June 8th - 15:01 - 2011 - Car Doctors

FEAT. CICADA as CLARISSA SHOEMAKER

Uncle Gabe and Auntie Ap'il had always been bestest friends with Mommy and Daddy. Raya wasn't surprised; they were both adults, and they both had meckanick jobs. They even had a shop, just like Mommy and Daddy did. But ...

Raya couldn't help but feel that twinge of guilt. It was always hard to watch when a customer just froze like that, as if to pause and hope, pray that they hadn't just heard a real number. She was about to ask, on instinct, whether he had a parent they could call, or some kind of insurance provider ...

"Wellll, new set o' rings, honing the cylinders, head resurfacing an' a gasket set..."

Arms crossed, working-class businessman tone engaged. This was, hands down, the hardest part of any consultation. Morally, as she had to drop a price bomb on a poor, unsuspecting customer, and mentally, as she ...

There aren't many people, I find, who take the time to consider nature in its essence. I don't mean in the sense you're thinking of right now; that is, that of essence in relation to us. So often is nature exclusively observed by its value to humanity, from the more flagrant and base examples of ...

Popping the lid over and open, Raya instantly realised what Finn had been talking about. Considering that it had been brought in specifically for its engine problems, the heart and lungs of the vehicle seemed strikingly better kept than its flesh. ...If not with an air of improvisation and cheapness ...

The hug was a brief, baleful moment where Céline felt utterly numbed by shellshock and a sense of inaction, almost like the way she was at home, around Danika.

The moment had passed.

The muscles in Céline's face hadn't budged an inch as Beezebub had set her down, still frozen and fossilised in ...

The sound of an engine groaning out in pain but pushing on nonetheless reached Raya's ears well before it would've reached anyone else's. This was the frequency at which her ears were tuned; the result of a mental dial fiddled with, refined over the years. Such valiant determination couldn't simply ...

May 25th - 8:57 AM - 2010 - The Loux Household

"Buh daaaaa', I wannnaaaaa."

A whiny, high-pitched voice rang out; very new, yet already all too familiar to the halls of the Loux household. A voice that would be shrill and annoying to most, but was saccharine sweet to the ears of the two masters ...

Such words only served as further kindling for the warmth that Sylvie had not quite familiarised herself with yet, though she had an inkling of a feeling that she'd gradually become quite attuned to its presence. Despite the metaphor, in this kind of setting, it still wasn't anything she'd call an ...

There was some manner of churning going on in Sylvie's head, as was common when that man war around; thoughts barging against each other in the (war) theatre of the mind. Everyone was around and it was embarrassing and oh god why now why here and what was he thinking and why was he doing this and oh ...

December 28th - 13:10 - 2007 - The Autovet

There was screeching. Rasping and wailing, sounds of sheer and otherworldly terror. Colossi of fire and steel clashing with great guardian-like figures in a blur, a havoc of unimaginable proportions. Sights of constant flashing, roaring sparks and ...

An alien rush of sheer satisfaction overtook Céline as the kick connected, even moreso as she heard pain seep from Beel's mouth, saw the devil collapse to the floor. It felt like the toppling of a colossus, an uncanny triumph, yet another abnormal sensation mixed into the chaotic cocktail of ...

In this particular moment, if possessed of clarity of mind, Céline could recognise very easily that no amount of platitude, defiance and determination could measure up to the sheerness and simplicity of physical might. In this particular moment, Céline was not possessed of clarity of mind. It was a ...

"Vivi, it's fiiiiine. Let's just enjoy our break."

She slid lithe and neat off her chair and began to bounce over to join the rest of the group in the kitchen. Bright "It's okaaaaay" smile and expression on full blast as gang was approached, mostly directed at the present mom friend. Surface-level ...

Down on the corner of Sixth Street, after taking a right on Main in the Skyline Heights area of downtown Vegas, you'll find a significantly-sized haven of cinder and steel plastered with large neon lettering. Both only about as big as the area can accommodate, of course, economically and spiritually ...