Heat of a Moment (Otherwise Untitled)
~ The glimmer of terror in her eyes and hope curled up into her smile kept the badger on his feet and glancing about, though the suit was heavy and the smoke thick. He'd seen the little girl scant seconds earlier, keeping his calm as the minutes of...
Chilled Pug (Otherwise Untitled)
~ Carter scrambled out of the snow bank and up onto the more secure footing provided by the icy road's shoulder with a panic muted by the bitter cold. Clutching the drenched cloak about her shoulders, the pug spared a moment and a hope to glance back...
Waiting for Rescue (Otherwise Untitled)
~ Brrrrzph. Doop. Doop. ~ A few seconds of silence. ~ Brrrrzph. Doop. Doop. ~ Additional seconds of silence. ~ Brrrrzph. Doop. Doop. ~ The alarm becomes louder. ~ Brrrrzph. Doop. Doop. ~ A hand groped haphazardly about the controls on the wall,...
Fragmenting Courage (Otherwise Untitled)
~ In a moment of glittering courage, the lynx managed to catch up with the fleet in her light strike fighter, now that it was slowed by battle. The stars were a linear sprawl of rainbow for the moment of coming out of FTL, before the sight of this was...
Right Church, Back Pew (Otherwise Untitled)
~ The temple lecture was a bit more than halfway complete when a basilisk, dripping wet with kerosene, slipped in the back doors of the long hall and tucked onto one of the rear pews. Everyone in the length of the hall gave some notice to the sound of...
Breakfast of Corn (Otherwise Untitled)
~ As the lump of yellow batter crackled along amongst the thin veneer of cooking oil in the skillet, the fox regarded the whole process dubiously. He'd luckily had the corn meal and salt on hand to attempt the hoe cakes, but the recipe he found seemed...
Pale Gravy (Otherwise Untitled)
~ The fox's ears remained dutifully perked, listening with interest both to the squirrel's recollections of the day's travel plans, and the rabbit's kitchen matters. ~ "Yeah, I think we should be able to get to the campgrounds before nightfall, if the...
Batter and Choices (Otherwise Untitled)
~ The collie was a flurry of engagement and seized opportunities as the morning progressed, hands deftly gliding from the tasks of getting dressed to the interruptions of pancake cooking. Her eyes wove a path of focus through the kitchen and bedroom as...
A Moment Later (Otherwise Untitled)
~ The classroom was a dusty silence, as the sounds of the occupants breaking settled into place. It wouldn't be long until the loud crack and smoulderings' smoke summoned teachers and more. Harriet, pressing her back and wings into the corner she'd...
Appeasing Shadow (Otherwise Untitled)
By how eagerly the eagle regarded the silhouette of his fiance in the door frame, it was clear that who to love one of the few lessons he'd declined to learn from his parents.
Lonely Dinner (Otherwise Untitled)
~ The previous eight months had been hard on the wolf. At a tempo he'd never prepared for he managed to bury a father and mourn over his mother's ashes. The weight and absences of it all were creeping into his realization, standing in a kitchen as...
A Painter's View (Otherwise Untitled)
~ The old raccoon gazed out over the world below, standing alone in the room of his apartment aboard the orbital station. Letting out a sigh as he turned his attentions to the digital easel, palette-pad in one hand and stylus brush in his other. The...