The Gobbler
If you use it 3 times in a year then she claims you as one of her strix." "she what!?!" "basically, you become one of her anointed priestesses. it's got a lot of good things going for it. i'm looking to get into it.
Roaring seaward
The cls-37 'strix' was most often compared to an egg, although kalija's impression was of something fuzzier -- a guinea pig, or a groundhog, or an overfed hamster.
And what rough beast?
A descending strix flipped over and turned its powerful engines downward at full burn for a steady four gees worth of acceleration.
Research is Important! (Fuzzy Magic Micro-fic)
Since becoming a strix i've learned that... · lion guys can mate 20 times an hour. · tiger men have nubs on their cocks.
Sunlight on a broken column
On her display, the _kirishima_ nosed upwards, and the distance between it and the strixes that had trailed like ducklings grew sharply.
And there fell a great star from heaven
strixes were heavy and unmaneuverable, and the weight of the weapons packages made them yet more ungainly. but they had not yet been replaced, because the money was never available.
Interesting times
On the holographic map, she watched the strix make a slow circle, and then charge down towards their position.
In the Service of Mystery (Pt. 16)
By the time i calmed down again, i would be what brian strix had always called 'killer-robo-dog mode'. after the anger, i would try and plan how to deal with the problem.
Sweet Thames
strix dropships fell upside-down, thrusters burning for a steady one g worth of acceleration. "just like on earth," she'd been told by one of her classmates -- a strix jockey who was transferring to attack pilot school because it was less stressful.
Chapter 5 - Graduation
Bernard strix!" a large tiger-man walked up to the stage. the teacher handed him a frame. he held it up high. after the next few peoplethe teacher finally reached first place. "and now, for the person who topped the class.
In the Service of Mystery (Pt. 6)
'do you remember that time when i got brian strix to climb the west front of the cathedral with me?' harry asked. 'oh yes.' i replied, 'until then i didn't know that owls could get vertigo. what was that for?'
In the Service of Mystery (Pt. 5)
I remembered how, in our first year, he persuaded me, charlie hopes and brian strix to go on what he called a 'camping weekend', but it turned out to be a forty-eight-hour survival course in the middle of nowhere.