Shift Nudge Novels & Stories

It was Mork, my personal assistant. “Is it time?” “Ten more minutes, sir. But everyone is here, except S.N.” I swallowed hard, the lump in my throat feeling like lead. He had promised to be here, and he was known to be a man of his word. Hopefully, he didn't start now to go back on them. His presence would bolster the remaining shareholders to keep their support and feet in the company. “Maybe there’s traffic. Anything else?” He nodded. “As of this morning, Nuxia’s bid went up to 12 million…”

Her heart executed a sudden, violent kick against her ribs. "Look here," Jordan said, his voice low and gravelly from hours of speaking in meetings. He didn't move away. His arm brushed lightly against hers, a brief, accidental friction that sent a jolt of pure electricity straight down her spine. "The European shipping lanes operate under a rolling tariff. If you don't adjust the baseline by three percent, the entire final projection is skewed."

Beast eventually settles. Nokita stays far enough away to avoid a fight but close enough to do his job, which is protect me. When I'm calmer, I wave him over. "Shift and run with me," I rumble from enlarged jaws and elongated teeth. "Adjust my gear belts first."

She crouches down, tries to inhale quickly. Inhaling enough, she squats to the ground. Sits up straight, lowers your head, slowly tilt your head back, chin up to the sky, holds that position for a few seconds. Daisy carries this action on several times. The small boy pokes Daisy, Daisy does not react. The little boy is also not angry, imitates her actions. Daisy gives the boy a thumbs up, nods her head. The man who follows, standing next to her, immediately thought “Oh dear, she doesn't have some kind of illness, does it?”

She nodded and wriggled her ass for them. Adam laughed. "I believe the little witch is making demands," Adam laughed. "Well, just this one time we'll let her." He smacked Shannon's buttocks. "But just this once, sugar. Okay, let's get on with it." Hands separated her ass cheeks again, and she took in a deep breath as she'd been told to. Something pressed at her anus, something harder and wider than Adam's fingers. "Breathe out, Shannon," Adam reminded. "Right now."

No rewriting necessary. We may get an opportunity now after many weeks have passed.

“System coherence dropping. Adaptation threshold exceeded.” The Entity finally moved.

The network shifted again. And suddenly The third state expanded outward. Not violently. Not aggressively. Just… inevitably. Like gravity increasing. One of the rejected mates took a step forward. Slow. Calm. Then another. Not toward me. Not toward Ryker. Toward consensus. My breath caught. “No…” I whispered. Nathan stiffened beside me. “They’re synchronizing.” I reached out immediately. “Stop!” I sent sharply. But the command didn’t land. It didn’t fail. It just… dissolved.

They watched helplessly as I asked them to cover the coffin board. They just sat aside and followed the hearse home. "Sir, please help me nail the coffin shut. I always feel like the corpse would wake up in the coffin if not nailed down. It's scary to think about it." The workers were amused by what I said. "They had been dead for a week. They won't wake up. However, it is necessary to nail the coffin shut. We will do so right now." Finally, Jessie could not hold back her expression and hurriedly stepped forward to stop them.

His nose was still touching me and I scratched his head. “D-do I just s-s-shift…um…now?” I looked at the others in the room, not really sure how to proceed at this point. Alpha Alan came over and he placed a hand on Niru’s head. “I would wait until you feel it. Forcing it could make things worse than it will already be.” He looked at Kat who nodded. “You should have someone with you though.” I shook my head. “I’ll b-be alright. I d-don’t…”