The First Penitatas - Out of the Pit
Lord Governor Wokun studied the broken child in the cell with cold, dispassionate eyes. It was not that he was cruel by nature, although his upbringing did reward aggressive, confrontational behaviour. In this case his lack of care was personal, born...
The First Penitatas - Dysfunctional Family
The knick-knack shop was an obvious target; small, quiet and bound to have hard coin on site. Sakyr had approached the problem of robbing them with the same methodical care she did with all her work, even if the very idea sickened her to the core. It...
The First Penitatas - Year's End
At the dying of the year, Skal awoke in Sam's bed to find her curled around and on top of him. Her blonde furred, wolfish head rested atop his chest, a faint smile upon her muzzle as his heartbeat soothed her dreams. While both physically five years...
The First Penitatas - The Long Night
There was no time inside the cell. The walls and doors were thick enough to muffle any sound, the cell deep enough below the surface to keep out any light, and the only change in ambient heat came from Hafn's own body. When he'd first been thrown in,...
The First Penitatas - The Lives That Follow
Only half awake, yet with no desire to be roused, Lyy shifted awkwardly in her bed. The Daysider girl's rust-coloured fur was ruffled by her shifting in the night, brushed and folded in awkward ways by the thick, clinging mattress she slept upon....
The First Penitatas - The New Status Quo
According to all official records, Rejuve Day was a resounding success. Hundreds slept rough outside the Rejuve Clinics, eager to embrace their new childhood. Yet these would have to wait, for the first nineteen hours of Rejuve Day were spent caring...
The First Penitatas - Rejuve Day
It was a day years in the planning. Laws had to be reviewed and rewritten, Arbiters and Enforcers updated, specialist facilities constructed, and the general public informed and readied. There would be complications and confusions for months, sometimes...
The First Penitatas - Luck of the Draw
Kadan awoke with a banging head and a banging on his door. He moved stiffly, his sluggish limbs unwilling to obey his instructions as he fought to get upright again. Either the gravity of the planet had suddenly spiked tenfold, or he had done more...
The First Penitatas - Broken Trust
Hafn awoke with a pressure on his chest and a cold, sticky dampness creeping across his left pectoral. With a groan he tried to sit up, only to find himself pinned in place by Ros. The Kyyreni boy gave a frustrated grunt and shoved his fellow...
The First Penitatas - First Lessons
Skal had been given the day to himself, so Kas took him trespassing. The target was an industrial lot in North Tenements. As was often the case with Kas' adventures, the boy was tight-lipped as to why he wanted to sneak inside this particular lot. He...
Passion in the Forest
_Story commissioned for Fluffy, I hope she likes it!_ It was a full moon tonight, and the land was bathed in its wondrous luminescence. She could see the forests from her bedroom, forever inviting, forever calling. Fluffy had long wanted...
The Chronicles of Vaahn - Skjald
Jonah Clinton, twenty five years old adjusted, was feeling utterly miserable. An enthusiastic xenohistorian and a promising student at Vale Row University on Icara, the young man had begun the day brimming with excitement, knowing he was less than a...