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...
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...
Overconfidence of Youth and Flame (Otherwise Untitled)
~ The phoenix turned in her chair and gave the Synth a long stare and a sigh as he entered the tucked away room. ~ "I must've done a fine job today, what with this meeting with tha boss, no?", mused the phoenix. ~ The Synth simply glared as he...
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...
Theatrics Under Dinner (Otherwise Untitled)
~ The kobold's armor was gleaming with the reflections of the bright lights above, the gray wooden sword held firmly to his grasp. All around, the crowds of customers were cheering with excitement at each of his lunges and feints. Down in the dirt and...
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...