Can't Escape, Part VI: Highly Curious
* * * Can't Escape, Chapter 6: Highly Curious. * * * "Are you kidding? She's practically an addict; takes one with every meal. Fiona spent all weekend at that Battle Arcade marathon game the Frontier set up at Coumarin Gym trying to...
Can't Escape, Part V: Hates to Lose
* * * Can't Escape, Chapter 5: Hates To Lose. * * * "Wait, wait! Are you sure this isn't going to scramble my brains?" Fiona noticed the graffiti that was written all over a plain-looking machine embedded inside an alcove wall's...
Can't Escape, Epilogue: Likes to Relax
* * * Can't Escape, Chapter 10: Likes To Relax. * * * "But, why throw the hats?" Theodore folded his poncho as he entered behind Vincent and Jacqueline. "It's tradition, Fifi; it's not supposed to make sense. And, it's a place of...
Can't Escape, Part III: Somewhat Vain
* * * Can't Escape, Chapter 3: Somewhat Vain. * * * A normal-height Fiona awoke with a small chunk of polyester stuffing in her mouth. The pillow serving as a surrogate hiker remained little more than a tattered rag surrounded by a sea...
Can't Escape, Part IV: Good Perseverance
* * * Can't Escape, Chapter 4: Good Perseverance. * * * Sparks crawled across the sink water's surface. At the instant they subsided, a poised ninetales leapt from the floor and snapped at an ampharos's face in an attempt to remind the...
Love Lost, Chapter 12a: Communiques.
* * * Love Lost, Chapter 12a: Communiques. * * * Joe received his pokemon from an attendant, released Burner and Grace, and adjusted his collar sash. Running his thumb over his only badge as he stepped up to the circle, he felt funny wearing...
Love Lost, Chapter 11b: Excesses, concluded.
* * * Love Lost, Chapter 11b: Excesses, concluded. * * * A small travel alarm clock sounded. Burner hardly responded until after Alice turned it off and started playing with the feathers on his chest. "I told you you'd fall asleep after I...
Love Lost, Chapter 11a: Excesses.
* * * Love Lost, Chapter 11a: Excesses. * * * Linalool Mall was practically overrun with pokemon. Not only customers, but security, too. Pokemon officers were brought in from miles around to ensure that every type was covered in case of a...
Love Lost, Chapter 10b: Remissions, concluded.
* * * Love Lost, Chapter 10b: Remissions, completed. * * * James drove north and west, to a rather busy street filled with lots of small entertainment venues serving Rennin's up-scale residents. Marianne gestured with her tendrils before...
Love Lost, Chapter 10a: Remissions.
* * * Love Lost, Chapter 10a: Remissions. * * * Joe sorted through generic school supplies. He had acquired a new backpack for his entry into high school, letting his old one become dedicated to his hobby as a trainer. One could question if...
One-way Mirror
* * * One-way Mirror. * * * It is something of a contradiction, how always following the rules means that you can get away with breaking them sometimes. Understanding that through its accidental discovery, KJ-19 carefully avoided reversing...
Any Port, Chapter 3: Adrift.
* * * Any Port, Part 3: Adrift. * * * Radio static hissed in competition with the atmosphere. Lennon tried to find an orientation that would give them an update on the weather, just to hear confirmed what they suspected. The way down was...