Overdose
With North Gate locked and South Gate closed, the only path to Alexandria was straight through the Mist. Below the Alexandrian plateau was the infamous Evil Forest, a thick and deadly tangle of living trees that devoured all that entered it. Amarant...
Frat House Curse
Mike was a dark shape further up the beach, scrambling over the rocks with two liberated six-packs in each hand. His coordination wasn't great at the best of times, and tipsy and running from imagined pursuers it was a miracle he hadn't already tripped...
Touch of Fire
Barret stood by the stairway railing and idly tapped his gun-arm against the railing. The hollow wooden clunk echoed through the room, and below him the innkeeper looked up and scowled. Barret sighed. He figured he should just go up to his room. He'd...
Thaumophage
"He's probably like, Mr. Buchanan in disguise; he's super creepy," Fletcher said, popping her gum bubble. "He's just, recording everything because he gets off on it, or whatever. Normal people don't fund teams of barely-legal superheroes." Fang's...
Interspecies Cooperation
Jak brought up his multigun just in time to catch the jaws of one of the Metal Heads. It slammed down on top of him, sending him rolling onto his back. It was heavy, and its slavering teeth were just an inch from his face. They dug into the metal of...
Control Issues
Sig didn't even know how he got here. No, that was a lie: he knew exactly how it happened. Jak was Krew's new gopher, a pretty little thing with wide eyes, lean muscles, and a swagger three sizes too big to fit his frame. The first time Sig saw him,...
Abzu
Cloud stomped his heels in frustration and swore softly, then grimaced, thinking about how petulant that probably looked, given he was in heels and a dress. Still. He was \*too\* pretty enough for the Don! Or at least, he'd rather be up there instead...
Dick Measuring Contest
The guys had gotten real rowdy by the time Rocket found which bar they'd crawled their way too. The bar was dingy and smoke-filled and crawling with the dregs of society, by which he meant, his crewmates. They were sitting around a table in one of the...
Reacquaintance
Ike arrived at Phoenicis Hall in early afternoon. Things between him and Tibarn had always been... unfinished. They'd met for the first time during the Mad King's War, as little more than acquaintances, and in the mess of the campaign it wasn't as if...
Interspecies Cooperation pt. 4
Jak stormed out of the Hip Hog, onto the dim streets of Haven. Krew was, as always, the worst, but the payments for his jobs made it at least marginally worth Jak's time to take them. This time, the job was: back into the sewers, to collect some...
The Guardians
They were deep in some ancient ruin-- Rei could never tell them apart; they all seemed to follow the same generic pattern to him-- when the thing jumped out at them. It was a weird-looking floating thing, with a single huge eyes-- whatever, he didn't...
Accession
"Could I just--" Ryu said, and before letting Rei answer, or even finishing the thought, he closed his eyes, mouth tightening in a very particular expression, one that Rei'd gotten a lot of familiarity with in the past year. He bowled himself backwards...