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...
Puzzling Pieces (Otherwise Untitled)
~ The brown bear leaned back against the console's base and glared out across the carefully arranged sea of tiny parts he'd arranged across the floor. The process of disassembling four burnt out communication processors had been straightforward, even...
Small Reply (Otherwise Untitled)
~ The mouse's ears were perked attentively, giving the words all due focus up until they decided upon their reply. ~ "No, I don't believe I will do doing that.", dropping to one knee as they raised the muzzle of their rifle to bear on matters at hand....
Packing and Truth (Otherwise Untitled)
~ The sun was settling into its comfortable groove of daytime while the jackalope leaned in through the rear door of his hatchback, shoving around various piles of items in his search. "No, not too much in here worth taking. So that duffle'l work fine,...
Park and Rest (Otherwise Untitled)
~ The noise started the rabbit awake somewhat, though he couldn't discern its nature, source, or direction. Before he'd fully awakened, his ears were perked into the chilled air of the car under cover of night. He held in place and his breath for a...
Challenge of Selection (Otherwise Untitled)
~ Under the hum and glow of the economically placed lamps above, the lion carefully regarded the options presented between the two cans he held. ~ Lentils and Bean Soup, with a red label and some sort of swirly font along the bottom rim. ~ A confused...
Piercing Alarm (Otherwise Untitled)
~ The basilisk opened his eyes to take in the night around him with a gurgling sigh. His bedroom had the pale glow of a enchanted slaying weapon, his arm was resting in the spot of his bed where his wife wasn't, and silence from his alarm radio...
Finality of Moving (Otherwise Untitled)
~ Into the darkness of the night that followed, the wolf stared in silence up to the pale ceiling as he stretched out to his full length atop the meager pile of heavy blankets he'd arranged on the floor of the apartment bedroom. Even without the aid of...
A Sprint on Fumes (Otherwise Untitled)
~ Staff Sergeant Flint switched the diagnostic box over to its third mode, calling down the hallway. "Okay, now throw bus B." The panel on the tool sprang to life, taking readings and indicating its progress towards a conclusion. He glanced down the...