All They Want For ChristmasLarissa shivered next to her campfire. Despite the merry embers launching themselves into the air and the large ring of light the fire cast across the lake and into the forest around her, the fire was hardly enough to keep her warm.It was an icy night near the middle of winter, and while the days were still tolerably warm, the evenings proved to be far colder than the trainer would have liked. Her tent and sleeping bag were back a few meters to keep them safe from the lick of the flame, but if it wasn't for her small dinner sizzling on the travel cooking pan, she'd have long since retired for the night.With one hand, she reached out and g
IT'S JIN'S DAY OFF!IT'S JIN'S DAY OFFAn Epic, Over-the-Top Retelling of Actual EventsJin sat behind the front display table of her shop in Sunset Town. It was mid-morning, and already prospective customers were bugging her with their touching of her merchandise and curios."Hey, look at this one, Bill!" Said one Krabby to another. They were rubbing their claws all over some small polished rocks the Kecleon had displayed on an aluminum display tray. Their shrill voices were causing her tail to twitch and contort into unnatural shapes at every syllable the crabs uttered.I could really use a vacation, she thought, leaning back in her chair and kicking her f
MistletoeThe door to Ambipom Café swung open, and a small bell chimed the arrival of a new customer.In stepped Joe, a rather tall and skinny Ampharos in a burgundy scarf and a mahogany coat with a fuzzy white lining. The piercing blue eyes rivaled the color of the icicles hanging off the roofs of buildings elsewhere in town, and he used them to survey the tables around the room.There were a group of three immaculately dressed pokemon in one corner, quietly talking amongst themselves and sipping on fine vintage wine. Deeming the Ekans wearing a monocle, top hat, and the top part of a tuxedo to be both about the right age and somewhat cute, the
A New Line of Work, Part 7++19th Day of Relaxing, Year 13, 5:42PM, Virtupets Space Station Corridor 143++Moriarti and Kuvah ran down one of the various corridors leading off of the Recreation Deck on board the station. They both knew that Norton was somewhere behind them and coming for them, and Kuvah tried to spur on the injured Moriarti."C'mon, Mori. Norton's right behind us, and I'd rather not get shot at any more today," she coaxed desperately, not willing to leave the injured Draik behind. Moriarti was doing his best to keep up, but the long day and his injuries were really starting to get to him.Kuvah was disappointed when he stopped and rested with his ha
A New Line of Work, Part 6++19th Day of Relaxing, Year 13, 5:02PM, Virtupets Space Station Recreation Deck, VSS Arcade++"Yes! Yes! Mori! I found him! I found him in the system!" Kuvah exclaimed, attempting to access Thirteen Thirty Seven's programming and system files.Moriarti broke away from the dwindling throng of admirers, causing the group of disperse back to their own game terminals or be on their way. He came in behind his assistant and poked his snout over her shoulder so he could see what she was looking at.After a moment, he put a hand on her shoulder, saying "Good work, Kuvah. Is there anything there we can use to get either him or the servers to shut
A New Line of Work, Part 5++19th Day of Relaxing, Year 13, 3:55PM, Virtupets Space Station Corridor 556, Lower Level++"Hold on, Mori, don't you go dying on me!"Moriarti coughed a few times and wheezed, mostly from having the wind knocked out of him. "I'm gonna be fine, Kuvah," he replied, but he definitely didn't look it. There was a bit of a charred hole in his suit where his right shoulder was, and another laser blast had left a tear in the thin membrane of his wing."I am going to kill that Eyrie, I swear," Kuvah shot back as she rummaged through an emergency kit she had found on the bulkhead that had dropped down to seal off the depressurized part of the corr
This guy's guttural, gargling voice is hilarious. Chaos Lords have that problem in DoW.