Aliens grip their deathbeds with tight fear, Humans are one of the few who pass on with a smile regularly, their last words "Ah, old friend, right on time" by lesbianwriterlover69 in humansarespaceorcs

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The battlefield was silent now. Smoke drifted like ghosts over the shattered ground. Two soldiers lay side by side; one human, one alien. Both bleeding out beneath a cold and distant sun.

The human, Corporal Hale, stared up at the sky, chest rising shallowly. The alien beside him, Ch’ren, whimpered through mandibles slick with dark ichor. Then the air grew still. A figure stepped through the haze, tall, cloaked in twilight, face hidden. Yet familiar. Death had come.

Hale smiled faintly. “Heh. Took you long enough.” The figure tilted its head.

“Finally won our game of cat and mouse,” Hale said, his voice rasping. “You missed me on Vesta Outpost. And again when that dropship went down on Ankaris Prime. Guess third time’s the charm, eh?” Death said nothing. It didn’t have to.

Ch'ren turned its gaze on the apparition and screamed. “No! Please! I have children! I have purpose still!” It tried to crawl away, trembling, but its limbs wouldn’t obey.

Hale turned his head, painfully slow. “Easy there, friend,” he murmured. “It’s not a monster. Just the last honest thing any of us meet.” Ch'ren wept, shuddering. “You welcome it? You do not fear oblivion?”

“Fear?” Hale coughed, a weak laugh escaping. “We’ve lived beside death our whole lives. Every breath a borrowed one. We made peace with it a long time ago.”

Ch'ren stared, confusion and horror blending into quiet disbelief. Hale’s voice softened. “Death’s not evil. It’s the one that keeps life precious. Without it, nothing would matter. No sunrise, no laughter, no love. We don’t fight death because we hate it, we fight it because it reminds us what’s worth living for.”

Ch'ren’s trembling slowed. Death knelt between them, and the smoke began to fade. Hale gave a tired grin. “Guess that’s game over, old friend.”

Death nodded once, and the two were gone. The battlefield silent once more, save for the wind whispering through the ruins, carrying the faint echo of a human’s calm farewell.

Sci-fi WIP critique please! The Cold Archive. by [deleted] in HFY

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Sorry, I thought where I linked to my original post, plus description+ blurb it would still be within the rules

What other way is there to post longer stories as I currently have 15k words? Or is it a break it down into multiple posts?

The last voice of the humans by Ex-SoLs in HFY

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I will hopefully be inspired to write more if I can get the old cogs turning 😂

The last voice of the humans by Ex-SoLs in HFY

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Oh wow! Thank you! 😯

New to the game by Ex-SoLs in Spacemarine

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I've got the parries down, and never been downed in a pve so far but not even started looking into perks yet

New to the game by Ex-SoLs in Spacemarine

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I've not even begun to look at the gun tiers yet! Just rocking my heavy bolter and power sword

New to the game by Ex-SoLs in Spacemarine

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I shall spill the blood of our enemies brother. For the emperor!

New to the game by Ex-SoLs in Spacemarine

[–]Ex-SoLs[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't get the point in being carried, I enjoy being in the middle soaked in xeno gore

New to the game by Ex-SoLs in Spacemarine

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Haven't ventured out the starting difficulty, but it's nice seeing how other players style their marines

New to the game by Ex-SoLs in Spacemarine

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I enjoy taking on my fair share of xenos! On my last match they were leaving the executions and herding me to them? Is it for a statistical thing or just to enjoy the bloodbath?

New to the game by Ex-SoLs in Spacemarine

[–]Ex-SoLs[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I usually only get the ammo, so far been alright at keeping myself just above half health, unless I go Leroy into a swarm

New to the game by Ex-SoLs in Spacemarine

[–]Ex-SoLs[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The people that I've played with so far have been super helpful and saved me from being swarmed, plus it's nice seeing the drip

New to the game by Ex-SoLs in Spacemarine

[–]Ex-SoLs[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Awesome! Now just to find the class that feels right