Nine Bells

**Nine Bells** **By Luther** Rodriguez was a lynx of obvious Iberian descent that was both thick in his accent and heavy on his brow. He held only a small nautical salvage company, in name only, and a caravel to his name which he captained, known...

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Commission: Being Neighborly

It had only been a day since the For Sale sign had come down, and already the moving van had arrived. A few of the neighbors had spied the new owner when he'd come by in the previous weeks, but none had really had the chance to meet him yet. Mary had...

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Kimberly's Cruise, Part 2: Her Frustration

Kimberly's Cruise, Part 2: Her Frustration stories by [kemosabe](https://inkbunny.net/kemosabe) , [Cormenthor](https://inkbunny.net/Cormenthor) ,...

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The Spirit of the Law

"We are spirits in a material world." (The Police, Ghost In The Machine) "She was hooked up to one of those machines, you know?" Fran had nodded. "Hardest thing I ever had to do," her best friend had shaken her head. "Well, they're battle...

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Chapter 3: "No Turning Back"

"No Turning Back" by Lexa Featuring Lexa & Zerin * * * Lexa stared wide-eyed up at her brother, a thick sense of tension in the room surrounding them. The longer he stared down at her with those hungry eyes, the more self conscious she grew,...

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The Master's Tools

"Evil begins when you begin to treat people as things." (Terry Pratchett) "So these robot masters," Fran's roommate had asked her as she'd been playing Mega Man, "they're supposed to have been built to do just this one job, right?" The jackal had...

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What Ships Are For

"Nobody's gonna show you the way, nobody's gonna hold your hand..." (Zeal & Ardor) "We can't even imagine what it was like for people on boats back in those days," Fran's roommate had said. "When they'd cross the ocean, it was like, on this...

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