With Strange Aeons
_'That is not dead which can eternal lie,_ _And with strange aeons even death may die.'_ (Abdul Alhazred, Necronomicon) Irshad was not easily shaken. She'd been through enough that it took a lot to faze her by then. Rakim had only seen her cry twice....
Send Off
Thousands of wings beat outside. The quadrupedal dragoness, Gerlis, walked down the hall, plate blood splotched. The stripped dragontal Kerith thrashed while she dragged him by the neck with her left forelimb. From the right side of the Hall of...
House Pet Episode 2: Naughty Nefarious Nuisance
"Hmph." Tazi looked up from her phone, tilting her head in confusion at the frustrated grunt. "Mm-mmm, keep that head like it was." Above her, Pogono ran a sandy handclaw through the hound's bountiful head fur. He grit his teeth before taking up two...
The Redemption of Ix - Ch.2
_Chapter 2_ Tangent was hiding. Dressed in an inky black cloak over dark trews and soft-soled leather shoes, the young kobold held his breath in the deep shadows between two barrels, as a patrol of Invincible Dragon acolytes marched past. His eyes...
Idle Hands
Rakim had sort of told himself ahead of time that his date probably wasn't going to work out to guard against disappointment. He discovered that he didn't fully have a plan for if his date actually did work out, that he wasn't sure if he was even...
House Pet Episode 1: Night of the Werepup
"Don't. Touch. Anything. Until I tell you to." Crista looked up from the book she was flipping through as Tazi entered the threshold, tone somehow even more stern and condescending than usual. Tazi immediately raised her handpaws up next to her...
Welcome to Wonderland
The Wonderland amusement park was pretty big, possibly the biggest park there was at that time, located near a dock that was surrounded by a lush forest, where customers can go fishing or just view the birds that frequent that dock. Aside from the...
First of May
A fennec fox pads from her bedroom to her everything-else room, pausing to stretch her arms overhead and yawn, squeaking as she does. She grabs a glass from the counter that she _thinks_ is hers from last night, but if it's her girlfriend Lina's...
Flame War
Despite his best efforts, Rakim's fears around his Irshad's ongoing holy war against the flames continued to grow. "Do... Do you think you're going to be a firefighter for the rest of your life, mother?" Her countenance darkened a bit at this. "I know...
Lemmings
Rakim had flown to Ogun's for their gaming night this time - in the wake of what had happened, they'd become afraid to walk outside. "All right... Let's see, let's see, what do we have here..." The chimera sifted through his games absent-mindedly,...
The Tortoise and the Hare
Rakim felt a cold bead of sweat dripping down his back. "Feel your 'sins crawling down your back,' buddy?" The bat looked up at her, mouth agape. "Huh?" The hare winked at him. "Relax, I'm just kidding around. Good luck, man!" she chirped. ...
The Adopted Catboy
Cinnamon the catboy had been at the shelter for a long time since his previous owner had left him there suddenly one night, and he was starting to think that he might never be chosen by any of the people who came in looking to adopt a pet. While he...