The Static Bloom
## The Static Bloom The dust tasted like old pennies and regret. Captain Eva Rostova spat, the grit clinging to her tongue even after a wash of recycled water. Outside the viewport, Xylos IV hung like a bruised plum—purple canyons…
bio-luminescence
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The Static Bloom
## The Static Bloom The air tasted like ozone and old pennies. Not sharp, metallic, but *layered* – a taste that clung to the back of your throat. I adjusted the regulator on my breather mask, the hiss a small…
The Static Bloom
## The Static Bloom The salt spray stung Wren’s face, tasting like regret and old pennies. She tightened the hood of her oilskin jacket, scanning the gray churn of the Pacific. Not for ships. Never for ships. She watched for…
Echo Bloom
## Echo Bloom The rain tasted like static. Not unpleasant, precisely, but leaving a metallic bloom on the tongue. Old Man Tiber, perched on the rusted hull of a freighter salvaged from before the Lift, spat a brown fleck into…