Last Stand

Another little Ballad I wrote just now; inspired by Halo Legends’ “Prototype” I will also add this image from the Episode; a Perfect Image of the dead soldier Ghost leaves behind, a single rose to show his only feeling.

The Sky burned as they turned their weapons on the earth,
Ships flew overhead; reigning fire and death.
The 122nd held their ground, they must hold,
One after one they lived; holding the line.
The civilians fled to the evac’s; as hell reigned,
Many did not leave the world of flame;
their escape craft turned casket.
The 122nd held their ground, they will hold,
One after one they fell; holding the line.
Ammo ran short and the 122nd turned to blade;
“For Death” came the call; a command to charge;
Cut down like cattle; they fell.
The 122nd held their ground, they did hold,
One after one they Died; holding the line.

By Lewis Stockton

MCM Expo and Someone Awesome :D

Hello Everyone, Lewis here; just adding this quick blog post to explain something that will be happening during the London MCM October Expo. Me and a very dear friend of mine are going to be Cosplaying as Characters from my up and coming book “The Way The Stars Fall” I Will be playing Jack hunter and my dear friend will be playing the character I have wrote for her; named the same and acting the same.

So if you happen to read this blog and see us there, please come over for some pictures and maybe, just maybe, I may be giving away signed covers of the Book :) The book might even be out by then and I can sign copies for you.

Also at the Expo, I will be joining my fellow Tanith First in our Annual Saturday Cosplay Event, We are hoping to have around 25, yes… twenty five tanith. That is if it all comes out as it should; which most of the time it doesnt.

Anyway, If you wish to chat to me about my cosplay and the Tanith, please send me a message on facebook @ http://www.facebook.com/lewis.stockton.

The Best Is Yet To Come

 

Here is a little bit I wrote while on the Tanith Camping Trip, Sat in a Hamok on my own I decided to write something that would go along with the track of the same name from Metal Gear Solid 1’s soundtrack “The Best is Yet to Come”. Imagine if you will; a team of soldiers going in and getting ambushed, now the hunters chase down the last of the team, but he has outwitted them and runs through the snowy forrest, Slowly, the Hunters become the Hunted and the Last man begins his last stand.

The Best Is Yet To Come

The Men took another step forward.

The horn ran through the leaves,

Yet he carried on; Walking, a dead man’s walk

The men search and hunt for the lone survivor,

As he walks his dead man’s train,

Yet he walks on; walking his dead man’s walk.

The soldiers found his train; blood, footprints and dead comrades.

One long line of death, the barks of the Dogs of War.

Yet he carried on; Walking, a dead man’s walk.

He watched them approach, loading the last of his bullets,

They had no Idea he was that closes; waiting... waiting...

Yet he carried on; Walking, a dead man’s walk.

The Action barely last a minute; Sixty on one,

Fighting with rifle, pistol and knife, now he lay, staring at the stars,

No longer walking on; Sleeping, the dead mans walk.

 

By Lewis Stockton

War

Here is a Quick Poem / Thing I have done off the top of my head

The Howling screams of Pure despair,
The falling drones of Hope and Passion;
The War I fight has just begun.
I fight for Hope, Passion and Love
But words fail me at the time.
My soul falls like a wingless Angel
and I want to confess to you;
My Admiration and Love for you.
But thought Plagues my mind,
like a Plague of Locust.
Please hear my Last Confession;
The Ramblings of a Lost Soul
and understand why I fight;
Raging this War Alone.

By Lewis Stockton

Be Human

Here is a little Poem / Sonnet / Ballard  I have written a few weeks ago but haven't put it up on the internet yet so here it is now. Its called “Be Human”.

Death without Life, War without Peace,

I fight on without Hesitation.

Duty without Recognition, Honour without Love,

I fight on without Falter.

I watched my Comrades dies,

Butchered, massacred and shredded,

She lay in my Arms, taking her last Breath.

All she says is two words:

their meaning clear,

Life without Death, to have peace without War,

to get recognition for Duty and to Love with honour,

All these in two words…

… Be Human….

By Lewis Stockton

APB – A Very Broken Game

      Lately I have been having the attempt at playing All Points Bulletin, APB. APB is basically a game of Cops & Robbers, with players being either the Criminals; the Robbers, or pursuing them as the Enforcers; the Cops. The Basic concept is for the Enforcers to stop the Criminals doing their job. My first character was an Enforcer and went by the name “HlaineLarkin”, a testament to the Gaunts Ghosts character of the same name. I played about an hour on this account a few months back and did not touch the game again until the past few days.

  A few days ago my brother asked me to install it again to play it with again with him but this time as a Criminal; so I set forth to create my Criminal of the name “TonaShrike”; another testament but this time to my own character from my Novel; ‘The Way the Stars Fall’. As you can probably guess from the name, Tona is a woman; I always create a female character for my second character, its just the way I do things.

This Character has grown quite far; and I shape her to what I think Tona would look like as a Criminal; a red headed killer, a Valkyrie that takes her victims to the Afterlife. Anyway APB is a broken game; broken in the fact that it has no anti-cheat system so most people on the game use Aimbots, proven by the instant deaths you get when walking around a corner to die by 100 bullets all hitting your characters head-hitbox but also in the fact that the matchmaking system does not work at all by posting new players up against hard veterans.

Despite this I seem to be playing a little bit of it, even if I do rage at the insta-deaths that keep occuring every other minute. If you wish to add Me, Pop Me a message on My facebook or even Email me @ LewisStocktonNovelist@Gmail.com and I will give my server information and Add you to the Clan – ISS Serenity; Another testament to ‘The Way the Stars Fall’

Ilmarian Productions Information

As some of you might know, I am currently in the midst of making a Gaming group; Ilmarian Productions. If you did not know, here are the links to the pages  I have set up:

Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/pages/Ilmarian-Productions/241212245904298?sk=info

Youtube Channel - http://www.youtube.com/user/IlmarianProductions

More videos will be put up on the channel and information will be spread using the Facebook page, we just need more members to be watching it. Currently the main people making videos are myself (lewis / larkin) My Brother who will be starting soon, Michael and also a few other people who will be adding stuff to the site such as Callum.

 

Anyway, Will post some updates on my Novel as well in the next blog post and also as one of the videos on the Youtube Channel. I will also be placing some Readings on the Channel from my Novel as well as on my own channel. here is the link to my Channel and in the following blogs I will post other links to other members of Ilmarian Productions

My Facebook  - https://www.facebook.com/lewis.stockton

My Channel - http://www.youtube.com/user/shrike7953

Extract of "The Way The Stars Fall"

This Extract is dedicated to Devon :) Cheering me up and making me her 'Little Puppy' :D lol

Chapter VIII ~A HERO IS ONLY A HERO IF HE PUTS SOMEONE ELSE IN DANGER ~

Jack put his face to the wall and poked his left eye out to look around the corner; a single guard ran though the hallways, he seemed to be searching for someone and was heading their way, they were sure they had heard several gunshots in this direction.

Jack looked back to Hollister and the Insurrectionists, giving them hand signals that told them that one guard was on its way and that he was going to take him down. The moment the guard approached the corner and turned into them, walking right into Jack.

'Hey, I need help the bitch of a prisoner, she just took down . . .' The guard suddenly realized he was not talking to a security guard and began to pull out a pistol at his hip, but the others were already way ahead of them, each of them: Hollister and the three Insurrectionists had weapons aimed at him, Jack just chuckled.

'It is not nice to call a woman a bitch, take us to her or I will make you wish that you never turned that corner.' Jack explained and motioned to the rifle hanging at his hip, held in one hand while his other grabbed the guard by his throat, turning him slowly and pushing the rifle into his back.

The guard proceeded down the corridor at the will of the pulse rifle at his back. The three Insurrectionists watched his back while Hollister kept his rifle aimed down the corridor in front of them. Jack calmly kept prodding the guard in the back to keep him aware that at any moment Jack could pull the trigger and quickly end his life. As they rounded another corner the guard suddenly stopped, an eyebrow raised on Jacks face as he gave the guard another prod but he did not move.

'Captain' Hollister spoke as he lowered his rifle and nodded down the approaching hallway, Jack quickly looked at Hollister then down the hallway at a red headed female holding up her trousers from a torn belt and a pistol in her hand. The moment she saw the guard, she pulled up the pistol up to fire with both hands and fired, letting her trousers fall to the floor.

Jack could not help but stare as the guard in front of him fell to the floor and the view of Tona bending down to pick up her trousers.

"Oh for the Gods Sake, Finally find you guys and you are all staring with mouths agape" Tona spoke as she walked over to them, Jack turned to see the others all in similar slack jaws.

"Sorry Tona, we are just admiring the view" Jack let out a chuckle and handed her a spare clip for the pistol.

"Oh ha, now you're a joker; just get me out of here, I need a bath." She stated and followed them back to the docking hatch. Bodies littered the halls leading up to the docking hatch; every single one had either his neck slit or had their neck broken.

"Nice work Hollister, you really know how to make an impression" Tona spoke with a chuckle as she stepped over one of the dead bodies.

"Thank you ma'am" He replied as if her little joke was nothing more than a compliment. Looking back down the hallway Jack managed to get the first glimpse of the 'rapid' response to their escape. Although the guards so far had been missing the one thing that makes a good guard, brains, these ones may not have been quick but they were on the ball as the moment they saw Jack he found himself diving for cover behind a branching corridor. Luckily, the others had managed to dive for cover the moment the first shot had gone by their heads. Jack fired several shots down the corridor as he began to run backwards down the corridor to the open and awaiting airlock. Hollister was right behind him and fired several shots himself before the pair turned and ran for the airlock.

At full throttle, shots fired over Jacks shoulders or bounced off his Apag's personal kinetic barriers, Tona was right behind him; well he thought she was, when he got to the airlock he turned to find she was not behind him, she had fallen over one of the bodies Hollister had taken care of on his rescue mission.

"Hollister! Cover me!" Jack yelled at the top of his lungs as he spun on his heel, after looking at Hollister, back down the corridor and charged; dropping his gun down on the floor behind him. All he heard was Shots fly over his shoulder, or collide with his Kinetic barriers, fired from both Hollister and the Imperial forces. As he neared Tona, Jack went into a slide and landed next to Tona.

All she could hear was the pulse of plasma fire and the fizzle of it landing around her, She thought she was going to die for sure this time, more so then inside the guards quarters. Now she knew she was dead, she heard a noise to her side, it sounded like a voice; her tear stained vision began to focus into who it was and she saw it was Jack. He was saying something she did not hear, the movement on his lips said something like 'follow me' she nodded slowly and rose to her feet in a low crouch.

The pair ran for the sealed door as fast as their legs could carry them; shots flew past their shoulders, Jack kept behind Tona and used his Apag's kinetic barriers to protect her unshielded body. Managing to make it to the airlock, Hollister slammed the button to seal the airlock. Jack and Tona lay panting on the floor; Hollister was already ordering the crew on the bridge to set sail.

Walking onto the bridge Jack jumped into the captain's chair while Hollister took his place at his console on the other side of the room; outside though the plasti-glass view screen the space station had began to open fire at close range on the ship. Hollister activated shields and began to charge weapons; Jack ordered the helm to take them further out from the station.

Long time No Post

Hello World, Long time No Talkey :D

Anyway, I have been in a very sour mood for a while and decided to jump on my blog to complain about it.... NOT :D wait.. yes I have been in a very bad mood but No, I wont be complaining on here as I know what little people read this (or will read in the future) will not want to read my complaints; if you do actually want to listen; then I may copy my Journal onto a Blog one day, let you read that...

Anyway, Just wondering if anyone wants to have a sneak peek of my Novel as I am writing it. "The Way The Stars Fall" is aimed to be completed by November, (The NanoWriMo Will be my goal to finish it if I have not yet) So I am offering some advance looks at some of the chapters & also a chance to be inside the book itself.

Give me a poke on My facebook. Search "Lewis Osborne Nehls Stockton" or "Ilmarian Productions" to find Me :D

Face of Mankind FDC General (R7) Candidacy

I, Hlaine Larkin and Greysen will be running for General (R7) of the Freedom Defence Corp. In our running campaign, we will be pushing for several changes to the FDC structure and rules; these will be minor and will also be major. Some people will be unhappy, some will be happy, this is a thing that occurs in change; change is difficult to accept, but accept we must if this army is to improve and overcome its opponants.

Here I will list several of the things we have spoken about and may be implimented:

- The Lacking of Clear HC : - Concering activity, trolling and abuse of powers
- A FDM like Department: - The creation of something simular to FDM but not with its legacy or name
- The splitting of FIC into timezones again for Clear combat forces in each area
- Administration Department : - A Department that is use for creating armour and the Inter-Dominion relations
- A Zero Tolerance to the LED : - The scanning problems and other problems that seem to start.
- Increased power to ISD
- A Re-organisation of the "Bootcamp/CTD" Classes and departments.

And many more.

We know many of the people in the FDC may not vote for us, arguments such as "such and such as been around longer" or "You dont have the leadership experience" but we see it as the FDC needs to pull itself together and the old leaders have tried their best, (I think Death wyrm and jeff did the best they could in a hard time for the game, and if it came to it, I would vote Death in again) but the Faction needs some new blood into the leadership game, some new ideas to put forth and Ive seen what has happened to the game over the long run. I have been around since Open Beta (even before when the game had to be remade.) Personally, I have no idea who I am going to vote for if its possible for me to vote, Out of fairness I will not vote for myself.

All I ask is that the faction give Greysen and I a chance to make this faction what it should be.

Thank you for your time and Hail the FDC!

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Captain Hlaine Larkin - Senior Bootcamp Instructor
"Only In Death Does duty End"