The Cat's Stroll 21
**Chapter 21: The Military Quarter** * * * He does?! De Pong almost choked on his own tongue. He'd been merely joking just now, but who could've thought that the Third Young Master would actually agree just like that. Actually, from what he'd got...
The Cat's Stroll 20
**Chapter 20:** **Wan Tanpei** * * * Duty at the Backdoor's Forest entry post could be said to be pretty tedious, but also important. While one had to keep standing at the front of the forest's entrance at the mercy of whatever the weather threw at...
The Cat's Stroll 19
**Chapter 19: Coaxing the Thunderlightning Wolf's Seed** * * * Seeing the cat walk closer, the mutated thunderlighning gray wolf growled threateningly, but it was merely a bluff. Kyu Cao stood next to the dirty wolf, which up close, he could finally...
The Cat's Stroll 18
**Chapter 18: Mutated Thunderlightning Gray Wolf** * * * Kyu Cao did not immediately turn. He prudently glanced with the corner of his vision, and he was a bit surprised by what he found. A wolf beast. Though it seemed to be one of the...
Recovery Efforts (Part 1)
_I guess that this amounts to my first foray on this site. (First foray anywhere, really.) Comments, critiques, and flowery praise may be accepted, but certainly not expected. (Seriously, go in with low expectations. Like, reeeeeally low expectations....
The Road to Our Recovery
Mimosa stared at the ceiling. Ten hours of sleep had erased _almost_ all of the exhaustion from the previous two days of travel. She felt fantastic, if still slightly sore, and ready to hop out of bed to face the day. There were just two problems...
Luna and Thief, OI Ch: 2
**Luna and Thief: The Orange Isles Chapter Two: Beyond Dead Eyes** Dawn shattered the horizon while Griffin had already been awake, dressed, and held a thermos in his hands. He just stared out at the trainer village in silence and gingerly drank in...
Ch. 4 -- Reboot
--- Reboot "What do you think you are doing?", shouted Preston in a panicked voice, as he edged away still clutching the coins. "Funny, I was just asking myself the same question", growled the dragon, as he retrieved a long tuning fork shaped...
Crazy Cat Lady
Yard sales had combinations of junk, and treasure all packed into one yard or garage. Conan opened up his own apartment door and into his own home with what he considered, well at the very least, a conversation starter- an Arabic gold oil lamp, one...
M.I.A.
"Geostationary orbit achieved, sir!" "Excellent! Maintain position during final checks." "Sir!" Apart from seeing off a lone pirate in the Toriga System, it had been an uneventful two-week journey. In fact, we hadn't even needed to fire any more...
Vicki the Sorceress and The Swamp Men of Mictlan part 3
Hijinx Fantasy Presents: Vicki the Sorceress and the Swamp Men of Mictlan Chapter 3: Wherein Vicki Returns Home and Renews Childhood Friendships by Noir Santa Dominique was a picturesque realm, full of softly rolling hills, winding rivers, and...
BX-132 Chapter 3
Chapter 3 Ron Conrad stared in shock at the horror that met his eyes. Four bodies lay on cots, unmoving and still as death. The rhythmic sounds of the monitoring equipment were the only thing signifying that they were still among the living, but for...