Saving the Sha'khari 3 - Training and Testing
# Training and Testing As soon as their toes touched the sidewalk at the end of the drive, Oro immediately seemed more relaxed. His foster-sister, on the other hand... "Okay, now what's this about 'demands'? And it had better _not_ involve blood, I...
Saving the Sha'khari 4 - Fighting and Bonding
# Fighting and Bonding He was already sitting down when she got to the cafeteria, with a tray containing only one entree, side, and drink. There was a large sketchbook on the table beside him. Sarahi blinked, and hurried through the line as quick as...
GitS 11 - Guarding the Mountain
# Guarding the Mountain ## Supervisor Sarahi took a deep breath through her nose, appreciating the scent of flowers and clean water that seemed to radiate out from the doors of the lodge. She had always been impressed by how clean and refreshing the...
Ghost in the Stones 3 - Second Sortie
# Second Sortie It took longer than expected. _Much_ longer. Deep White came and went. The spring semester of their senior year started. Despite his repeated threats over the years to drop out the day he turned eighteen, Oro surprised them all by...
Guardians of the Mountain 1 - Back to Work
# Back to Work Breakfast was quicker and quieter than usual, despite Kitt’s happy humming and praise for the taste of the sugar-frosted cereal in front of her. Nobody was in a _bad_ mood, but...“It feels so weird to be going back to classes after all...
GitS 15 - The Lost Soul
# The Lost Soul The next morning, they began the march again. Things went swimmingly for the first half-dozen rooms or so, until... "Ugh, another of _these_," Oro hissed, rolling his eyes, as he was greeted by the sight of a pair of walls ahead,...
GitS 13 - Fourth (and Final) Foray
# Fourth (and Final) Foray ## Organa Incarnate It was the day after their anniversary (whoo, what a night _that_ had been!). Oro and Sarahi had decided to take the day off, figuring it would be exactly their luck to find a fight when they were still...
GitS 14 - New Siblings
# The New Siblings The rest of the day was a slow, nervous slog from one room to the next, each filled with monsters in a variety of flavors, or obvious-but-deadly traps. They crushed a crop of strange little carrots with limbs and teeth (they didn't...
Ghost in the Stones 2 - First Foray and Limits of a Champion (Oro x Sis Crossover)
# First Foray "Feels like I've become a fucking video game," the Rabbit grumbled as he arranged the little rocks and antlered skull between two of the standing stones outside of her (former) hut, "So help me, if a big green pipe pops up out of the...
Ghost in the Stones 4 - A Spell to Generate Lifeforce
# A Spell to Generate Life-Force It was a long week. Sarahi's parents were pretty put out about her being out of touch that day. If they had any idea where she'd _really_ been, they would have been beyond livid, but Mrs. Hope was tactful enough not to...
GitS 9 - Deep White (Part 1)
# Deep White (Part 1) “Speaking of Deep White," Tuli prompted over dinner later that night, “I know it's our first year spending this holiday together...but considering how things came about, I think it would be good for each of you to visit with your...
Ghost in the Stones 7 - The Huntress
## The Huntress He was a little cooler when he woke back up. Still very warm, tending toward hot, but comfortable. The blankets over him were thick and fluffy, and the familiar softness against his back and under his hand was comforting. He forgot for...