Sign Here (Otherwise Untitled)
~ The front office's ceiling was a flickering symphony of several different temperatures of white light, the lamps consisting of whatever was cheapest when their predecessors had burned out. No one in the facility paid too much heed to the appearances...
Procedural Errors (Otherwise Untitled)
~ The predominantly beige office with the well worn green carpet was a bustling pulse of activity, as the barn owl glowered down to the fennec setting out paperwork across the counter. Each document in turn, he spun around to note the relevant...
Diner Shuffle (Otherwise Untitled)
~ It was on a calm morning that Detective Clip tucked into one of the several diners that the old neighborhood was known for, setting herself down onto one of the stools along the bar. She reviewed the menu for a moment, before calling over to the...
Curiosity Tube (Otherwise Untitled)
~ The badger shuffled his way into the kitchen, pausing to stare at the empty spot where boxes of breakfast cereal would have been. With a muffled grumble, and two empty-ish cabinets later, he was carefully arranging the contents of a box of frozen...
Stolen Ribbons (Otherwise Untitled)
~ The colony fair was a turmoil of excitement and mirth, as Detective Clip found herself seated at one of the long tables in the dining tent. The jackalope was not entirely displeased with the pile of boiled corn on the cobs that she'd collected onto a...
Outsider's Documents (Otherwise Untitled)
~ The beige room was saturated in the hum of doldrums and the smell of shuffling paperwork. The fennec's expression was of exasperation to the barn owl across the desk looming over him. ~ "I've only got the one; I wasn't laid and then hatched. Just...
Pages of Numbers (Otherwise Untitled)
~ With all the records open in tabs of her terminal, and pages splayed out across her table, Detective Clip divided her focus between the case at hand and the earpiece phone call to her mother. ~ "You know why I won't, Mom. Not even for the holiday."...
Risky Noodles (Otherwise Untitled)
~ The small restaurant was a dull rumble of noodles consumed and groups chatting. Bell, the baker landlord of Detective Clip, was happily nibbling on several fructose wafers. ~ "MRphf.. this place actually uses the real cobalt in the flavors. Most...
Remote Storage (Otherwise Untitled)
~ It had been a brisk week's turnaround between the advice Detective Clip had gotten from the kobold that Bell was dating, and her crouched slinking across the grassy field. Nothing of the task at hand was particularly difficult, and the jackalope's...
Canine Planning (Otherwise Untitled)
~ The coyote settled down into the bench, holding his bag firmly to his side. He glanced around the park furtively, lingering for the anxious moments of waiting to be recognized. When neither alarm or violence arrived, the canine slipped a notebook and...
Patient Soup (Otherwise Untitled)
~ The kobold settled into her seat at the dining table, a pot of soup steaming at the center of it. She regarded the table's contents; beyond the pot and ladel were merely her bowl and spoon. ~ The wider house creaked softly, as wind and night fell...
A Paying Gig (Otherwise Untitled)
~ The wolf gazed down at the table laid out between himself and the fennec. A bowl of what looked to be baked potatoes to one side, a jar of apple butter to spread on them in the other. Several shakers of seasoning, flavors he'd want to try even...