Empyrean Iris Story Collection Vol. 4

B and E

The fuse short circuited with a burst of sparks and the door slid open. Clotho stepped back to admire her handywork as her two sisters murmured in approval, "Where did you learn how to do that."

"Cousin, Glados taught me how when we were watching movies together the other night. Clotho had become fast friends with Glados, having accidentally run into her in the subterranean tunnels when plotting a bit of mischief. Anyone else might have been frightened half to death accidentally running into a giant wolf headed arachnid thing in the basement, but Clotho had an unusual interest in horror, and as it turns out, so did Glados. The two of them had been on a horror binge to span the centuries going in chronological order of release. It was going to take a while but neither of them minded so much.

Glado's place had a great atmosphere for horror movies, deep down in the tunnels, she had found a place for herself at the junction of a bunch of vents, sort of a large octagonal room. Her other pastime was building up a network of catwalks and scaffolds so she could climb all over like a massive spider. She collected blankets and pillows, and had created a nest at the center of it all where she could sit and tinker on her strange machines.

Glados tried her best to be broody and dark, but she got far too many visitors for that.

And you can only be so horrible when at least twice a week your get to meet your one third brother to let him ride around on your back like a demented horse.

Clotho had seen the pictures it was cute.

Lachesis was the first through the door, with Clotho and Atropos following.

Their father's office was large, the largest one in the building with multiple stories and big windows that looked out over arcadia. It was all very minimalist like krill liked with white floors and white walls. A narrow staircase led up to a catwalk on the second story where the higher shelves of his bookcase could be accessed. The bookcase itself took up one entire wall at a ninety degree to the wall full of windows. There was a desk with what seemed like hundreds of certifications and commendations hanging along the wall behind it.

The rest of his office was a sort of..... museum in a way, an exhibit for all of his strange new interests. He had an entire collection of rubix cubes and puzzles stacked within the honeycomb shelves o the other wall. Many of the puzzles he had finished had been stuck together and hung on the wall after they were finished next to large canvas prints of strange alien landscapes. Krill had a mild fascination with nature and landscape photography and painting.

Krill liked to advertise himself as practical and uncaring, but he had a small herd of moving pictures framed on his desk.

The three of them

Krill and Adam in their first few weeks working together

Krill and Dr. Katie in their doctors gear.

Krill and Riss at a conference of some sort .

He had even more images on a third picture frame which rotated through a steady collage of images. Krill nervously standing next to waffles for the first time, Krill lounging in the sun on earth, Krill looking terrified as he sat inside a tube standing with Adam and his brothers as they readied themselves to go Skiing.

Atropos set down the picture frame, "You ever get jealous of him just a little."

Lachesis idly flipped through a stack of award winning papers Krill had written very stuffy speculative work on human anatomy , "No, why?"

"I don't know, his life just seemed so exciting. I mean can you imagine being the first alien brave enough to work on a human ship?"

Clotho waved hand, "humans aren't nearly as interesting now as they used to be."