Romans & histoires The Wall

He brought four burly guys in tank tops, carrying sledgehammers and jackhammers. He had a cigarette dangling from his mouth as he squinted at the load-bearing wall. He reached out and knocked on it, producing a dull echo. He said, "This wall? It's a shear wall, packed with rebar, a real tough one." He blew a smoke ring and flicked his ash directly onto the floor. "That's going to cost extra." Tom's mind was already filled with images of a panoramic floor-to-ceiling window, so he waved his hand grandly.

A wall. Not stone. Not wood. Something in between. It rose from the earth like a spine, curving upward until it vanished into the canopy. Its surface was smooth but not clean; it was covered in red handprints. Hundreds to thousands of them, Kieran thought they were clay. It was not. All of them facing inwards, this wall is warm; there must be something behind it. Something hot. Then nothing. Kieran stepped back. “It’s not time to leave,” he thought. “Not yet, at least.”

As if on cue, Frank moved his knuckle an inch away from the wall again before punching it once more. This time, the wall started to crack! "Shit!" The goons were all dumbstruck. That wall was made of a special reinforced alloy with a perfect balance between durability and malleability. It should be able to bear any pressure without changing forms. If anything, this was no different from Frank's punch ripping cotton in half! How could they not be shocked? Pax chuckled. "See? I told you, but none of you listened, and now, you're all stunned.

James advanced closer, and the Dead City slowly became clearer with each step he took. Soon, he could see half of the city’s interior. The buildings were ancient but extravagant. James tried to get closer. However, he felt a resistance. There seemed to be an invisible wall blocking his path. He reached out to push at the wall with all his strength but nothing happened. Then, he tried to use his power to attack the wall. Upon impact, the invisible wall gradually came into sight. James looked at the wall and discovered that the wall was composed of mysterious inscript

It covered the entire ceiling of this wall and the ceiling lights illuminated the hallway with a beautiful green light. Juma stopped next to the hall in between and before Stephany could ask him why they were stopping, she saw him lift his hand and pressed his wristwatch on the wall. Stephany waited for the wall's reaction and after the watch released a red laser like light, there was a clicking sound and the wall separated from the ceiling creating a huge tall opening.

he tells me. I climb the stairs to the top of the wall, I have never really analysed the wall before. “Allan and I would spend our off shifts tending to the front of the wall, the inside is brick. But the front is stone,” Jasper tells me once I reach the top. The wall is very high and I keep reminding myself to not touch the electric fence. The wall is so thick that four people can walk abreast along the top, sheltered by a parapet over which only a tall man can look. Here and there are clefts in the stone through which men can shoot

And Kai left through the west entrance. Immediately he was confronted by a stone wall six feet high. There is no doubt that it was built to protect unwary visitors from falling from steep slopes by not noticing the river below. Kai stopped in the street before an unannounced sign of a small, slender finger hovering over the top of the wall. It was a woman, the first standing pose made him think it was a statue. But a gentle breeze ruffled the hem of her shirt and teased her pale blond hair free from the loose bun on her head.

And crap I think I broke my booty, no more booty calls. “Stupid wall which crackhead made a wall in the middle of the street” I mutter to myself, but ladies and gentlemen... The wall replies... “It's you clumsy women that conjure up evil plans in your head in the middle of the day and are unaware of your surroundings” that’s it. Hold my earrings, imma beat this wall... Wait since when can walls talk? I look up and see a tall, very tall, man.

Further, each step was accompanied by a loud rattle and knocking of the knuckles against each other, it was impossible not to step on the bones. In the opening of the gate torn off its hinges, Yarsi stopped. Massive shutters, broken by someone's monstrous blow, lay in the middle of the road already outside the city wall. The wall itself was made of hewn stone blocks and once reached a considerable height, but now only sharp ledges soaring peaks into the sky are left of it. The werewolf looked straight ahead, why is he here?