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Rusty Fears Competition Winner - The Turning of the Gears

The Magnus Archives

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The Sun Rises and Falls

A malfunction in our 23rd quadrant will render us incapable of maintaining coolant systems in 10 days time. A conveyor belt in our 22nd sector turned so fast the rubber burned, and by the time it was under control many of our workers were complaining of the scent of it. We had paired down our other systems, we did not use a single drop more fuel than necessary. We did not have reserves. To keep the 23th quadrant running at maximum would result in a slowdown in other quadrants. The sun rose and fell, we could feel it then, spreading through us like a poison, like an illness, a slowness that was only worsening over time escalating as

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