Can't Escape, Part II: Mischievous
* * * Can't Escape, Chapter 2: Mischievous. * * * The sun approached the horizon from beneath, forcing a new morning sky to glow bright and gold as it emerged. Vera's pupils reduced to pin-holes as she stared into its glory from atop a...
Can't Escape, Part VII: Hot Tempered
* * * Can't Escape, Chapter 7: Hot Tempered. * * * Vincent and Theodore discussed finances and other things alone, as Vera was away meditating somewhere awkward and the others slept soundly. Spinning Jacqueline's pokedex on an...
Can't Escape, Epilogue: Likes to Relax
* * * Can't Escape, Chapter 10: Likes To Relax. * * * "But, why throw the hats?" Theodore folded his poncho as he entered behind Vincent and Jacqueline. "It's tradition, Fifi; it's not supposed to make sense. And, it's a place of...
Can't Escape, Part IV: Good Perseverance
* * * Can't Escape, Chapter 4: Good Perseverance. * * * Sparks crawled across the sink water's surface. At the instant they subsided, a poised ninetales leapt from the floor and snapped at an ampharos's face in an attempt to remind the...
Squandered
I remember the day that I received my first pokemon. "Today, I am a young man, like my older classmates!" You smelled like the kennel; as I bathed you, I discovered your secret. "What are the odds I'd get stuck with a girl cyndaquil?" I never...
Pursuit
Sacred fire lit up the night, as another gang of thugs were driven off for fear of burning to death. They would have to take him by surprise to stand a chance of capturing him. The phoenix pecked at the girl gently in an attempt to wake her. He...
Love Lost, Chapter 16a: Declarations.
* * * Love Lost, Chapter 16a: Declarations. * * * Grace spun with a flourish to present herself wearing her present from Sulmepride's fashion district, "Ta-da!" but Joe's vision was fixated on his trainer's device after he greeted her and...
Cave
I'm sorry, boy. You've been the best friend I've ever had, even if you were a brainwashed bug. I wish it didn't have to be this way, but you can't kill a zubat, and I can't eat a graveler. I will make it quick, I won't let it hurt. In my...
Eternally Vernal, Epilogue: Snowflakes On Flowers, Their Souls Preserved Beneath Glass, Springtime Forever
* * * Eternally Vernal, Epilogue: Snowflakes on flowers, their souls preserved beneath glass, springtime forever. * * * Fardeau, coming to realize the concept of context, felt frustrated. In the woods, a battle to the death to protect his...