Stories tagged “training”
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Ready, steady
I square my shoulders, grimace in pain, realize my mistake, and quickly hide it again. I look across the bloodied, dirty mat at my opponent, who looks calm and composed. I look down at my toes, taped up, blood seeping through the seams where the sticki...
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Where Would You Like To Go Today?
I’ve used any number of internal computer systems before, all with silly acronym names. Names like SABS, or SMS, or SAP, and so on. This system had a similar name: LCARS, although Kat says that the person who designed it had long ago left the com...
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Training Montage
“This is a Sig-Sauer P226. It will be your standard-issue sidearm. I won’t tell you you’ll eat, sleep, and make love with it, but you will want to keep it close to hand…” “This is a TASER. You’ll carry it when you ...
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Going For A Spin
He really tried to keep a straight face, but James was never the best at poker, and had to bite his lip to avoid a fit of giggles as they pulled up once the course was completed. Sera coming to a stop within a few feet of him was slightly unnerving, bu...
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Intuitive
James had refused to hear any more than that, and shortly later, they were back at the paved section of the track, and Sera and Fur were lined up parallel at the start line, James at Fur’s wheel, with Lisa at Sera’s. Fur, being a Lotus Elis...
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Hypothetical Dawn
In fact, Julie had never so much as looked in Joe’s direction. Dawn, on the other hand, followed him around like an excited puppy. The trainer, an overweight woman named Kristy, was as sarcastic as she was large. She waited for the room to quiet ...
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puppy training
He holds her collar tightly by the ring and commands her in a stern voice to not even think about peeing on the floor, even though he has put some newspapers down. Her eyes shift from the newspaper up to him and back down to where the newspaper lies in...
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Relief, interrupted
She relishes the feeling of pleasing him. Of being in his arms after she’s obeyed. Of hearing his “good girl” in her ear. But she isn’t relieved. Something happens to her muscles when he’s near. It crawls back up and hides...
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numb and numb'er'
Casey’s eyes felt like they had been used as a rag to clean up dust in the warehouse. Her co-workers surrounded her, engaged in an enthusiastic conversation revolving around cereal and ice cream. Casey kept her gaze averted, focusing on opening t...
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In Between Minds- Precipice of Responsibility
The closer I got to the door, the slower I moved. A few feet from it, I stopped entirely. “If tying up loose ends is rule two, then what is rule one?” “Why obedience, of course.” At that moment he sounded like the Polkovnik. The...
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Move, Move, Move
0430 Ship Time “Up and at ‘em, runt! This ain’t the Navy for lollygaggers and yard pissers! Move, move, move!!” The words came barked with a suddent burst of light as his bunk’s screen slid open. Gruff assisted assisted hi...
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In Between Minds: Stretching Out
One small rabbit and two potatoes were hardly a feast but over the past few months I had grown used to living off the land. Grandmother’s pouches held a variety of herbs and spices that, when added in small pinches, gave each simple meal a little...
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In Between Minds: A Dangerous Place
“That wasn’t a test, was it?” I asked. “Not part of the training?” Grandmother cleared her throat but answered with her mind instead. Yes and no. That memory came from inside you. It is yours. The exercises helped uncover ...