Vast, Our World and Our Resolve - Chapter Twenty-two
A sensation of being suspended beneath water greeted Martin as he came to. His head swam and muffled sounds washed toward him in ebbing and flowing waves. Martin lifted his head as he heard a thump, a yell, and then pain—his own pain, throbbing pain as...
Vast, Our World and Our Resolve - Chapter Twenty-eight
The unsubtle scraping of metal on metal and the streaming in of morning light stirred Martin from rest. He blinked his eyes blearily, pressing his hands down his face to clear the sleep from his eyes as quickly as possible. He sat up and looked to his...
Vast, Our World and Our Resolve - Chapter Nineteen
The travelers departed Uat’sn with somewhat less ceremony than in Benuun, which was more than fine as far as Martin was concerned. Still, despite the borderline routine nature of their time in Uat’sn, the anxiety at the back of his mind continued to...
Vast, Our World and Our Resolve - Chapter Twenty-nine
The hulking steel machine arrived with the squeal of metal under friction and a great puff of smoke. After a moment, side doors opened on several of the brightly-painted railcars, allowing throngs of people to hurriedly disembark with the train. The...
The Dorm Experiments 1
A young man goes to a college mostly attended by anthros, and faces both some cultural differences, as well as some questions of his sexuality.
Claimed
_(the above was inspired by, of all things, what was basically small talk between two characters in a story on another site, 'ebony and fire' by __rauhnee ranshanka and todd mccall, where a discussion on cultural differences brought up how a displaced
Vast, Our World and Our Resolve - Chapter Fourteen
Subsequent a tearful goodbye between Uyutuk and Namo and a promise to return when she could, afternoon found the pair on the metaphorical dusty trail toward Uat’sn, which, in this case, was also a literal dusty trail. As Martin inspected the map, still...
Cultural Confusion
Of course, this poor lizard doesn't know that he's been put up in a house with one of the major cultural differences between our world and saunak's. hospitality harems. if you enjoyed this story, please consider dropping me a tip at [email protected]/*
Vast, Our World and Our Resolve - Chapter Fifteen
The first sign that the travelers were closing the distance to Uat’sn made itself apparent in the transition of plant community from semi-arid chaparral to a more dense, but still open canopy, scrub woodland. The dominant “canopy” plants, if they could...
Pushes and Pulls
Mean, it's not like bale hated jacob in any way, the horse had fallen for him a full year ago, and fallen hard, it's just the mild age difference of the thirty two year old equine and the twenty two year old brown otter that brings with it a mild cultural difference
Vast, Our World and Our Resolve - Chapter Twenty-three
PART TWO: ECHO Martin gazed over the cliff southward. An antarctic wind stung his cheeks as leaned against the stone fence toward the water that crashed against the smooth-worn cliffs well over a hundred meters below him. The white spray battering...
Vast, Our World and Our Resolve - Chapter Twenty-four
Namo’s left-field question caught Martin on the back foot, and the rogue felt the foundation of the courage he had built up crumble beneath him like wet mud amidst a rushing stream. “No… no it’s not about English. It’s about you and me, err, more like,...