A Spare in the Trunk: Sick Day
Her energy started dropping after they got back from clothes shopping yesterday, but he chalked it up to a long day of surfing through pink jackets and princesses. “head hurts too,” she mumbled and sat up, wheezing while she did.
The Human Species Ch.7 - Smug Chief Snivy
He once again tried to chalk it up to the humans of this place being evil, but was able to gain faint remembrance of the very first encounter he had when he woke up in his new body...
Chapter 9: Calmonte Lighthorn
Before the complexion of brier street could disappear into the figment of red and brown (and some other sporadic colors) as the building passed, reis managed to get a mille-second look at the chalk outline of a body in the street.
Be Careful What You Summon For (Revision 1)
"here's one, we just need... pure vodka, five candles and... some chalk. that should be simple enough, no?" he walks over to the kitchen cabinet and pulls down a bottle of vodka, opens the lid first and takes a swig of it before handing it to me.
Student Body Chapter 1 & 2
This could be chalked down as another difficult situation to handle, one of accepting new normalities and coming to understand friends better.
Tales of Lacra: Chapter 1 Coming of Age
"well you got some chalk dust on your tail sir" loryn said in the most polite tone he could muster, pointing a finger at the wolf. "it makes you look like a black fox" eon chuckled again.
The Madness of Mrs. Frank
The chalk in my paw was gritty and made the black sleeve that went to my elbow white half up my forearm. at least it matched my natural color scheme.
Rebirth ch3
I was a little shocked at the intensity of his dedication to this, but i just chalked it up to his patience for when his experiment finally bore fruit, or in this case psychic abilities.
The Human Species Ch. 46 - Awkward Fairy Azelf
Moltres said, lucario flinching as he had not even noticed the firebird standing right behind him, having chalked up the sudden rise in heat as a bodily reaction to his urgent need for water, "mew, what is your verdict?"
Chapter 12: Vigor
Following behind, wondering how jack still had so much energy after spending a couple hours running around a baseball diamond and chalking it down to being a cheetah thing, jamie followed behind.
Sparked (Part I)
I'd chalk it up to genetics, but neither of his parents are anywhere close to that height. perhaps he simply ate more than his share of vegetables--" now i'm completely confused, and beginning to question my own sanity.
Writing Prompt #4 - "Albrecht Syndrome"
He’d chalked up the possibility of tampering to paranoid delusion, and yet he hadn’t been able to get it out of his head for weeks. there was just no way that he could have messed up a routine dna extraction this many times, no matter how clumsy he was.