The Quarry Junction Challenge
It was a rite of passage for every Courier to eventually return to Quarry Junction. The place was _miserably_ difficult, so much so that the recommended route from Goodsprings to New Vegas looped around the entire Mojave to avoid it. But, sooner or...
Cottonbrain
The junior senator from New York was fucking a bunnygirl on the floor of the Senate Chamber again. C-SPAN2 no longer bothered shooting around it, but did at least filter the audio. Nonetheless, Dylan could easily fill in the moans, wet slaps, and the...
Carpe Diem, My Dude
"The ghost boy's here!" Adam called. A few partygoers glanced up at the rabbit standing in the door, equipment case in one paw. Kairo shrank from the attention. "That's me." "Come in, man. You can put your stuff wherever." "Thanks." ...
Sunbask
It almost never happens in the lobby. You compliment someone's gear, or badge, or genomorph; maybe they say something back; then it peters out. Everyone is just passing through, and you never know how to hold their attention. This time is...
Floating and Sinking
Hover Swim Night at Velocity is pure sensory overload, but my focus is the otter across the bar. His blue hair caught my attention but his sleek build and too-tight tank top held it, and now I'm sipping a mojito to work up the nerve to do something...
The Onyx Palace, Pt. I
Great stone walls yawned overhead, far beyond the reach of the braziers' yellow light. Though its white-masked servants stoked the flames incessantly, the Onyx Palace was simply too vast, too stark and alien to ever be warmed. Two Dodrec guards...
The Onyx Palace, Pt. II
Even after Prince Mergen left, it took Shere some time to regain the ability to move. Even then, he was in no hurry to reunite with his guards. The illusory light was pleasing after so long away from home, and the cool breeze and gentle spray of...
21 Church Rd
Alone in the haunted house, Kairo thought about paws. The rabbit had been on the road for almost a week, bouncing from investigation to investigation like a band on a Midwest tour, and, with few opportunities to get off, they were getting pretty pent...
The Serve
No disrespect to the guy, but if Val can do hypnosis, I can too. How hard can it be to say some trancey words in someone's ear, or slap a visor on them, or wave a psycholuminescent crystal in front of their snout? I'm not saying I'll be better at it...
Feel Good
If it were a movie, it would go like this: Art strides down the second floor walkway of the Super 8, highway sounds in the distance. A low angle dolly shot follows, focused on the rolling bag behind him. The camera slowly lifts until it settles...
Furniture
Among the Telluric schools of magic, there were three ways to turn invisible, and Caprice had considered each one carefully as she planned her revenge. The first was the light-bending of the Lumomancers. The second was the aeroform transformation of...
Cinnamon
The room party is fun, but the whole time I'm there, teasing and ogling and being ogled, I have this nagging feeling that I've forgotten something. It's only in the elevator back to my floor that I remember what it was. _Shit. Felix is gonna turn...