'They made a mistake, a series of mistakes. Every decision that has led to this very moment has been a mistake and I disagree with the entire prospect of it continuing,' letting the formal request for transfer fall to the ground, Helma was outraged by a combination of a frustration and blazing pride for one … Continue reading Turbine West: Part 8
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Turbine West: Part 7
A slow blink was all that Helma could muster. The young apprentice, that quiet dusty haired child had known what Helma felt in her gut but was too stubborn to realise. It was the Day of Sun, such a heavy draw on both Turbines, a day where a small mistake could collapse the electrical grid … Continue reading Turbine West: Part 7
Turbine West: Part 6
Dawn had risen across the sprawling reaches of desert.Two monolithic structures of iron stood resolute against the totality of sky and turned in scything sweeps of three tremendous blades that held span greater than any creature who had grown from the earth could reach.These were the Turbines of desert and as they turned man stole … Continue reading Turbine West: Part 6
Turbine West: Part 5
Noise rumbled from within the metal corridors of the turbine. The droning hum of machinery filled the humid air as the groan of a fathomless structure below lurched in the cold and searching wind, foreign in its bluster, and dwelling angrily for the first time within the turbine.The apprentice remembered the power of the wind … Continue reading Turbine West: Part 5
Turbine West: Part 4
'You don't talk much do you?' Garen smiled kindly with his yellow teeth and gestured toward the apprentice with a casual wave, 'Don't think that you need to though, people talk too much, listen too little. I think you'll be a quick learner if the fumes don't get to you.'Placing a pair of wire glasses … Continue reading Turbine West: Part 4
Turbine West: Part 3
'The boiler's at over temperature.' The thin voice of an electrician was barely audible over the alarm that had sent the workers of nervous disposition running for the fire escape and enticed the more interested bystanders from the lunchroom. 'It's a boiler, they're supposed to be hot.' Helma shouted back with obstinance, her presence looming … Continue reading Turbine West: Part 3
Turbine West: Part 2
The world was fathomless. Like a cork dropped into an ocean of utter impossibility the apprentice felt encompassed by the sheer distance of the world around them. Noise, unparalleled by any beast or nightmare, roared above them in a headstrong wind as a single cloud drew close enough to pass over the Turbine but was … Continue reading Turbine West: Part 2
Turbine West: 1
'I’d recommend mentioning Turbine East to me again if you’d like to leave the room through a window. They are a statue of us, we are the worker. Remember that,' Helma yelled over the din of metal reverberating against metal and the ever-present electrical hum that was composite to a day spent working in a … Continue reading Turbine West: 1
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