Summer Heat at the Office

Summer. The otter did not much enjoy summer. The heat was one thing, leaving her constantly panting (at least the office had a small cool-off room for those who needed it) but the _heat_ that always came, like clockwork, in July? _That_ was...

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Turning the Coach

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Pregnant Malpractice

It'd been a while since Oshu and Sawa had gotten their "heat treatment" at Dr. Wolf's clinic, and sure enough, they'd been receptive to it. There were no complications; both the husky's and the fennec's bellies were slowly growing with pups, as tended...

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The Festival of Fertility

Derrick stretched at the edge of the lake, warmed by the first rays of the sun. This season in the jungle was cold and dank, though he didn't really want to call it_winter._ There was no snow, and the cold was only comparative. Still, times like this,...

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The Grand Academy

Lilian waited anxiously at the train station. Around her, reality had warped, or at least from her perspective it looked a little lopsided. The station for her destination was halfway between two of the more mundane ones, far enough in a different...

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The Breeding Farm

Valerie sighed. It was one of those days. One of those long, long days where the weight of all her life choices - both the ones she made and the once she'd been forced to make - was crushing. A muted kind of panic, knowing that things could potentially...

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An Unassuming Golden Rod

In his cave, a dragon - young, but mighty - stretched, draping himself leisurely over his massive hoard. Few non-dragons would ever truly understand how soothing the touch of gold against scales was. Shu had managed to amass plenty despite being...

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Reunion

Finally, high school was over, and it was time for the third of Eva's children, Jon, to move out and live his own life! Well, in the sense of going to college. No doubt he'd be back home, if briefly so, afterwards. That was, however, a worry for the...

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Furnace of Stars, part 4

Here I was. Again. _Still_. Gazing out towards the earth from the little window in my cabin. It had been blue and green once, they told me. Lush, verdant, _wet._ Fertile and teeming with life. Nowadays, it was dark brown. Even the parts I knew were...

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The Badlands Facility

The badlands. Hot, hostile, with nothing but scorching sun during the day, and sapping cold when night fell. No vegetation, no water, and very little shelter. Without water, the average person would be dehydrated in a matter of hours, and certainly...

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The Blossoming

Chapter 1 Supposedly, every ten years, the small village that Cayden and Mara were headed towards threw the _wildest_ parties imaginable. Being in his early twenties, that was exactly what Cayden needed. The location was a little unusual, but Mara - a...

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Furnace of Stars, part 5

The station was devoid of life. The quietness of it all felt almost funereal. A crypt. There was no heat, either, which left everything near freezing cold. A thin layer of frost was forming on all surfaces now that there was air that could...

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