Salvaged Ch. 1: Initial Contact
_Author's note: This one starts off a little tame. Good things will come soon, though!_ _ **WARNING. WARNING. MULTIPLE HOSTILE CRAFT DETECTED IN CLOSE PROXIMITY. WARNING. WARNING-** _ Her fist crashing through the speaker shut up the...
Salvaged Ch. 3: Roundabout Journey
_Author's note: Apologies for the late update. Being without Internet access for a month makes for some irritation. It also, however, gives one some time to write! ^-.o^_ "This 'chess' is an interesting game. How old is it?" Ashiya leaned...
Co-Workers Ch. 1
Gabrina sighed, looking at the large cardboard box that sat atop her desk. She could feel her ears flattening and tears welling up in her eyes as her gaze fell across all the mementos of her twenty-nine years of employment with Northbridge Services....
Salvaged Ch. 2: Cultural Exchanges
_REVISED 29 JUN 2007: Fixed up a few formatting errors and tweaked the numbers involving Humanity's war with the 'mechs, by a suggestion from a reader. Remember, good writers listen to those who read their stories! ^-.o^_ -- _That was a...
Salvaged Ch. 5: Shared Understandings
_Author's note: I've done a bit of minor editing and inserted a scene I'd mistakenly left out of the first version. Also, I've decided that Ashiya and Kyle deserve a bit more closure than I've given them, so one more chapter is planned. It may be a...
Co-Workers Ch. 4
_CRASH_ A strange noise brought Gabie out of the sound sleep she'd been enjoying; she sat up in her bed, her ears pricked. It took her a moment to realize that the alarm panel on the far wall was flashing and buzzing insistently. She quickly got...
Co-Workers Ch. 5
"Merry Christmas, sweetheart." She awoke to feel Bryan kiss her cheek, and she let out a contented sigh. "Merry Christmas to you too, love," she replied, leaning up to give him a tender kiss. "Did you sleep well?" "I always do with you in my...
Salvaged Ch. 4: Incoming Hostiles
_A thousand groveling pardons for the lateness of this installment. Life is what happens while you're busy making other plans, after all. ^-.o^ It wasn't easy to write this, but I'm finally happy with how it came out. No yiff, but a lot of character...
Understandings
_AUTHOR'S NOTE: (warning: spoilers follow!) I'm always interested in the stories of side-characters in games. How did they get to where I found them, and why? Playing through Oblivion, I encountered the character Marz, an Argonian healer in...
Salvaged Ch. 6: Shifted Priorities
_It's been a long time, I know. Many things have come and gone, and writing has not been as easy as I would have liked. But, it's finally done, and the tale of Kyle Aragones and Vyarhi "Ashiya" Syhassi can finally come to a proper close!_ -- ...
Co-Workers Ch. 3
_Author's note: I apologize for the chapters being so short. They looked longer in Word, honest! ^-.-^_ _Let's see... hmm... you know, I think I'm finally ready for Medium difficulty._ Gabrela stretched her legs, tapping her bare feet against the...
Co-Workers Ch. 2
"No. NO! You're fucking kidding me! How can they get away with that?!" Gabrina stared in disbelief at her phone as the lawyer on the other end continued to throw legalese at her. "No, you listen to me, you shyster- yes, shyster, look it up you dipshit!...