Arrival in Bherna
If you've never taken an airship ride before, you're missing out. Being so high in the air, high enough to touch the clouds themselves, is beyond anything a sandship or simple seafaring ship could ever compare to. Up in the skies, there were no grains...
Little Drop of Poison
The tinkling of a bell woke me from my stupor. I had been busying myself in the back of the shop when the noise alerted me to the door opening. A customer had arrived. I hurried towards the front, where whoever was waiting, hopefully rather patiently,...
Learning New Things
We did it. We had captured the great maccao. And as it lay there passed out from the handfuls of tranqs we lobbed at it, I had voiced the concern of how we could transport it back home. Sure, we could probably drag it through the frontier and back to...
Home and Out Again
As I set foot onto the airship dock, I took a look around the landing, spotting the sailors working as a team alongside some of the Wycademy researchers to get the Great Maccao onto a cart. Likely, the researchers were going to bring the monster to...
The Priest of Myrrah (Chapter 1)
"...and may Mother Myrrah welcome our fallen brother into her waiting arms." The old priest then reached down and set the pyre alight, sending brother Finn's soul free of his earthly shell. With the flames slowly creeping up the wood bed, the...
In the Burning Heart, Chapter 1
A knock on the door shook me from my peaceful reading, bringing me back to the present. I was in my study, the shelves around me filled to bursting with all manner of books, texts, tomes, and what...
Now the Hungry Lion Roars
It was Tuesday when it happened. I was called into my boss, Ms. McDonald’s office. She was the Chief Financial Officer of the company. And to boot, she was a lioness. Light brown fur covered her body, with a slight beige coloration adorning...
A Man and a Beast
Rosa. She was my everything. My muse. My love. Beautiful, kind, generous, a wondrous smile. To hear her laughter was to see the sun shine. Feeling her touch upon my face set me at ease no matter how stressed I was. To hold her in my arms was all I...
Hungry Eyes
The sun beat down on me as I stood on the bow of the sandship. We'd been sailing the Great Desert for a while, and everyone on board the ship, myself included, was beginning to grow antsy. There was little to do to pass the time aside from trade...
Space Croc
“Ok Jack, time to call it a day and head on in.” The voice over the comlink made me let out a huge sigh of relief. After today, I was on break for the next two months. Which meant I could head home and spend time with my family. And that meant I’d...
Busywork in the Field
The cat pirates got their ship up and flying as soon as Cerys and I stepped aboard. It was a rather ordinary, plain airship; a wooden ship similar to a seafaring type being lifted by a large hot air balloon, which itself was controlled by a common...
First Assignment; Jumping Dog
I was about to spark up a conversation when Cerys decided now was the perfect time to untie her apron, letting the thin green cloth fall in a small crumple on the bedsheets. Without the apron, the little palico was left bare to the world. Or, as bare...