Stoneforger's New Writeupshttp://everything2.com/?node=New%20Writeups%20Atom%20Feed&foruser=Stoneforger2012-10-08T16:52:00ZArgo - a science fiction novelette part 2 (fiction)http://everything2.com/user/Stoneforger/writeups/Argo+-+a+science+fiction+novelette+part+2Stoneforgerhttp://everything2.com/user/Stoneforger2012-10-08T16:52:00Z2012-10-08T16:52:00Z<p>The <a href="/title/Harvest">Harvest</a></p>
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<p>He woke up in his <a href="/title/sail">sail</a>; he stretched and yawned before he glanced
around. He could see the Fields expanding in every direction. It was
almost dusk. The star was creeping low, shedding blue and orange light
as it slowly dissappeared below the <a href="/title/horizon">horizon</a>.
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<p><i>I must’ve been asleep for hours to drift so far dawnwards. </i>
</p>
<p>The wind was blowing from <a href="/title/starboard">starboard</a>; before he had a chance to realise
it, he was already jibbing the boom to tack port. He saw the green and
violet grass around him bending tall against the breeze, white grass
buds tumbling in the air. It brought a smile to his face.
</p>
<p><i>What a glorious sight.</i>
</p>
<p>It was harvest season; the windcombs would be plowing on somewhere
nearby, reaping, threshing and winnowing, until they were full.
</p>
<p><i>Penthesileia must be worried sick.</i>
</p>
<p>He looked at the compass briefly beforing he turned the groundship in
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The sound of small, shuffling feet roused Penthesileia from an
uneasy, troubled sleep. She rolled to the other side of her bed and
slowly opened her eyes; she saw Heraclea standing by the bedside in
the dim blueish light of the glowstrips. The child’s face was pale
white and taut with fright. Her mouth was half-open, as if her scream
had been sucked into the silent void.
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“Hush now, child. Hush and worry not. I’m here now,” whispered
Penthesileia in her daughter’s ear, her arms wrapped around the
little girl like a warm coccoon.
</p>
<p >
She felt Heraclea’s shallow breath and her fragile body’s
tremors; chills ran down her spine.
</p>
<p >
<i>There’s no end to the nightmares</i>, she thought.
</p>
<p >
“Where is father? I want to see him,” said Heraclea stifling a
sob, barely able to contain a rush of tears. She rubbed a runny nose
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