Arc 1 - Ephraim - 5: The New Life
**Spring: Year of the Shaken Earth** When he next woke it was evening. The window had been shut at some point during the day. Outside he could hear music and laughter and what sounded like paws tromping on a wooden floor. Slipping out of the bed,...
Arc 1 - Pebble - 4: The Extensions
**[16:34 - 30 July - Battle Group 151 Extension Hanger, Sovereign Base]** Pebble floated out silently from the locker room in to the hanger, his foot paws landing with an even softer than normal pat upon the floor now dressed in a body suit of black...
Arc 1 - Ephraim - 3: The Offer
**Spring: Year of the Shaken Earth** Ephraim started to come round slowly, shifting and twisting under the covers piled atop him. Trapped in a nightmare, the previous night unfolding again in his mind; darkness, cold rain, the rumble of thunder and...
Arc 1 - Pebble - 8: The Rogue
**[11:02 - 12 August - Morphing Genetics Lab, Sovereign Base]** As Seraph drew her paw away from the desk phone, she looked up expectantly at the empty space in the middle of the room. The laboratory lit with a flash of blue light as Pebble...
Arc 1 - Pebble - 6: The Aftermath
**[17:55 - 30 July - Tamorna****, Nocet]** Although by themselves they could have gotten there faster, the recall drones' rotary engines were relatively slow; so it took well over an hour before they reached what was left of Tamorna. "Remind me why...
Arc 1 - Ephraim - 7: The Seasons Past
**Year of the Cold Stone** Time passed, as it does in most of the realms of reality. For Ephraim, Vasil-Tor was a sleepy, quiet place; and the inhabitants accepted him with open arms to become part of their community. The biggest and most boisterous...