We open on Nox’s makeshift workshop. It’s not ideal but he’s making do with what’s available. “You know the first iteration of my Toxin wasn’t successful. Even now when I try to evolve it and make it more potent, … Read More
Smokescreen
People enjoy sitting behind their little smokescreens their personalities morphing into fit the facade that they put before you. You have people who believe they wield power just because the person the stand next to is capable of snapping necks … Read More
Unstable Bonds
Unstable bonds… In chemistry, they’re combinations of chemicals that, when put together, you can wind up losing a few fingers, a limb, or even your life. I see it when I look at CJ, his brother Jackson, and that … Read More
What Will You Become
*Click* A bluescreen comes to life, we hear the familiar sound of someone blowing into a cartridge. Then we hear a couple more clicks then the screen goes back before the screen displays the Pretendo Logo. Switching then to the … Read More
Three Blinded Mice
We open on Nox working on another concoction. We see he’s sitting in front of a terrarium where three mice wander inside. “Three mice, their lives up to this point, within their normal parameters. Destined to continue their paths unless…” … Read More
Laughing Man
We open in Nox’s gas chamber as we wander through, we hear something most unexpected… riotous laughter. As the man himself comes into the shot we see a CRT TV, a VCR sits atop it, and the OSW NXT Level … Read More
Pulpit: A Prologue
Inside the Church of Zion, the parishioners mill about hushed murmurs fill the air when there’s a slow clapping that can be heard. The murmurs quiet and the parishioners’ attention turns to the front of the Church where Nox can … Read More
Extermination
My first experience with gases was fumigation. We had these little cockroaches starting to invade our home. Getting in our food with their carrying their illnesses and bacteria on their carapace while lurking in the shadows. I had to figure … Read More
Boiling Point
My first experiment as a child was when I found a frog. I decided I would put it in a pot of water and let it swim and slowly I raised the temperature of the water. Hour after hour, degree … Read More