Any Port, Chapter 2: Taiga.
* * * Any Port, Part 2: Taiga. * * * Lennon studied the map with concentrated effort; it could not come with them and the only map feature of Rhiannon's replacement device was etched into its hinged cover. The girl waited quietly, listening...
Any Port, Chapter 1: Disorientation.
* * * Any Port, Part 1: Disorientation. * * * "Try it again." Slowing to a stop after one step, Lennon sighed, emitting a cloud of breath that quickly disguised itself amid gently falling snow. The lucario turned about and caught his...
Squandered
I remember the day that I received my first pokemon. "Today, I am a young man, like my older classmates!" You smelled like the kennel; as I bathed you, I discovered your secret. "What are the odds I'd get stuck with a girl cyndaquil?" I never...
Pursuit
Sacred fire lit up the night, as another gang of thugs were driven off for fear of burning to death. They would have to take him by surprise to stand a chance of capturing him. The phoenix pecked at the girl gently in an attempt to wake her. He...
Love Lost, Chapter 7a: Projections.
* * * Love Lost, Chapter 7a: Projections. * * * Joe was reminded of the skin of a fried chicken breast as he peeled his jacket, stiffened by frozen swimming pool water, away from Grace's new body. It stayed in one piece, but flexed with...
Can't Escape, Part I: Likes to Run
* * * Can't Escape, Chapter 1: Likes To Run. * * * A gentle northward wind blowing against saw-grass and cat-tails bordering Lake Myrcene East's shoreline forced them to sway with a faint and rhythmic motion. Hearing a whistle from his...
Love Lost, Chapter 1a: Concessions.
* * * Love Lost, Chapter 1a: Concessions. * * * Two humans and three Dark-types, approaching from the east. A gardevoir used her psychic powers to awaken the ralts that slept in her arms and against her breast with a message: "It's time...
Love Lost, Chapter 6a, Ascensions.
* * * Love Lost, Chapter 6a: Ascensions. * * * Grace picked herself up from Rennin Gymnasium's floor using the common method and walked to its ring-side seating to meet with Joe, whose expression was slightly more annoyed than concerned. She...
Love Lost, Chapter 5b: Reflections, concluded.
* * * Love Lost, Chapter 5b: Reflections, concluded. * * * Matthew's pace picked up. "There it is!" Solymar yawned. "It better be handing out wallets full of money." Matthew responded without much emotion. "It's better than that." ...
Love Lost, Chapter 5a: Reflections.
* * * Love Lost, Chapter 5a: Reflections. * * * With an anxious tremor, Alice crumpled pieces of scavenged aluminum foil around a hoop of wire. She could feel distant eyes upon her; no matter that every time she turned, she saw nothing but...
Love Lost, Chapter 4b: Perceptions, concluded.
* * * Love Lost, Chapter 4b: Perceptions, concluded. * * * "No, Joe, you gotta hold them on tight. She's gonna squirm and if you let both slip--don't let them slip. There's no un-do with this sort of thing." Percival re-positioned Joe's...
Love Lost, Chapter 4a: Perceptions
* * * Love Lost, Chapter 4a: Perceptions. * * * Mister Rainier entered his home and gave a nodded hello to a pokemon sitting on his couch, which was returned with a terse, "ba'ah." The pokemon in his seat was a flaaffy, munching away at a...