Puppet Master The narrow, high-walled passage swallowed the sound of my boot scraping a broken cobblestone, the echo sharp in the dry air. Above, a sliver of unforgiving sunlight cut down, carving deep shadows where the damp, mossy scent of the gully was now replaced by the smell of dust and ancient stone. I paused, looking not just at my gloved hand—the leather scuffed from my descent, but at what was attached to it. Thin, nearly invisible lines, like high-tensile wires , stretched from the articulated cuff on my wrist and disappeared into the air above the path. I tracked them with my eyes until they converged on a small, stone figure standing motionless in the centre of the walkway. It was a crude marionette , barely a foot tall, carved from the same pale, cracked stone as the surrounding walls. Dressed in a simple tunic, its blank, oval face held a radiating sense of expectant waiting. Its arms were held out, palms up. I held the strings. Yet, the feeling was not one of cont...
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From Statues to Sentinels
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You know, I never thought I’d find myself in the heart of this mega-city.
One night, wandering through a hidden park, I discovered statues that seemed to be alive.
Among the sculptures is Sir Cedric, a knight whose marble exterior shines like steel.
He believed he was the protector of this marvellous city.
The protector of threats long gone and those yet to arrive.
I had the moral purpose of showing him what the world had become; somehow, he showed me the courage to dispute it.
Together, we faced a rogue state that threatened to tear our freedom apart.
At that moment, I realized that history and the future combine to restrict our ambitions.
Sometimes, enemies come in the most unexpected forms.
With each challenge we forge ahead, there’s always room for opportunity, especially amidst chaos.
And with a new opportunity, a new leader assumes dominion.
In the heart of a mega city, amidst the bustle of 21st-century crowds, statues long forgotten stir to life. These once grand figures, now sleek, metallic sentinels, glide silently across the cityscape. Once symbols of history, they’ve become the guardians of a new age. Their mechanical limbs move harmoniously with the city’s rhythm, scanning, watching, and protecting. The past has been retooled for the present. No longer marble and bronze, they are now steel and circuit, a testament to the fusion of past grandeur with future innovation.
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