4.1 - Making Friends
Talkeetna yawned as she left her quarters and padded through the dimly-lit habitat ring. It was 0750 hours, and the red squirrel was due in Ops in ten minutes for the start of her shift. _I never had to be up this early on Reverie! Unless we were under...
4.3 - Pretty Eyes
On an asteroid depot, beneath the surface in an abandoned mine shaft, a meeting took place. "We require information," stressed a figure from the shadows. Aurora, sitting in the light, feigned indifference. The mouse inspected her claws and replied,...
Best Frenemies
"E-sports," Baxter said with a heavy sigh. "That's what it's come to." "Mm?" went Fib, only vaguely paying attention. How long had Baxter been sitting there? Five minutes? Ten? Didn't he have anything better to do? "'It's the wave of the future,...
Workplace Romp
**SUNDAY** _Bzzt!_ Laying on his side in the dark, Baxter blindly slapped a paw at the bedside desk. _Bzzt!_ The otter almost knocked a lamp to the floor. Finally, eyes groggily opening, he secured his phone. He'd been dreaming about something but...
Famous Last Words
"So, Ketch," Kody said, chomping on some French fries. The off-white rabbit twiddled his grey-tipped ears, leaning back in the cushioned booth. "You ever go by Ketch?" On the other side, the brown-and-white squirrel chewed a few more times before...
Holiday Cheer
"Field, come on." "I can't get the bow to stick ... " "It doesn't have to be perfect," said Adelaide, waiting, staring at the ceiling. It was a dark, snowy Christmas Eve. Their little country house was quiet save for the fireplace in the living room....
A Little Distraction
It was after midnight, late-April, and Meadow paced back and forth in the darkened bedroom, her furless, pink paws slapping on the cool, wood floor. _Pat-pat-pat._ Stop. Spin! _Pat-pat-pat._ Meadow looked down at her smartphone. The petite, golden...
How to Spend a Quarantine
Ketchy waited for the front door to open. It'd been a month since the virus had gotten bad enough to institute 'social distancing.' The library she worked at was closed for the foreseeable future. Kody, her mate, was an electrician/handyman. The...
4.4 - Run Away With Me
"What if he calls on me?" Herkimer asked Barrow as the lift doors opened. They exited and walked down a curved, carpeted corridor. They were headed for the conference room. "What will I say?!" the blue-grey mouse squeaked. "Who? What?" Barrow asked,...
Two Lips
"Don't we have enough fruit trees?" Adelaide asked Field. Peering out the screen door on the back porch, the pink bat could see the golden-furred harvest mouse flipping through a plant catalogue. They'd gotten it in the mail yesterday. "I'm looking at...
Mutual Benefit
Ears swiveling at the 'easy listening' music being played over the store's intercom, Meadow stopped halfway down the brightly-lit, white-tiled aisle. _What song is this? This was on a movie soundtrack, wasn't it?_ Bordered on both sides by noodles,...
Open Fire
'Twas a few nights before Christmas and somewhere in the house, two creatures were stirring, and one was a mouse! The squeaky commotion was coming from the bedroom. With the door ajar, illumination poured in from the short, wooden-floored hallway. The...