Through the many years Dari had been traveling across realities, there were very few places she had come across that were as idyllic as this. She had emerged from this dimensional rift in front of a shimmering pond, crystal-clear waters calmly pouring into it from an adjoining river and glistening in the soft rays of the overhead sun. Grasses and plants of all shapes and sizes surrounded it, from the waters’ edge to far beyond, a gorgeous mixture of brilliant greens coating the landscape, comp

A quick flash of light filled Dari’s vision, momentarily blinding her, yet the tiny traveler – so used to traversing rifts both natural and of her own making – barely noticed it before it disappeared, greeting her with the sight she held in her mind just moments before. From her new place atop a coffee table a large white and grey couch spanned the front of her vision, dim evening light peeking through horizontal blinds covering the many nearby windows, and close by a rectangul

Is this actually happening? Is any of this actually real?? Did I lose track of how much I drank tonight???Thoughts like these were all that filled Toby’s mind from the moment Rida’s gigantic fingers had wrapped around his body and onward. His vision had gone black when the enormous blue-haired scientist grabbed him, with only a momentary flash of colour coming about twenty seconds later when her hand released him, only for darkness to almost immediately return alongside a different s

Plenty of people gathered in this auditorium were familiar, or at least recognizable, to Toby. Faces he had only seen in reports, in news articles, on book jackets, or in video lectures were all here tonight, dressed to impress in suits, blazers, tuxedos, dresses and all manner of formal wear, sprinkled in among the hundreds of seats filling the lecture chamber of the University of Barrington’s Convocation Hall. The majority of them were from within the country, but even as a PhD student T

Hints of light reached Dari’s vision as her eyelids began to flutter open, her senses returning to her as she let out a low groan. Her body felt warm, like she had been laying in the sun for some time, and from her face-down position on the ground she ascertained she was in a patch of grass, a fact that she doubly confirmed upon opening her eyes. Experienced in waking up in unknown locations, many just like this, Dari was content to remain still a bit longer, exhaling slowly and letting he

Sitting beside her freckled friend’s shrink ray on the comparatively massive mattress, Dari’s cheeks held their rosy hue as her vision remained fixated on Jora. The shrunken explorer’s bespectacled buddy was seated back at her PC, giving her e-mail one final look for the day, a task that only took a minute before she closed the browser window and powered the computer off. Standing up from her desk as the desktop’s monitor went black, Jora removed her glasses and placed th

From what little chance I had to observe this reality, I could at least determine that the dwelling I had arrived in was very peculiar. It had all the makings of your typical cozy apartment or modest home: a bed, a kitchen, a little room to relax and unwind, all without much unused or extra space. What was strange about it, though, was that it was completely contained within a structure that appeared to have been built inside of a cave, and not incorporating any of the cave’s own architect

Very few sounds reached Dari’s ears from inside her captor’s boot beyond the booming thuds of each step, but when the tiny woman heard the faint click of a door closing, a tiny spark of hope reignited within her. There was a moment’s pause following this sound, where the weight of her captor’s foot maintained even pressure against the little voyager’s body, and as had become routine by this point, Dari jerked her knees to deal a pair of tired blows to the woman&rsqu

The air, what little was available, was hot and humid, weighing heavily in Dari’s lungs and sticking to her skin. On top of this clinging warmth there was also its scent which, while carrying faint hints of leather and fabric, was overpoweringly dominated by sweat, though to say Dari expected anything else in these circumstances would be false. Such observations were not unfamiliar to the tiny reality hopper, who often found herself thrust, pressed, inserted, or otherwise stuffed into conf

Majora didn’t have to say anything outright for Dari to tell something was off. This wasn’t one of the depressed cooldowns that followed one of the slightly unstable goddess’s panic attacks. Dari had seen that before. The vibe that her purple benefactor gave off now was of pure malaise and fatigue, seated on her throne, leaning on one arm, hand propping up her chin as she stared at no particular part of the room with glazed eyes. Even when Dari had first made her presence known

Fumbling between the various objects she was juggling in her arms, Connie let out a cute huff as she elected to close her car door with a swing of her hips, smiling to herself as the door audibly shut. Turning her attention from the car to the house in front of her, she paused for a moment to take in the residence and its surroundings. It wasn’t too far from the city, but wasn’t in the suburbs either, instead resting in the slightly hilly countryside, with the nearest neighbours a go

The music that blared in this dump of a nightclub was as boosted and obnoxious as Rida could imagine, droning out chatter from anyone not sitting or standing within a few feet of her, pounding bass and inane lyrics violating the ears of everyone trying to find some sense of enjoyment among the chaos of sweaty, bumping bodies and the assault of blinding, flashing lights, flicking on and off to the overwhelming beat. On the surface, she hated going to places like this, not a fan of the atmosphere

By cosmic mandate, expression of the

character Dari is vested in the sovereign care of the individual known as Darkarri, whose rights in that concern are hereby acknowledged and respected in full. Responsibility for expression of the character referred to as Eclipse has been saddled upon the author, C

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The night
outside the tall, open windows of Nadia’s secluded manor was still,
the clouds in the sky sitting nearly motionless in the absence of any
wind. Every once in a while, the distant cooing of an owl reached her
ears, but aside from that the crackle of the fireplace she was seated
in front of was all that Nadia heard. The vampiress was not wearing
much this night, only a thin nightgown adorning her pale-skinned
body, her ample freckled bosom neatly tucked away in its nearly
translucent p

Each of
Nadia’s steps down the dark, eerie stairway echoed around her,
every step bringing her closer to her dungeon, hidden underground and
far away from town. A torch held in her left hand cast wild,
flickering shadows all around her, adding to the ominous atmosphere.
She heard nothing else as she came to a stop in front of the door at
the bottom, but as the vampiress’s slender fingers wrapped around
the door’s handle and pulled it open with a slow creak, a faint,
nervous breath from wit

Their
relationship certainly wasn’t a conventional one, but that wasn’t
something that Emily paid any mind. Standing at nearly ten feet tall,
the bovine girl was almost twice the size of her human boyfriend, but
she simply saw this as part of his adorable charm. The size
difference wasn’t always easy for either of them, but Emily could
feel that there was something special growing between them. Something
that could blossom and grow even more.
Eager as always to
visit her sweetie pie, Emil