Blooming Tides - Chapter 4: Signal Flame
_1stMoon: Waxing Crescent_ A basket of fruit made its way around the fire, the beginnings of the morning's meal. Given some time roasting, even the peel would serve a role in keeping them fed. Avi glanced to his side, where the basket had arrived at...
Clarity - Chapter 21: Windfall
"I said, 'Do you want the house, Bonnie?' Not much to mix up there, I assure you." What exactly is happening? I took this call with him, and I was expecting to just get our bank accounts figured out, maybe split up some of the stuff in the house...
Clarity - Chapter 19: Empty Nest
Well then. Another work week is drawing to a close. Forms filed away, spreadsheets maintained and filled out, and all sorts of questions and referrals taken care of. Managed to pull off yet another little scheme over the past week and a half, as well,...
Clarity - Chapter 18: Through the Cracks
In my addled state, I'm unsure I heard any of that correctly. The stammering, the qualifiers, the overzealous care in the process of trying to present it as neutrally as possible, all of it must have jumbled together in a bowl of word salad. I know...
Clarity - Epilogue: The Future, Past, and Everyday
Eggs, duly whisked. Milk, the perfect amount splashed in on instinct. A swift pour into the hot skillet, and all that's left is a dash of the seasonings and the prepared vegetable mixture. Gloves still secure...? Yes, perfect. Now, carefully keep an...
Clarity - Chapter 14: Last Meal
The buses, though reliable, take long enough to get across the city that all I'm left with is my thoughts. Thoughts, racing against each other like it's a competition, each forcing themselves to the forefront when they see the others try to take the...
Clarity - Chapter 13: Alone Together
Great. Just great. It's the end of the work week, my team's already wrapped their side of the clients' projects up, and we've got nothing else coming in. And by that logic, all that's left is for us to get treated like gofers the rest of the day. Can't...
Blooming Tides - Chapter 2: Humble Beginnings
_-1stMoon: Waning Gibbous-_ As the mouse padded along the beaten path, the glow of the ocean in the morning sun shone against him. This halfway point between the shore and the treeline, leading to who-knows-where, was where he'dchosen to take his...
Blooming Tides - Prologue: A Fragile Dream
Rain so thick it became a wall of white. Winds that kicked up a flurry of torn vines and snapped the smaller trees throughout the jungle. A trembling sky, alive with the wailing howls of the storm and the echoing thunder that accompanied them. All for...
Clarity - Chapter 11: Sunshower
God, it feels nice to be done with my work early for once. No more coworkers checking with me to see if my updates are done and committed, no more wrestling with several different kinds of janky work programs, and no more just... everything. The...
Clarity - Chapter 10: Melting Down
Business is a funny thing. Everything can be going well, deals and exchanges passing through without even a speed bump, yet we're swamped with work anyway. Partially BECAUSE of how well it's going, even. The deal was lucrative, but it demands a pretty...
Clarity - Chapter 9: Bubbling Up
My lessons in army management continued well into the afternoon. Clover makes for a good teacher, especially with that first game under my belt. I'm a little concerned as to how I'll do playing the game on my own at home, but I want to get better even...