Leviathan 12: Speak Your Word
**12: Speak Your Word** Air that's taut like a noose, breaths held in unison, questioning eyes. The crowd's fingers rest on Nico's trigger. They came for Ahab but they got him instead, they're happy enough that way, what they _really_ want is...
Leviathan 11: White Whale
**11: White Whale** The cabin is quaint enough to strike a chord of nostalgia through Nico's chest. Alaska moves comfortably, he's been here before and obviously feels at home. From his place by the passenger side door, Nico watches the wolf, the...
Leviathan 10: A Crack in the Armour
**10: A Crack in the Armour** "It means a lot to him, and, Christ knows why, he wants you there." Vick sighs, scowling into the archaic phone. She could have had Kal call her directly, route the call through the network mods jammed into her skull,...
Leviathan 09: Gospel in Chrome
**09: Gospel in Chrome** "Do you smoke?" Nico hesitates, then leans across the table and accepts the cigarette with two fingers, the way they do in the movies. He's surprised it's the real thing, greenhouse tobacco rolled in crisp paper - a luxury....
A Patient Death 19: Friends in Low Places
**~ Chapter 19: Friends in Low Places ~** Erasmus kept his hood pulled low as he and Fenton trailed after Breeze through the narrow Gohdren streets. The wolf was in turn following a lean coyote with a missing eye, his paw always achingly close to the...
Leviathan 02: Easy Does It
**02: Easy Does It** Nico's about to vomit. He hasn't even made it past the lobby yet, he's so nervous, he barely slept at all last night. He sucks a breath in through his nose, pushes it out his mouth. Or is it meant to be the other way...
Leviathan 01: Name of the Game
**01: Name of the Game** There is no perfect way to tell someone you love them. Especially if they aren't expecting it. Nico's telling himself it's the message that matters most, that it's the person behind it and not the packaging it comes in. He's...
Leviathan 03: The Professional Difference
**03: The Professional Difference** "Kal, for once, don't be a cunt." The short, barking laugh of an insufferably smug border collie is all that comes back through the phone. Vick rolls her neck, pacing back and forth along the wharf. Most people...
Leviathan 06: The Small Things
**06: The Small Things** Nico can't think straight, he's panicking. He's plastered in a chair slid right into the corner, splayed defensively against the back of it as if he's a giant fluffy spider, and not a precocious red panda. It's a small room,...
Leviathan 05: Revolution Calling
**05: Revolution Calling** Nico walks across the street, keeping his hood pulled low, ears flat to his skull. A ceiling of strangely smooth clouds blankets the dark sky, dozens of blue-grey pebble-like formations flexing and turning as they waft...
A Patient Death 07: King and Country
**~ Chapter 07: King and Country ~** "Get up." Breeze coughed himself awake, scowling at the boot prodding none-too-gently at his ribs. "Hope you enjoyed your night, damn savage." He looked up, his mind wondering briefly if it was time to fight. The...
A Patient Death 16: Disease, Injury, Madness
**~ Chapter 16: Disease, Injury, Madness ~** There was no heat in Luther's cell, and so the smuggler woke slowly. Like all reptiles, the komodo dragon was ectothermic, meaning he relied on the mercy of external sources to keep his body's temperature...