On the Other Side (Commission)
**On the Other Side** **By Laz Briar** . . .how did he get here? Fuzz filled his mind. His eyes were blinded by bright, dizzying light and his frame ached. Not from pain, but from a strange, exhausted sensation, like his body was taxed in every...
Ambition (Commission)
**Ambition** **By Laz Briar** The _UZM Ambition_ was something of a marvel amongst the newly established Zone fleets, though not primarily for its engineering. Oh indeed, it was the definite vanguard of military prowess, a great carrier behemoth...
The Summer That You Are
The Summer That You Are By Laz Briar The company summer picnic. Ugh. No three words inspired a greater sense of mundane dread in Anson. Obligatory corporate meet and greets? Try relaxing when the CEO was an arm's length away, making a joke you _had_...
An Inner Impulse Rent the Veil: Movement One
We - have discussed - at length my fears, our fears, about what would happened if they discovered a - lazarus taxon in this part of florida..." he lifted his arms as if to embrace the whole forest, before dropping them down to his sides.
Animal Momentum
**Animal Momentum** **By Laz Briar** Applewood Park was likely one of the last places where the encroaching hands of tireless enterprise industry had not yet touched. Quaint and out of the way, a good ten or so miles from home, it was a cascade of...
The Other in the Night
The Other in the Night By Laz Briar The night belonged to her. There, in the forest thick, a queen reposed on her throne, a mossy rock surrounded by creaking trees. And all around her the chorus of her subjects cheered. Crickets, frogs,...
The Knight and The Muse
The Knight and The Muse By Laz Briar Even amongst the shaded halls of Zul-Zahal, the splintering heat of the Red East snaked its way within the stone corridors. Yoris never got used to it. Upon his arrival, he had to relieve himself of the...
Loonacy
**Loonacy** "Oh, bastards and bellweathers, I'm late!" A skeletal hand flicked closed a black, ornate pocketwatch, shuffling the arcane object within a long suit of flowing violet robes, the handler clicking whispers of dismay as he rushed about his...
In Shadows
In Shadows By Laz Briar Flesh is a practice in futility. It withers and weakens. It cannot stand against the measures of metal or blunt instruments. It is indignant, shaped by the will of its owner, yet ruthlessly timid in its forming. It bloats and...
Berry Good Day
Berry Good Day A Commission by Laz Briar There's more than one way to use a poke'mon. A fundamental misconception among trainers is that their colorful, vibrant friends are _only_ meant for the fields of battle. Perhaps it's the fault of...
Summon (Commission)
**Summon** _By Laz Briar_ It was said when _Shady Vale_ was built in the heart of autumn, the founders converged in one place and married the ethereal with reality. The roads, they said, formed geometrical patterns beckoning the unknown, allowing...
Exchanges (Commission)
Exchanges A Commission by Laz Briar At first it was a gentle thought. Nothing intrusive, nothing major, just a casual “haha what if." Then it coalesced into something bigger, greater. Wanting. Feels of yearning accompanied nights of unspent flustered...