In the safe folds of Ffrwd Dylluan two Akira’s lay side-by-side on the floor. He had originally thought that perhaps it was this place that had given him the power, the insight, the inspiration to do what he had felt was necessary. It was this idea that had led him to abandon the BASEment and … More Bluebook Session 37b – Duplicitous Duplicity

The trip back to the UK from Dakata was carried out in embarrassed and prolonged silence. No one wanted to address the issue of the physically alterations that had affected Akira since their return from Kenya. It had to be something to do with Akira’s nocturnal chanting and spellcasting, but what had been its purpose? … More Bluebook Session 37a – Out of Africa

Prequel Several years before, on a small privately owned Island located off the coast of Libertalia (which Mary had known as Madagascar in her paratime), an idealistic scientist and his colleagues had experimented on a troop of gorillas trying to uplift them towards sentiency. They had eventually been successful, but the gentle creatures quickly grew … More Episode 37 – Escape Back to the City of the Apes

Part 1 – ‘Reward’ Akira suddenly sat bolt upright in the bed with a stifled cry. The air conditioning was switched off and the air in the room was hot and dry but that wasn’t the cause of the sheen of sweat that now covered his body, it had been his nightmare, the memory of … More Bluebook Session 36a – Fragments

After the team had been summoned to visit King M’Balla and, despite his statement that he did not hold them responsible for the previous night’s attack, they were all confined to their suites whilst the Shujaa Wa’Usiku (Honour Guards) searched the city and countryside for the saboteurs that had managed to get away. Next morning … More Episode 36 – Children of Cain (Dakata Part 2)

It had been three days since their attack on the Vault. Akira, working with Mahzi from the Library, had cast a ritual over the BASEment and Container Town that ‘apparently’ blocked vampires from entering without the explicit approval of a member of the team. Or at least that’s what Akira hoped his adaptations to the … More Episode 35 – Into Eden (Dakata Part 1)

It had been a long day. It had started with an unexpected banged bedroom door in the early hours when Sam and Annie had some form of disagreement. There had been no other obvious tantrums or loud shouting, but Sam had left early in the morning obviously upset about something and had switched off his … More Session 34 – Assault on the Vault

With an involuntary start, Sam suddenly sat upright in the bed. Were he in human rather than his Dragonkin form he was sure he’d have been covered in sweat. As it was, his reinforced bed shuddered under the sudden strain of his involuntary reaction to his nightmare. Nightmare? As his night terrors faded from his … More Bluebook Session 33a – A Heart Divided

Young Sam was away recording an interview in London when the news came over the TV that a strange device, looking not unlike an oversized Apollo capsule with a circular tubular extension on top had materialised outside the Monorail central terminal in Wessex bringing traffic to a complete standstill. It was big – the size … More Episode 33 – Salvation in a Tin Can

There had only been a couple of incidents that the Balance had been called upon to ‘assist with’ since Agent Ash’s forced deprogramming. One was a burglary from a small laboratory. The thieves had already departed before they arrived on scene, though, given they’d escaped from a locked security room apparently empty-handed, this was still … More Bluebook Session 32a – Research