Daine flinched as he listened to the exchange in the hangar behind him and his reaction was an open book to anyone looking in his general direction. He looked over his shoulder with a deeply concerned expression on his vace that deepened it's weathered age lines to valleys and shook his head. It was...

Garret jerked involuntarily as the woman straddled him. The motion surprised him and in the seconds it took him to comprehend just what Susan was doing and it was all the time she needed to crawl onto him. His eyes locked on hers as she took the tablet from him and began to explore his chest with he...

Garret did his best to ignore Susan as the sisters rejoined the party. He had almost managed it and was reading a fascinating article on... he glanced up at the title of the article and nodded, European seagull migration, when Susan arrived on the open hatch of the cockpit. A quick tap brought up a ...

The coastal city was a small and typically peaceful place. It was the kind of place people either lived in for most of their lives or moved to in order to escape the lives they'd once had. Small streets wound through single and two story buildings, shop fronts, and the occasional park before termina...

Richter displayed an admirable amount of restraint as the five women retreated to their ship to change. They'd made it halfway to the vessel when the younger man practically sprinted to his captain with a wide grin on his face. He clapped the taller man on the shoulder with a laugh and swung around ...

Daine didn't blink for nearly half a minute after the five identical women performed their devilry. The polite giant took a breath, gathered himself, and smiled broadly. Their mention of Garret was both a perfect introduction and one that put the big man on edge. He knew Garret and had fought agains...

The Defense Force 'headquarters' could generously be called spartan. Sitting up against the wall of the 'Dome itself, the building consisted of a small building with an attached hangar. The structure's dull grey exterior stood out in stark contrast to the offices surrounding it, each one painted in ...

Garret kept his eyes focused on Susan's when she walked up to him, keenly aware of her current wardrobe malfunction. The large man shifted in the water as he tried to find a spot that would prevent his waterlogged boots from sinking too far into the ground as he tried to figure out the best way to e...

Garret remained paralyzed by both shock and embarrassment as Susan began flailing in the water. Philippa's shove didn't move him as much as simply make him sway an inch in the direction she pushed him but it did enough to break him out of the trance. The captain cursed under his breath as he talked ...

Richter had been on his way to do as ordered when he was acosted first by one of the women, the mechanic pulling him close, and then by the pilot as the strange but decidedly enjoyable tug of war began. The pilot was sure he could have pulled away from either of them but, then again, why would he? T...

Garret's reply to Philippa was stalled for a moment as movement against his arm drew his attention. He glanced at Susan out of the corner of his eye and barely contained an exasperated sigh. "I'm sure it is," he replied in a tone as intentionally neutral as the woman's was haughty, "Which was why I ...

If Garret had an arm free then he would have pinched the bridge of his nose in irritation as he was, for lack of a better word, swarmed. Susan, the 'captain,' latched herself onto his arm like it was the only thing that could save her from drowning. It was hard not to notice just where she positione...

Garret stepped forward to take the Captain's offered hand with a minimal amount of hesitation. His hand engulfed Susan's as he took it in a callused grip and squeezed lightly as they shook. The woman's height, all of their heights really, only served to further irritate the man. They had obviously b...

Garret tensed as the approaching ship came into view. The heavily armed frigate was not what he had been expecting to see and its presence was either a show of respect or intimidation. The merchant captain wasn't the only one who noticed and the voice in his ear confirmed it. "I don't like it, boss,...

There were still a few pristine spots left in North America despite the ravages of both nuclear war and lawlessness that had scarred the continent and the lake in what had once been West Virginia was one of them. The grass around the lake was a vibrant green and swayed gently as a cool breeze swept ...

The Blossom threw its legs forward and the aging suit's frame groaned in protest as the powerful hoverjets violently slowed the unit's forward momentum and avoid most of the oncoming railgun shots. Kayla's teeth slammed together as she was thrown against the straps of her harness and she tasted copp...

The Ishim and their smaller minions were ancient, an unearthed terror named after some of the holiest of creatures, and some small quirk in their code sent a flicker of satisfaction as one of the enemy contacts began to drop from the sky. That same quirk delayed processing times by a fraction, a los...

The Astaroth roared across the ground with an eagerness that couldn't be attributed to only it's pilot and left a trail of disturbed ground and a large plume of dust in its wake. The crimson mobile suit shook violently as the thrust of the flight unit fought gravity to keep it skimming above the sur...

Alicyn sat back on the bed slowly and the monitor calmed as she listened to Outis. Her limbs felt heavier than they should be and she knew that whatever had happened to her, the stranger was right. Her vibrant green eyes tracked the flowers as Outis placed them in the vase and she raised one eyebrow...

Alicyn was still trying to work the dryness out of her mouth when she smelled the flowers. She frowned as she looked up at the open door and the strange, broad man that had entered. Still wrapped up in a cloud of confusion brought on by a mind that had been silent for too long, the man's calming voi...