The Gibraltar Dive Disaster
The metal of the boat clanged and clanked with each wave that passed by, the anchor chains rattling and slamming against the sides of the ship. Despite two anchors dropped, one on each side, the vessel continued to rock up and down, one side after the...
Death In The Time Bay: Part Four
DEATH IN THE TIME BAY: PART FOUR _ He awoke amid more pain, but it was less severe than the agony that had wracked his body before he had lost consciousness. The wolf was cradling his head, and Jack suspected that perhaps he had gone into convulsions...
The Visitor
"ORVILLE!" The shout snapped the mink awake, jolting him out of bed. Shaking his head, he blearily tried to clear his head from the slight ringing and the sleep before another shout made him jump. Cursing, he struggled to put on clothes over his...
The Lead Crown: Ch 9.3b, Shock and Awe
Tranquil Waters: The Lead Crown Ch 9.3, Shock and Awe The fight against the Church's men had been a tough one. The group was outnumbered by almost two to one and while the soldiers who fought against them were all battle-ready a good portion of...
The Lead Crown: Ch 6c, Ghosts of the Past (Pt 3)
Tranquil Waters: The Lead Crown Ch 6.3c, Ghosts of the Past Wiesen sat in the common room of the Jerkin & Firkin with a flagon of ale in one talon; it had been there for nearly an hour and the drink level had hardly lowered. Other than staring at his...
Paid Leave
Theo heaved a sigh of relief as he closed the door to his office, shutting out the noise of the university back in the halls. Ever since that explosion with the Albatross everyone at the UPU was scrambling about like ants from an overturned anthill....
The Lead Crown: Ch 6a, A World Apart (Pt 1)
Tranquil Waters: The Lead Crown Ch 6.1a, A World Apart With _Roaring-Flood_ and _Metal-Eyes_ deep in conversation, _Gift-of-the-Earth_ was the default choice for fox-sitting. More specifically, it seemed that Sanmer had taken a distinct interest in...
The Lead Crown: Ch 9.2c, Legacy
Tranquil Waters: The Lead Crown Ch 9.2, Legacy Everyone had been encouraged to sleep well into the day; the plan was to approach the University in the evening after most of the staff had cleared out for the night. It was also the best time to risk a...
Splintered Light, Chapter 10.3, The Best Kept Secret
Splintered Light Chapter 10.3, The Best Kept Secret Naval warfare was always a possibility when traveling outside sovereign waters. Pirates were an ever-present threat and the occasional gun-runner or privateer wasn't above looting a private ship if...
The Lead Crown: Ch 6b, The Brightest Blossom (Pt 4)
Tranquil Waters: The Lead Crown Ch 6.4b, The Brightest Blossom After everyone was made aware of the visitor Aodhan gathered the group together in Cruff's room. As much a matter of convenience for the healing Raccoon Dog as a nod of courtesy for the...
New chances and old memories
" Now i want you to watch Carefully boys." Their father, a scrawny skit'ritch told the younger skit'ritch as they waited behind a low wall for the coach to round the bend. " Watch me an kirvcky, some day you boys'll hav to do it. " The 2 younger...
Better Angels: Part 2
**Nubian Desert** Jack ached and his metal leg was starting to seize again. His fur was matted with a mix of desert sand and crusted salt from his and Ophelia's stowing away on a seafaring paddle steamer carrying scrap steel from London. Dust...