Tales - Idol Playthings
**Tales from the Cat House Idol Playthings** Angie awoke once more, this time to familiar surroundings. She gaped her stone beak into a yawn, although her complete lack of lungs meant that it was pantomime at best, and she stretched her...
The Missing Lynx, Part III
**The Missing Lynx, Part 3** **There Are Always More Questions Than Answers** "And then she just..." Rhaelyn frowned, crouching near the odd markings on his once-lovely rug. There were two bootprints scorched right through it now, burned so...
The Missing Lynx, Part II
**The Missing Lynx, Part Two The Part Where the Plot Happens** "Um..." Elin hesitated before hefting a half-filled basket of pastries. "Muffins?" Rhaelyn perked his ears. He'd been so busy today that he'd forgotten about eating almost...
The Missing Lynx, Part I
**The Missing Lynx - Elin's Story Chapter One You All Meet in a Tavern...** Elin sighed, pausing to catch her breath near the bar. She had been on her feet for the past eight hours, and business at The Cat House was booming. To make matters...
A Gryphon's Tail, Part VIII
**A Gryphon's Tail, Part VIII ...Must Come to an End** "So, uh... how'd you meet Ray?" Kira considered that question as she lounged aside the centaur. The two had been riding hard for hours - maybe a little TOO hard, given the panther's...
Tales from the Cat House - Bad Things Come in Threes
**Tales from the Cat House Bad Things Come in Threes** Kavah groaned, settling against a bench for a moment as he rested his feet. It had been four- no, it had been five days since his ill-fated encounter with the twin siamese beastkin in...
Tales from the Cat House - Fox Hunting
"Step right up," Kavah shouted, offering a sharp-toothed grin to the few beastkin who glanced in his direction. "Step right up 'nd try your luck! Odds're three-to-one, but a clever beast wit' fast eyes and a fast mind is apt to double his coin in a...
A Gryphon's Tail, Part VII
**A Gryphon's Tail, Part VII All Good Things...** When morning finally came, Rhaelyn was thoroughly exhausted - both physically and mentally. He had spent the last few hours thinking about-, well no, that wasn't accurate. He had spent the last...
A Gryphon's Tail, Part VI
**A Gryphon's Tail, Part VI Of Things Long Past...** The night passed quietly and uneventfully, but neither of the travelers got much sleep. Kira napped, briefly, happily cuddled up to her beastkin companion - but she awoke twice an hour, like...
A Gryphon's Tail, Part IV
**A Gryphon's Tail, Part IV** **The Hunters** "Kira, slow down!" Rhaelyn eased himself over another slippery, iced-over rock, leaning unsteadily against a convenient tree as he sought to regain his balance. "You know I can't keep up with you!" The...
A Gryphon's Tail, Part III
**A Gryphon's Tail, Part III** **An Unpleasant Confrontation** "You!" "M-... me...?" Kira swallowed, hard, her eartufts drooping as she faced the accusatory stare of the panther lying in front of her. The gryphon's mind raced as she tried to think...
A Gryphon's Tail, Part II
**A Gryphon's Tail, Part II** **The Perils of Inter-Species Diplomacy** Kira grunted and groaned as she pushed her way through another thicket of dense, thorny brambles, another chill wind howling through the trees and sending a shiver through her...