Loren Cubed
By Lore
This is a collection of stories that tell the tale of the Inquisitor Loren and their journey to becoming Lore. This is a companion piece to Breaking the Cycle and takes place during the chapters Clarity and Context. It can be read as a standalone piece.
Each part was written in about an hour and was posted as an advent calendar challenge set by myself.
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Cubed
White. A hologram appeared. “If you are watching this, it means one of three things: I have forgotten something and need a reminder, I am editing...
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Growing
Vanishing. The room again disappeared around them. Lore was beginning to understand Catherine’s disorientation warning; the cube, so far, had been an...
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Awkward
Pain. Years forced their way into Lore’s head as they tried to push the scene they had just witnessed into the darkest recesses of their mind. The...
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Complicated
Void. Lore found themselves back in the empty whiteness of the void. The Hologram formed before them. “That question is a rather complicated one to...
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Suspended
Breathe. Lore had to remind themselves that the world around them wasn’t real, despite the fresh memories that were filling their head. They tried...
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Evaluations
Tapping. The hallway soon became an office. The scene was set, Loren reclined in a chaise longue with a rather severe looking individual sat in a...
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Toys
Freeing. After the Suspended Temporal Area, the ‘therapists’ office and The Official’s room, Lore was glad to be somewhere that had ample room to...
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Briefings
Bored. Loren and Crait had been told to arrive fifteen minutes early to the meeting. No one else got that memo. They sat opposite one another, as was...
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Protests
Loud. The room fell away and a crowd replaced it, concrete and rebar became people and flags. The Hologram stood beside Lore as they spotted Loren...
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Inquisitoriam
Shaking. Loren was still holding the Faochite corpse, quaking in fear, anger, sorrow, confusion. The police did their best to keep the crowds back...
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Wargames
Whirlwind. Loren and Crait took a moment to pause. Lore and The New Hologram found them in familiar environs. “It’s been about an hour since their...
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Advances
Sheffield. Lore and The New Hologram were stood outside of The Guildhall on a regular looking street in central Sheffield. Seeing the front doors...
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Misha
Cold. Lore found themselves alone in an icy tundra. Stalagmites of ice as tall as buildings dotted the scene, broken from a mountain of snow; a...
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Trial
Returning. The Second cube opened and The Hologram gave its speech and the memories began. One down and the second started soon after. Lore found...
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Pause
Sky. They were outside. They felt heavier, as though someone had weighed down their shoes. The town around them looked like a typical American town,...
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Bonding
Running. Lore sprinted after the figure. Lore watched as their past ran effortlessly through the open streets and, to start, thought they’d struggle...
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Hit
Orange. Lore and Char were both sporting the same, orange jumpsuits as they ran through a labyrinth of concrete walls. The Hologram appeared beside...
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Run
Plans. Lore and Char were stood around a table, a holographic model of a star system floated between them. Lore traced a line from the fourth planet...
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Cycle
Tension. The silence was so loud. Lore and Char had many words they wished to exchange with one another but the nature of their current situation...
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Again
White. The flash blinded them but when it subsided, Lore found themselves standing on their own toes. The Hologram was uncomfortably close to Char...
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Sheffield
Bickering. Their overlapping chatter just became noise that The Hologram thankfully tuned out for Lore as they watched themselves argue. “That...
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Slingshot
Outside. Almost immediately after returning, The First and the other Lores had been ejected from the diner, finding themselves huddled around in the...
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Colonies
Time. Time had obviously passed since the last memory. The campus was now home to nineteen Lores and nineteen Chars; it had grown somewhat, now...
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Tewkesbury
Familiar. Like Lore, The First remembered the last time they were in the cafe as if it were yesterday. They waited by the entrance, holding the door...
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New
Rigel. They were back in the middle of the road, The Hologram beside them. Lore watched for what felt like the hundredth time as a Breacher flashed...
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First
Preposterous. Lore had a feeling that the others wouldn’t react well to Emm’s plan but they weren’t expecting it to go down as poorly as it did. “...
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