Merge - 18 - Conflict
Kael stared at his computer screen as he clicked through article after article. The world's largest particle accelerator; a politician caught being indiscreet with a mistress; mass hallucinations and their potential causes. The kangaroo wasn't really...
Merge - 17 - Doubt
Chris stretched until his paws touched the ceiling past his antlers, opening his long muzzle in a great yawn. The moose was an early riser, so that even with getting to his friend Darrel's place after three-thirty in the morning, he didn't get more...
Merge - 16 - Learning
"It is seriously three-thirty in the morning and I am seriously tired," Laura complained as she, Matt, Chris and Kael finally got back to their dorms. "Unlike the rest of you, I haven't slept, napped, or passed out in hours." The white wolf stretched...
Happy New Year, Lone Wolf
Pounding bass could be heard through the nightclub's walls as we walked past all the furs in their skimpy clothing, not bundled up for the sub-freezing temperatures. Getting their nicotine fix was apparently far more important than preventing...
Merge - 15 - Intelligence
"Tell me," the dark jaguar asked, pulling on his black clothing, "Why you thought it was a good idea to attack Matthew and attempt to burn down the inn, Terrance?" Kazar's yellow eyes were narrowed at the doberman. His ropey tail whipped around behind...
Merge - 14 - Dias Ex Machina
"Kael!" the white wolf shrieked as she ducked, a ball of fire whizzing past her and setting the ceiling tiles alight. "What the hell are you doing? Get Matt out of here!" The brown-furred kangaroo snarled back, "Trust me, Laura. Have I ever steered...
Merge - 13 - Faith
"Stay in the room, you two," the police officer commanded, the lynx's silver and brown fur upright. His tail lashed as he checked his holster. "It's safer in there. I'm going to locate the intruders." He stalked off towards the elevators, listening to...
Merge - 12 - Friends
Kael wandered down the hallway to Laura's dorm room. The 'roo's toes pushed against the short navy carpet as he walked, making him wonder about how often the floors were cleaned. _'In a dorm, they're probably never clean enough.'_ He placed a paw on...
Merge - 11 - Sleep
Laura fidgeted with her long white hair, twirling it around her fingers until it pulled on her head painfully before letting go and starting the process again as she watched her friends. Jay sat on the asphalt, staring at the doors to the skyscraper,...
Merge - 10 - Merge
"And in other news, there's been reports of a mass hallucination in the downtown core. A single office building containing approximately two thousand workers all reported seeing fields of yellow grass outside their windows today, instead of the city...
Merge - 09 - Results
"It's so nice to finally meet you, Matt!" Jay's middle-aged mother gushed as she pulled the husky into the aging yellow house. She was a little plump, her apron draped over her chest and stomach, but she was vibrant and moving about with vigor....
Merge - 08 - Stories
Laura was absent-mindedly wrapping her long white hair around her fingers as she watched the train she was riding sail silently over the turbulent river. The downtown core of the city loomed in the distance, the skyscrapers rapidly growing larger in...