Soft Spot
He was running. There was only one thought that he could manage beyond his will to get to safety and stay hidden; it was him mentally remarking that he found himself running far too often in his lifetime for a healthy expectancy. Turning a corner, Rey...
Innocence ch. 3
There are only a couple words in my entire vernacular that could describe how I felt when I saw Darrian again. One was 'bittersweet', but, barring words that I couldn't name on a whim which would describe it better, the other was 'damning'. I had to...
Innocence ch. 2
Damned if I do, damned if I don't. My choice was never the issue, nor was it the option. Sometimes I wondered if the collapse of choice in society would rend it apart, or coax something far too alien for it to comprehend. There were many possible...
Comfort Food
"This isn't what I wanted. I know it." Nobody was there to hear her, but that wasn't what mattered. Her thoughts had been vocalized and her complaints made physical. "Some birthday," the panther scoffed. A birthday with no new clothes, some paltry...
A Night to Forget Pt. 3: Loose Ends
Let me tell you one thing: it was goddamn cold. I'd taken to walking pretty much as far as I could after that revelation, and though not a day had quite passed yet, I'd caught no sign of being tailed. I mean thank God, sure, but I will say the whole...
Balance of Power
----The Olympic Games; no greater way to prove oneself in the mastery of athleticism, flexibility, and determination. Indeed, even now, as the snow husky sat in nothing but a blue leotard upon a bench awaiting her turn at the balance beams, an air of...
A Simple Greeting
----I'm not going to lie--I had pretty much everything a guy like me could want. I had a cool little job as a waiter at the closest coffee shop, I was already able to afford a quaint house not long after graduating from college, and I kept my family...
Breaking the Meta
"Boy, this is gonna be a trip." Stretching his white linen gloves tighter over his wrists, the black mage stared down the nebulous cave entrance marred by toothy stalactites at its rim. "Looks like it's just you and me for now." "Really? And...
Counting Sheep
Adrian's eyes creaked open. Everything was dark, beset by the shadow of the twilight hours he so despised being awake during. The sheep was little more than a moth without light, lost in its absence. A soft snoring rustled his attention, startling...
Innocence
Hi. Er, hello. Uh...guess I'm not totally sure how to start here. Never considered myself a public speaker of any kind. Y'know, I get a little nervous; my stomach starts tightening, there's some shaking going on in the knees, the whole jazz. I've...
Paying Rent
The jaguar yawned widely and dove into a gleeful stretch. Today was just as relaxed as any other. She pawed across the living room having just re-entered her house, gift in hand. Sam was overall somewhat of a false figure. She appeared proud and...
An Age Unbecoming Pt 1
Truly, life could not get much better. It all started with a simple decision. A simple decision to step up the game, to show the world what she could really do. Now everything was at her leisure. The leisure of a mind freed from pressure and...