Alice Dippleblack in The Jellybane Ch8
Chapter 8 The Cave The plan has Shae squirming against the web just inside the cave, crying to be let go. Danahlia has the tiny faye wrapped in her tail and a bit of silk to keep her in place while the Liguna and Tokala wait in ambush on opposite...
Alice Dippleblack in The Jellybane Ch7
Chapter 7 Taller Decision made, the girls pack their things and leave the stream side camp for what they hope will be a nicer place to live. Shae has left the party leaving Tally to lead the girls, hovering a bit in front of them. Before leaving,...
Alice Dippleblack in The Jellybane Ch6
Chapter 6 The Jellybane After failing miserably once more at trying to make a frame work for a wall, Alice concludes, "We need rope, and maybe some more o' that sap glue." Twinkaleni examines the rope Alice had been using as a safety line. It's much...
Alice Dippleblack in The Jellybane Ch5
Chapter 5 The Great Clawed One Alice is awoken, to what seems to her, a very short time later because of an irritating light flowing in through her shut eyes. She opens heavy lids to find a ball of blueish white light floating right before her nose....
Alice Dippleblack in The Jellybane Ch4
Chapter 4 A Feast of Ants The following morning as the sun just begins to rise, the girls climb down from their tree to gather at the base for breakfast and sort through their new gear. They all have backpacks loaded with food, mostly hard bread, a...
Alice Dippleblack in The Jellybane Ch3
Chapter 3 Leaving The sun is casting the forest in ember and shadow when the searching trio comes across a large pond. Jellies are scattered across the shore and it's exactly what Alice was hoping to find. Danahlia pans a finger across the far side,...
Alice Dippleblack in The Jellybane Ch2
Chapter 2 A Trio The following morning Alice wakes up late but well rested. The young fox stretches, looking forward to the new day and her first expedition in weeks. She has a simple breakfast of bread and water while gathering all she needs for the...
Alice Dippleblack in The Jellybane Ch1
Chapter 1 Jellies Alice slashes at the grass green jelly again and again, careful not to damage the precious core within. Jellies have no organs to pierce, no real flesh to rend, or even bones to break. The simple semitransparent hemispherical...
Alice Dippleblack in On The Run Chapter 10: Fire, Water, Wind, & Earth
**Chapter 10** **Fire, Water, Wind, and Earth** Twinkaleni's plan has Alice and Danahlia waiting low in the shallow stream. They each have a mass of branches over their heads and try to look like broken tree limbs caught adrift in the slow waters....
Alice Dippleblack in On The Run Chapter 9: Coming Flame
The next morning is full of activity. The camp was in bad shape before they'd arrived but after the battle with the titanic centipede it was in ruins. The huts are a shamble of sticks, everything left in or around them have been scattered and broken....
Alice Dippleblack in On The Run Chapter 8: Fall of a King
**Chapter 8** **Fall of a King** The next morning, Alice wakes with a dry, itchy throat. Drinking soothes it a bit but only for a while. She's rubbing the fur along her neck, causing a prickly sensation in her esophagus, when Lyca joins her by the...
Alice Dippleblack in On The Run Chapter 7: Puffball Tea
**Chapter 7** **Puffball Tea** A thin, just barely visible thread of orange light zips toward the ugly bubble from the tip of Twinkaleni's finger. A loud pop accompanied by a whoosh of flame has everyone shouting out in surprise, ducking with eyes...