soon as Honey walked out the door. He held out a fistful of dirt and seeds to show her. She paused a moment to hear him out. "I found these old wheat seeds, do
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"Hey! Where've you been?" Aurelio had just made himself comfortable in the office. He was looking to distract himself when Jenny walked in; she hadn't returned any of his messages in a few days.
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"How would you even know that?" Wilbur asked. His morning had been confusing enough that he was willing to listen to the stranger. His favorite morning D.J.s were notably absent that morning and he had trouble finding an
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"If years of sci-fi and comic books have taught me anything, it's not to trust people that come from a place called, 'The Hive'." Edgar mumbled to himself. The soldier complained as he loaded the last box onto the portal
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Ziya gasped at the sight before her. She looked behind her to ensure the black portal was still there; but, it was gone.
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"It's his first heroic gig," DarkMoon mumbled to himself, then sighed. "I'll give him 10 more minutes...," He swept his long black cape under him and sat down on a bench near the main exhibit. He ignored the blaring alar
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It was Gretchen's own kindness that put her behind schedule. Her apartment was only a five-minute walk away from the diner if she cut through the park. She wouldn't normally take the shortcut through the park this late a
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The green-eyed tilted her head at her for a moment, then grinned broadly.
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"Well... damn...," Anthony was equal parts crushed and relieved when he saw the large, ancient, two-story red brick building. It was a Chinese restaurant with a neon red sign that read: Donna Chang's. The bricks looked f
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"So, it's none of my business..," Britt said. "But, are you having trouble with not being normal? It's not that weird that you can talk to fish, you know?"
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"I wasn't ready!" Marcus knew it was a useless complaint even as he replied to the mysterious voice. He'd just finished agreeing to the hunt when he was teleported to the warehouse. He assumed he'd have a more scheduled
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"What... an.... ass..," Rudy grumbled to himself. The mid-30s, portly man was bent over with his hands on his knees as he tried to catch his breath. He was alone in an empty parking lot in the middle of the day and the h
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"Yeah...," Brad nodded to himself once he heard the gentle, low rhythmic music. "... this could work." He was exhausted and wished he could go to sleep. He was already in bed; but, that did not mean sleep was nearby. He
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"A hunt?" Lenny flipped the small note over but the other side was blank. He glanced around the dense, dim forest. The patches of sky that he could see through the canopy told Lenny it was still pretty early in the morni
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Carl watched the two teen girls walk into his shop and scowled. They weren't dressed as outlandish as some of his other recent customers; but, he didn't trust them just the same. They were too young to possibly have any
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"Hi, Ziya!" Honey grinned as she walked out of the unicorn pen. She saw her new friend running up to her; the dark-haired girl dashed across a lush green plain to get to her. The sun was low in the sky and Honey was almo
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