Recent content by Birras

Michael extended his hand to accept Alex's handshake, but pulled back, "I'm sorry, I'd love to shake your hand, but I'm afraid I might burn you. You see, I can control heat and fire. Occasionally, things I touch with my bare skin burst in to flame. It's why I don't play the violin any more. I've...

Michael shouldered his duffel bag and walked over to the limo. He pulled open the door and climbed inside. When he entered, the temperature inside the limo seemed to rise by five degrees. "Afternoon," he said, "I'm Michael Sterling."

I'm the one who stole your clothes and only left you a roll of electrical tape.

Michael sat on the park bench, duffel bag at his side. "Cooling back down," he thought to himself, pulling his coat on tighter, "That heat wave was awesome." He flipped open his phone to check the time. "Aaaaand they're late. Ah well, they probably have good reason. Fightin' the mayor of evil or...

The game uses the rules of Texas Hold 'Em, where each player is dealt two cards, and there are five shared cards on the table. Assuming there were two kings on the table, and Doc had one in his hand, his opponent would have two knigs (the ones on the table) and he would have three (two on table...

I feel that the Man Upstairs was Polybius itself. The Polybius console is powerful enough to do anything, right? Including summon an army, using the leader of a parallel dimension as its puppet figure. The one thing it couldn't do was directly intervene because, well, it's a wooden box and a bit...

The doctor roused from his illusion, his breathing uneasy with tears forming in his eyes, "Oh...dear god..."

Birras awoke to find himself in a hospital, next to a man in critical condition. Several other doctors and nurses around him. They all simultaneously shouted at him, "Doctor, this man is dying Everyone else has stopped trying You are his last and only chance Now give him one last glance"...

Birras approached the restaurant and passed the meeting meeting in progress as he walked in. He walked up to the counter and purchased a fish sandwich, taking a seat inside, positioned so that he could see the meeting out the window through the corner of his eye.

The doc keyed his com, trying to avoid the attention of everyone on the bus, "Afternoon, Simon, we're on our way to McDonald's to have coffee with Dr. Broadway and probably punch his face in. Also, it's like," He checked his watch. "One-ten in the afternoon, have you been asleep this whole time?"