Wrench and Drive (Otherwise Untitled)
~ The kobold stood on the car's front bumper, tucked in under the shade provided by the raised hood. His fingers smudged with grease and oil, the tray of parts laid carefully atop the air intake. Randy surveyed the work before him, mind rolling through...
Wheels and Papers (Otherwise Untitled)
~ At the sound of the bell and whistle, the fox groaned audibly. Looking up from her book to the subway car around her, fellow passenger's expressions generally matched her feelings. She tucked her book into her satchel while the car rattled into the...
Trained Sight (Otherwise Untitled)
~ With a sweltering sun above and lingering dust from the previous trials downrange, Cadet Clip drew in a pensive breath. ~ The clanks of resetting mechanisms and crackle of public address system filled in the silence. Cadet Clip exhaled, slowly. ~...
Tall Hike (Otherwise Untitled)
~ Heavily heaving breaths and wobbling about the knees, the hyena took a moment of respite amongst the oppressive heat of the morning. There was still just a bare glimmer of sun on the horizon, and the night's sweltering fog clung with vigor to the...
There's no tide on the lake (Otherwise Untitled)
~ "I don't know what I was thinking.", a strained squeak. ~ The lake was the ebb and wobble that the canoe always found it to be, the mouse laid out on her back in its length. The pale blue sky above was an endless spread of soft lack of features as...
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...
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...
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...
Buttoned Up Hero (Otherwise Untitled)
~ The kobold's gaze did not leave the screen, patches of colors glistening in the reflected glow of his scales. His hands and fingers were a nimble blur across the controls, his focus entirely muting out the mixture of music, yelling, and other sundry...
Fresh Date (Otherwise Untitled)
~ The skunk peered out of bed, from among the haphazard tangle of blankets and pile of pillows. To his roommate's inquiry he replied with a noncommittal groan. ~ This response being of insufficient clarity, the squirrel came to a stop in the hall to...
Summertime Fruit (Otherwise Untitled)
~ The dragon froze in the kitchen, arm stretched out towards the refrigerator. In the moment, he was locked between desire and self control, with neither yet the clear victor. ~ From her sprawl on the couch, the gryphon cried out with assistance....
stranded
You're stranded on the bed again. You've been awake for an hour or so, but your titanic partner slumbering next to you won't budge. You've tried to press your little hands against their giant body but all it does is remind you of how small you are...