Fey Problems
Watching the pixies zipping back and forth amongst the wildflowers Zoe leant against the smooth trunk of the mushroom she was hiding under for shade from the noonday sun and let herself smile. "This was a good call," she mused to herself as the...
A New Job - Part 2
That's how Stardust found himself two hours later in a small, neat waiting room on the fourth floor of the recruitment centre dressed in a blue hospital gown. It was one of those embarrassing ones that they made you wear before surgery. Tied around the...
A New Job - Part 3
The template engineer was called Teresa and she was a very friendly and welcoming squirrel. Buck teeth, heavy tank like tail and very strange forearms, they were long clear cylinders full of strange coils of metal and plastic. They made it hard to...
Tower of Troubles: The Wolf and the Polar Bear
Azimuth's wing beat silently through the fog shrouded night sky, the grey clouds moved around her, stirred into a semblance of life by the air being forced over and under the strong beat of her membranous wings. Tilting them slightly her light body...
Vulcan Automata - Hiring Practices - Part 4
Cinnamon followed Rolls down a long curving corridor, the left hand wall was glass looking out from Pimlico Eternity across the mega-spires of Upper London. To the right the wall was covered in terracotta tiles, interspersed with bright metallic doors....
Terms of Service - Chapter 1
Standing in the doorway to the lounge Nido checked things over one last time. He really wanted to get all these checks finished so he could get the real party set up! Alternating orange and black paper chains to the jack-o-lanterns check. Carved...
Pillars of Folly 2 - Setting up Shop
The tower's top levels were now quite secure, Graezzit had spent the better part of a week redecorating. Scrubbing out the enchantments and spells created by the otter mage who used to run the place. He'd replaced them with his own and felt quite good...
An Oil Painting
Strolling away from the encampment he'd made with his apprentice deep in the forest Kaed stretched his arms above his head, arching his back as his tail swayed back and forth. He'd slept most of the day, this current step in his existence was quite...
So Many Unexpected Things
Closing the door behind him the N-DRG-07-C pressed his hand against the room control panel to the right and interfaced. His Nostor Industries ID was enough to trigger the lock and the subversive software he'd spliced alongside it rode the signal into...
Terms of Service - Chapter 3
Lyrics © Stratovarius The grand entrance hall was full of people, chattering away happily as they gathered in clumps to say hello to friends only to break apart and form new groups. Stardust watched all of this quietly from the edge of the room....
Tower of Troubles: Bats and Belfries
Having a three headed chimera on the team certainly made a difference to how the party operated. Stealth was clearly out, the towers' guards had been alerted to intruders by the bear-skunk. Traps were active, guards were at their posts, but none of...
Terms of Service - Chapter 5
Stumbling out of the mirror maze Boon turned and grabbed for the heavy iron studded doors and heaved on them. Muscles rippled beneath the remnants of his tattered black suit as they started to swing shut. It had been insane, the mirrored walls had come...