21 Treasure
"You've come to steal my treasure!" the king exclaimed, backpedaling quickly from the dragon that had poked his head into the throne room." "_Your_ treasure? Don't be absurd." The dragon snorted in disgust. "You've taxed the life out of your citizens...
Subdued Arrival (Otherwise Untitled)
~ The bedroom was silent, short of the soft crackle of the clock radio on the nightstand that had been tuned to an empty spot of the dial and still held more minutes left to its Sleep mode. The fox, having generated a pile of the house pants and...
04 Freeze
I sat inside, looking out at the chilly weather through the window. While some of my mammalian friends frolicked in the snow, I preferred to remain inside, sipping a hot cup of tea. I'd freeze if I went out there. Such is the challenge of being cold...
Welcome Back to Cappuccinos! Part 8
Now Serving: A Losing Battle "So I want you to arrange a nice, little meeting with you, me, and your biological father," Venti's dad said in the too-familiar tone of voice of someone used to getting his way. Venti steeled himself for the backlash...
Damp Sand (Otherwise Untitled)
The ferret's two-way radio crackled with a silence that drowned out the patter of his blood soaking into the hot sand.
Moving Reality (Otherwise Untitled)
~ The crow stared intently at the couch, glancing back up to the door frame before another annoyed glare settled down into the stained fabric. She looked over to the hyena, "Steven, how badly do you want this thing at your next place, really?"
Cookie of Chances (Otherwise Untitled)
~ The meerkat gazed into the oven, and despaired. The baking pan, now somehow tarnished to a soft blue tint from the heat, bore a dozen objects that she'd hoped would become cookies during their time therein. ~ More than half of them were now crunched...
Subway Inquiry (Otherwise Untitled)
~ The kobold calmly looked up from the book she was reading to meet the gaze of the excited cockatoo, their crest feathers bobbing along with the rattle and bustle of the subway. The lights flickered somewhat. ~ The tired sigh of repeating an answer...
Penmanship (Otherwise Untitled)
The pilot's handwriting got more harried as the air pressure dropped low enough to start impacting the pen's ability to lay down the words she'd forgotten to say.
Orders Up, Options Sideways (Otherwise Untitled)
~ The possum shrugged to the gryphon, his hands, fingers, and mouth a complicated nest of support and manipulation around the burrito that he was struggling to eat faster than it could fall apart. ~ "But, then why even have it on the menu?", the...
Noisy Lack of Gathering (Otherwise Untitled)
~ The goat's ears perked again, a cup with gradually melting ice on the table before him, and sighed. For all of the raucous chatter and music of the arcade, the dining area was only sparsely populated. A plate of french fries cooled slowly next to the...
Lost Bird (Otherwise Untitled)
~ The pigeon let out an exasperated sigh, glancing between his comms device and the fifth identical hallway of the orbital station. His options were essentially two in number, and he couldn't decide between the one involving getting to his quarters and...