Sometime later… There was a time, many years ago, when Dhanyle Armac would have shied away from confrontation. Especially with a woman 24 times his size. But if he wasn’t completely over his fear of Titans, he was most certainly completely over being condescended to by them. And so, while the skycap who’d …
Epilogue Six Titan: Hybrid by Open High Hat
Syon Fand smirked as she sat in the chair, waiting for her visitor. He was coming to her himself. Very interesting. A glutton for punishment. Did he really think he could intimidate her? She had nothing left to lose. The door opened, and the man walked through. He had spent the last few weeks mourning. …
The Transformation of the Tribe (Part Four) by D.X. Machina
Some Time Later…. The meeting had concluded with much less acrimony. There was a broad consensus about the outlines of the future of this place, though there were a great many details yet to be worked out. It would be a town, classed for both urban and rural use. The Maris and Prenn lands would …
Found You Vignettes by JohnnyScribe
A door chime made Tylum Mavoy pause mid-sentence as she read a picture book aloud to the blonde haired girl on her shoulder. She furrowed her brow in confusion and carefully hoisted herself out of her chair, mindful of both her human daughter perched on her shoulder and her very pregnant belly. “Who could that …
The Transformation of the Tribe (Part Three) by D.X. Machina
Thurfrit’s outburst brought silence to the room. He continued on. “I am willing to listen to new and challenging ideas, but not that one! There will never be a rule saying that members of this Tribe cannot befriend or marry those from outside it. I wouldn’t be here, and neither would you, Othello! You want …
Epilogue Five Titan: Hybrid by Openhighhat
The oppressive red light of Kokonit bore down on the Spaceship Noble Birth as it raced towards its solitary existing planetary system, a dull gas giant orbited by a single decent-sized rock, with gravity half-again that on Earth, and a piddling atmosphere, and a surface baked in the hard radiation of its planetary host and …
The Transformation of the Tribe Part Two by D.X. Machina
Othello didn’t panic, Thurfrit noted. He must have been expecting that line to land like a thud. He had to be. Othello Zonela was a bright kid. He had to understand what the reaction to this proposal would be. “Thello,” Nela said, calmly, “what the teth are you talking about?” “We would be building the …
The Transformation of the Tribe Part One, by D.X. Machina
A few Imperial days after the 2127 Walak Riots. Thurfrit settled into the chair in the conference room, and leaned back. He smiled as he surveilled it; the furnishings were modern and well-crafted, leather and metal imported from Avalon. The table was Tribe-built; it had been constructed here to replace the one that had stood …
Epilogue Four Titan: Hybrid by Openhighhat
Darren stepped out of the committee chamber with his head held high, figuratively speaking, he had been torn a new hole and had decidedly taken one for the team. There was no bitterness, no spite, no indignation, only a swell of pride. Darren Lemuel Xanthopolous had taken the easy road, as far as he was …
La Résistance (Part Seven) Background Chatter by D.X. Machina
The woman heard the man walk into the barn, but she didn’t turn to face him right away. “Your herd of torzas are well-cared for, Mr. Hamac,” she said. “I think another three weeks before you have to worry about this girl here calving. But keep an eye on her anyhow, hydration’s important – but …