Galleus Manor: Team 16, Final Mission
"Mic check zero, respond one through five," the rat said into the microphone. It had been hooked up to an intercom before, but it was a simple matter for the rat to repurpose it, even with one hand. She switched the broadcast...
Galleus Manor: Team 15, Mission 2
Two weeks had disappeared, swallowed in the frenzied panic of radically shifting the operation. Security no longer assured outside the exclusion zone, the order came down to move camp. Directions were unclear, as no one knew...
Galleus Manor: Team 15
The sun beat down on the unkempt lawn, unusually hot for the season, as the rat approached the Manor. She wore a knee-length black skirt, and nothing else as she dragged a sledgehammer behind her with her remaining arm. Its...
Galleus Manor: Team 14
The moon hung low in the sky, only a few hours from setting. Five figures stood in the dark, just outside a chalk line in the grass, waiting for their moment. The Manor stood silent in the harsh floodlights, almost looking like a normal...
Galleus Manor: Team 13
The screams began, but the wolf in the chair kept his grim vigil. A look like disappointment crossed his face, but he made no move for the microphone. The only light in the room came from the bank of a dozen monitors, through which a...
A True Ghost Story
My Uncle surveyed our faces as we sat around him in the darkened room. Waiting for him to begin, we gorged ourselves on chocolate from the bags and pumpkin-shaped buckets we had spent the evening hours filling at our neighbors' doorsteps. "It was a...
Reset: Paying Your Dues
Luka Groaned as she rolled out of bed. She hadn't had nearly enough sleep since the bar closed late last night, and because they had been out of funds for at least three weeks now, Kevin had them working for him instead of charging rent until they...
Reset: Doing Your Civic Duty
Luka awoke to the sound of distant knocking on the front door. With a sigh she hauled herself out of bed and silently cursed whoever had dared to visit at this early hour. She quickly dressed in the clothes Lady Rya had picked for her to wear this...
Reset: Who Wants to Live Forever?
Luka yawned and rolled out of her bed sleepily. She looked over to her alarm clock and saw she still had five minutes before she technically had to be up, but with a sigh decided it wasn't worth it and disabled the alarm. She quickly shed her night...
Reset: A Reason for Change
Luka lay in her bed and stared up at the ceiling. It was well past noon, and she had been awake for more than a few hours, but she was finding it hard to do much else besides groan. Considering she had spent the first nineteen years of her life as a...
New to the Force (All Chapters)
_ **Chapter 1** _ _Leaving Home_ It had been about a year and a half since Clara had become my partner at the academy, and now we were finally graduated from it. Clara and I carefully packed the framed diplomas they had given us at the graduation...
New to the Force Ch.8: Fire and Ice
Lightning arced down from the yellow beast on the roof of the pokemon center and I just barely managed to dodge the blast. "Ruby use Calm Mind!" Simon shouted from behind me. "Jade, cover her until she's ready." He ordered. I looked back and saw a...