“Confirmed, I have a lock on your position. You’re right on target, just hang tight until they show. I’ll pull you back once you have the target.” Sending back an affirmative, I took another look around the forest and settled in to wait.Another assignment to this same planet. Who would have thought?At this point, I honestly had to wonder what was going on with it. There were plenty of places where people in my line of work could work without ever needing to travel, but with the numb

“You know, for someone who normally wants to spend as little time as possible at school, you certainly seem to be putting a lot of effort into getting inside this time, Miyo.”“Is this really the time for this?” Turning just enough to look at her friend, Miyo gave Amari a sour look from where she was perched on top of the fence surrounding the back of the school. It was almost midnight, and the two had precious little time to finish up with what they wanted.“Look, I’m just saying th

- Agent N Elridge, Casefile 745 ‘BEEKEEPER’, report 6. -- No new developments. Earlier leads on location of supposed hive promising, but no new leads to report. Still investigating eyewitness and missing persons reports, partner still collecting information from last site. -- Next report will likely be some time before completion. -Sending the message and closing the secure connection, Nadia walked to the apartment window that overlooked the factory district and sighed. This case had been

Slowly flicking away at her phone before setting it down with a sigh, Cassy wondered again why exactly she had agreed to take this shift.Glancing around the convenience store, while it wasn’t quite entirely empty, it may as well have been. Just a pair of truckers stopping in for lunch, plus a younger couple that looked to be trying to find something that would calm down an overactive child, or at least keep them occupied for some stretch of time. If anything, having people inside actually ma

“The key, my dear, is presentation. If you look like you belong, then as far as your prey is concerned, you do belong.”Every time I did this, I always thought back to the advice that my mother gave me, and so far, I hadn’t been led astray by doing so. Whether it was walking right into places where I wasn’t wanted, leaving said places without anyone batting an eye, or generally enjoying myself and doing whatever I wanted regardless of my surroundings, there was a remarkable level to whi

“HEAVE TO AND PREPARE TO BE BOARDED!”Jolted wide awake by the sounds of shouting and movement from somewhere above her, Rachel threw back the blankets covering her and pushed off of the too-large bed, almost tripping flat on her face as the sheets tangled around her legs and feet. Rubbing her eyes blearily, she tried looking out the porthole mounted in the wall, but all she could see was more wood just on the other side of the glass. It only dawned on her why that would be a second later,

‘Wanted - A group of Intrepid Individuals willing to conduct a search of the middle and upper reaches of Foggy Mountain. Recent storms have washed out the bridge on the west side of town, and until it can be repaired an alternate route must be found. Applicants should present themselves at town hall, and return there once their survey is complete for a generous reward.’Glancing at the job notice again as her group made ready to break camp, Drea looked back up at the fog-shrouded slope that