Best Laid Course (Otherwise Untitled)
~ The corgi, tumbling down along the sand dune, wheezed and hacked as the sand bit into her joints and breathing seemed never enough to recover her breath. The heat of the winds seemed to try and pry its way in through her vision and soul, allied with...
Garlic Beans (Otherwise Untitled)
~ The fox leaned over from the pantry and towards the apartment's main room, "We've got black, red, turtle, kidney, somehow darker red, and lentil beans. And something called a split pea." ~ After a pause the ferret leaned out of the bathroom, damp...
Puzzling Pieces (Otherwise Untitled)
~ The brown bear leaned back against the console's base and glared out across the carefully arranged sea of tiny parts he'd arranged across the floor. The process of disassembling four burnt out communication processors had been straightforward, even...
Dinner and Movie (Otherwise Untitled)
~ The kobold was busy scampering around in his kitchen while Bell shuffled his way along the bookshelf in the main room that now smelled of the Synth's bakery. While he was mixing in the diced peppers into the skillet, his boyfriend lumbered somewhat...
Stealth and Points (Welded Sunset)
~ The mechanical deer crouched low into the pile of broken frame panels, as concealed as anything seven meters tall could manage. Nearly all of her focus was on silence, with the remainder dedicated to the observation of the lanky coyote frame some...
Care Package (Otherwise Untitled)
~ The rabbit nibbled gingerly at the microwaved potato, giving the core of it time to steam out its heat. With her other hand, she regarded the careful script of her mother laid out on the page with an ink somewhat faded by the weeks the package had...
Retreat to Command (Otherwise Untitled)
~ The phoenix stumbled through the hallways of the ship, his eyes closed and hand grasping his shoulder firmly. With months of practice aboard the ship, he was able to readily navigate the corridors filled to overflowing with vibrantly flashing lights...
Mechanics of a Date (Otherwise Untitled)
~ The synth, hulking over his kobold boyfriend, leaned down to nibble a bit at the kobold's ear-ridge. The baker playfully volunteered, "You sure you're not taking me here just because you're crushing on that dragon who's on the sign?" ~ The kobold,...
Disagreeable Relations (Otherwise Untitled)
~ The holiday meal-table was a lengthy sprawl of all sorts of entrees and side dishes, surrounded in every place by an otter of the family, with only the exceptions of the lone Synth sitting a head taller than everyone else and the glucose wafer...
Finality of Moving (Otherwise Untitled)
~ Into the darkness of the night that followed, the wolf stared in silence up to the pale ceiling as he stretched out to his full length atop the meager pile of heavy blankets he'd arranged on the floor of the apartment bedroom. Even without the aid of...
31 Ripe
It had been a long growing season, but that time was about to end. The harvest was extensive, with fields ripe for the picking. The group set out, consisting of all manner of herbivores and omnivores, to pick as much of the ripe fruit, vegetable, and...
30 Catch
A feline and ursine were sitting by a lake shore, spinning tales of their pasts while they were fishing. The two hadn't been there for much more than an hour before the cat had a bite on his line that nearly pulled him out of his chair. The struggle to...