Hold Me Forever
“it's good enough for me," jested elliot. “while we're on the subject, are you good at climbing stuff?" “not at all. point taken." simon squeezed elliot's hand, pumping the night's ether through his veins and making him feel woozy.
Surrogate, Part 1
This wildly comical jesting was part of being family, and it only brought us closer.
Splintered Light, Chapter 7.1: Salvaging Rights and Salvaging Wrongs
Zuider didn't have the power to make such a decision but viktor was content to let him have his win... after all, the goat was right; those kinds of comments, even in jest were bad for morale.
Shade & Luna Chapter 3: Of Rattatas and Men
She asked in jest, but shade took it as an insult. "well i don't know; i've lived in a forest my whole life!" shade shouted out in frustration at being torn from his home. "but then you and red had to come and-!"
Yeen-Fection--Anthro Hyena TF
_ greg struggled to contain his growing urge to join the growing pack of anthro hyenas, to let go and laugh and jest and jape and joke and smile with the rest of them; his shirt ripped, revealing spotted fur covering his chest; his pants and shoes were starting
A Queen of Nothing Prologue 1.2
His mother had near frightened him from using magic outside of real combat, making jests such as "the games end when someone gets incinerated."
The Striped Filly: Flying Changes, Chapter Three
He fell back against the booth with a startled cry, landing heavily on his backside and laughing as the zebra brayed, pawing at the floor in triumph with her jest.
Team Valiant Chapter 3: First Mission
He stated in mock jest at him, placing a paw on his own hip as he regarded the blaziken. volcan, not even looking at the lucario as he made his statement, replied monotonously with a simple "sorry," as he continued to stare up at the moon.
North and South Chapter 2: Seeking
He added in jest. "i don't think there's an eligible way to merge words like valiant and phalanx," replied volcan with a chuckle. "and who shall we appoint as temporary captain?"
Hejira 16
Gareth jests. “don’t play dumb!” volaren growls, unamused by the joke. “sarvah cares about her tribe. she saw a market in the north, and took the opportunity to enrich her people. that has nothing to do with me.” gareth explains. “do not be coy.
Sonnet
Sydney asked, half in jest and half in legit worry. tj simply kissed him in the cheek, then looked at him with his beautiful blue eyes. a wordless sign for him to go on. sydney looked around. no sign of his brothers, nor of his mother.
Those Bygone Dog-Star Days - Chapter 1 of 37
Of course most of the responses were jests and laughs at how ridiculous i looked. eventually i agreed and graduated to a pack in my bag.