New York City -1953 – December 9th
The air, a familiar miasma of old smoke and desperation, hit Wojciech first. The disorienting lurch of temporal transit, a sensation that had once made him weak with nausea, was now as commonplace as a footstep. To Dottie, it had been a single week since their last agonizing encounter in the Tides of Time lounge. To Wojciech, it had been ten long years. Ten years of looping, of training, of preparing. Ten years of separa
I believe I cover this, or more specifically Sinjin covers this in a conversation with one of our protagonists, at a point, where it is... important... in the future... um... I can't say who, or what, or why without a spoiler.
No no.... um the baby dictator of a party popular in Germany during the 30's - 40's. Who had a distinctive moustache and a penchance for marching in goose-step
It has always been the gold standard by which I hold other relationships, dates, etc.
Duncan always put me first
And I mean it, I would give anything and everything for just one more moment of his smile.
I don't know if a groundskeeper in rural England would have encountered one in the two years between... or if he had, would Stoker even pay attention? I see him as more the type to go to the world's fair and stick close to the food concession stands... far more interesting.
I’ve been asked how much of this is real. And my answer is as much of it as I can.
I admit I am not the most reliable of narrators; I state things and then contradict myself a little later as the honesty shines through. This is raw, and my thoughts, reflections, and admissions often hit me as I type.
So it isn’t for me to judge myself; it’s your job, dear-reader, to decide. Because when I am long gone, this work will still be around in some form, and I was taught long ago by my mentor
In remaining connected to each other. Hugo now has a way to communicate with Stoker in captivity, and those two co-ordinating and working together means Dottie's days are numbered.
Well to be fair, Stoker doesn't know it's a two-way mirror. I pity the poor agents on the other side... with the exception of Billy, Billy probably enjoyed it... oops @Jeff Burton will smack me if I tell you who Billy is too early.
Hall of Mirrors - Æuum – Alpha Site
The Hall of Mirrors was a chamber of eternal dusk, its polished granite floor cool and unforgiving beneath Wojciech’s heavy boots. The air was a stagnant, dead thing, smelling of ozone and ancient stone, a profound silence broken only by the quiet rasp of his own breathing. A week had passed in linear time since he last left, but for him, it had been a single, agonizing cycle of memory and training. The clock on his watc