Gus’ woke up to a cat pummelling his chest and purring loudly in his ear. He gently opened his eyes and looked into the almond eyes of Ms Kitty’s bandaged cat. “How the hell did you get in?” he asked it aloud when he saw that the room door was still closed. It gave his … Continue reading Bluebook Session 11a – The Schadenfreude Society

Gustav awoke to find himself lying in a dark and dusty, sharply sloping roofed attic space. There was a single, dirty skylight letting in light from the moon and from a moving searchlight passing overhead. He tried to stand, felt his muscles spasm and immediately experienced a panic attack as a bout of dizziness coupled … Continue reading Claremont Academy Session 11 – Infamy, they’ve all got it in for me

Sunday morning  It was their last day of ‘freedom’, at least until the following weekend. Colin had arrived back at the school late the previous night to find an invitation from Chris to watch a film together the following morning. Chris had booked the school’s AV lounge so they could watch the film on the … Continue reading Claremont Academy Session 10 – Cassie’s Day Out

“It was the best of times it was the worst of times…” Actually, it was the rest of that sentence that Gustav really liked because he felt it described his here and now, so much so he’d memorised it. “It was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of … Continue reading Bluebook Session 9b – The Game Continues

Sunday Morning 9am Chris felt utterly miserable as he walked across the deserted school grounds in search of discarded trash, armed only with a green refuse bag and his litter grabber. He was shivering in the early morning cold (well, early for a Sunday anyway) while still half-asleep, having been turfed out of bed early … Continue reading Bluebook Session 9a – Unexpected Consequences

Based on the Hawthorne Heights scenario by Kevin Weiser The school holidays had finally arrived, announced by the hordes of schoolchildren at Claremont departing. With less than twenty pupils and a skeleton staff left in residence, the place was uncannily quiet and peaceful. Too peaceful, if Chris was being honest, so it was hardly a … Continue reading Claremont Academy Session 9 – “A Head for Heights”

Wednesday Morning As everyone stood around the school courtyard in the freezing cold, waiting for the doors to open so they would be allowed access to their lovely warm classrooms, pupils hugged themselves and stamped their feet for heat, hoping possibly for the first time in their lives (or at least since last winter) they … Continue reading Bluebook Session 8a – Peering Behind the Curtain

Winter had finally arrived at the Claremont campus. Thick frost decorated the grass and the cold, dark mornings had made the students begin to hibernate under their quilts, forcing the staff to start banging on doors every morning to awaken the slumbering ‘beasts’ within. Gustav was still undergoing his extra training, which now included testing … Continue reading Claremont Academy Session 8 – All the Fun of the Fair

The Barony of Carpathia is a small landlocked country sandwiched between Ukraine, Moldova and Rumania that exemplifies the chaotic turmoil in Eastern Europe during much of its history. It has been a playground of various empires, but it has recently emerged from that history as a fully independent state. The first mentions of this territory … Continue reading Carpathia

It had been a very, very, long week, even though it was still only Wednesday. Gus and Chris were walking quietly back to their ‘cell block’ after school, both lost deep in their own thoughts. Chris was focusing on mentally trying to hack his new replacement commlink, though he also desperately wanted to try to … Continue reading Bluebook Session 7a – The Most Powerful Weapon…