Balance of Power
----The Olympic Games; no greater way to prove oneself in the mastery of athleticism, flexibility, and determination. Indeed, even now, as the snow husky sat in nothing but a blue leotard upon a bench awaiting her turn at the balance beams, an air of...
A Simple Greeting
----I'm not going to lie--I had pretty much everything a guy like me could want. I had a cool little job as a waiter at the closest coffee shop, I was already able to afford a quaint house not long after graduating from college, and I kept my family...
The Promotion
----The air smelled of mint and pine. A breeze wrought by neither machine nor nature drifted through the Magus Library, bringing this scent to the twitching nose of Tali, a leopard sorceress clad in robes dyed a royal violet. She was a proud yet...
Comfort Food
"This isn't what I wanted. I know it." Nobody was there to hear her, but that wasn't what mattered. Her thoughts had been vocalized and her complaints made physical. "Some birthday," the panther scoffed. A birthday with no new clothes, some paltry...
Innocence
Hi. Er, hello. Uh...guess I'm not totally sure how to start here. Never considered myself a public speaker of any kind. Y'know, I get a little nervous; my stomach starts tightening, there's some shaking going on in the knees, the whole jazz. I've...
Paying Rent
The jaguar yawned widely and dove into a gleeful stretch. Today was just as relaxed as any other. She pawed across the living room having just re-entered her house, gift in hand. Sam was overall somewhat of a false figure. She appeared proud and...
An Age Unbecoming Pt 1
Truly, life could not get much better. It all started with a simple decision. A simple decision to step up the game, to show the world what she could really do. Now everything was at her leisure. The leisure of a mind freed from pressure and...
Realism and Reward
"If there's one thing he would've appreciated," the canine muttered with joking deadpan, "It's that I make damn good biscuits." Hanging like a wraith before the counter of her dinky apartment's kitchen, angry and a little wistful, she eyed her...
A Night to Forget Pt. 2: The Game of Life
It's strange. My depression, I mean. I don't think I totally understood it for the grand majority of my life. It just came at some point, unpacked and stuck around. Granted, yes, I've already given you a couple reasons regarding just why I'd want to...
Crypsis
All was silent. At least, for the time being. Alice Walker thought just then that she might prefer it that way, even though she wouldn't be here when the sound would start up again. All that mattered now was that her job was done, and that she had all...
Down a Rung
If all went according to plan, this would be a good day. The black-furred wolf, clad in only a green gown matching her sharp eyes, paced the hallway beside her room--having been woken up on abrupt call--whilst cradling the phone between neck and...
A Night to Forget Pt. 1
Let me start off by telling you _who_ I am. I am Jake Festi, chinchilla from the Low Wastes. And I was about ready to kill myself. If not get it over with, then at least forget, anyway. You can take a stab in the dark as to what I was doing right...