Slick Run, Ep. 4
**Slick Run** IV Egocide (We're A Happy Family) It was already noon; the sun around which Hex circumnavigated seemed to take on a cognizant quality, a near awareness that provoked thoughts of gargantuan cosmic entities whose merest notions were...
Slick Run, Ep. 3
**Slick Run** III We Love You Dice said to make it look good, and that's exactly what she did. She had snuck into the base like a proper night-crawler, even though she was just a second-degree initiate and running solo. She wore trousers and a...
Slick Run, Ep. 2
**Slick Run** II 44 Arise The first thing Fox noticed as he entered KING was how cool it was inside. The entrance led into a wide, sky-lit circular vestibule, with rooms leading off to the left and right and a broad carpeted staircase heading up...
Slick Run, Ep. 1
**Slick Run** I Men Fox rolled onto his back, his heavy breathing filling the room, sweatsoaked sheets beneath him rapidly absorbing his heat. A pair of black boxers still clung to his left ankle, refusing to defect his naked body. He ran his...
Blue Earth
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