Digi-Dolphin

Market "Why am I here?" Gabriel grumbled in irritation as he shifted back and forth on his feet. He hadn't even been in this place for five minutes and already he was anxious to spread his wings and take to the air. Open air markets were just as crowded and stifling as indoor ones. Euugh.... "Because we need to buy stuff for our supplies and I can't do that without a grownup to supervise." Catherine told him, grabbing a fistful of his duster and holding it tight in her grip so he's not tempted to fly straight into the sky for his escape. It was a testament of her influence on him that he immediately discarded all thoughts of taking off the

Religion The party walked into the courtyard of the seaside city and came to a stop when Lyude halted abruptly. "Oh no. Not this again." the young man groaned in dismay and exasperation. What he saw in the courtyard to bring out those words were two separate crowds gathered and still gathering around two different preachers, the two men calling out the words and beliefs of their supporting religion to recruit new converts. One of the men on stage wore blue-black robes and a shawl of silvery fabric. A purple-tinted circle with a single white feather cutting down through the center was embroidered on the front of his robes and on the ends of

SEX Wren opened the door and shut it behind himself, sighing in relief that he was now home. Running a restaurant in this modern day wasn't any easier than in the past; in fact, it was harder. So many new rules and regulations. Oh well, it's not like he wasn't used to strict rules for kitchens. Home for Wren was the upper floors of the Archives, in a section of the building specifically designated for himself and Caleb. Thinking of the little android brought a smile to the chef's face. Ever since the accident that wrecked Caleb's original body forced a transfer of his soul to a chibified prototype, things had become rather interesting aroun

The kitchen looked creepily normal. Orca sat at the table with Ricky, trying not to look like he was curling up on himself protectively as he looked around. Cabinets, icebox, appliances, counters, even a little cork board with various notes pinned to it. Out of curiosity, he stood to read one of them. Out of milk, pick some up at the grocer's. Left money on the dresser by the bed. If you plan on killing grocer, call me first so I can find a new place to shop. Save some for me. Signed, Luke... Corrupt, you twit, I know you wrinkled your nose at me! Sometimes Orca wondered if his other employer would ever be right in the head. "Oh, that's r

"What is the problem?" Maverick sighed, one cheek propped on his hand as he gazed across the table at the group of Links and one Dark Link that sat there. Allstar Link reached out and grabbed another of the blondes by the wrist, lifting his arm and pointing at it with a grim expression as its owner sighed with that look on his face that said he'd been through this far too many times to keep count. "This is!" Allstar Link declared, "We can't figure out how to program his arm to correspond to the remote without screwing up something along the way!" Maverick lifted an eyebrow at him, then looked to Dark Link, the Prince of the Dark Side of Nint

Original Opening (Sample paragraphs, not the full opener)     In the early hours of the morning, Chester finally stepped up to the microphone on stage at the Halloween Party in the Park and ordered everyone to leave. Crowds dispersed, a little sleepily, but otherwise in good moods, clutching bags and buckets of candy, treats, prizes and gifts. The party was a success, in the terms of it being both a party and a diversion. It was also a failure in that several members of Team Turner had been taken down over the course of the night.     With no idea where to go and what to do, Chester had defaulted to the original plan, which was to safegua

Burning Black Interlude Timmy What I've Done – Linkin Park "Never thought I'd see the day where we would meet again." Timmy murmured to the figure standing opposite him on the far side of the room. The other boy just smiled, shrugging casually as his hands remained stuffed in his jacket pockets. "Shouldn't you have disappeared when I died?" the brunet questioned icily. "Nah. Wasn't cool." the raven-haired boy returned with a smirk, "But everything you got, I got too. Very cool." He pulled a hand from a pocket and lifted it, palm down and fingers spread, to point at Timmy Turner. A burst of fire engulfed it and spun in a spiral over t

20 The teenagers kept their gazes locked on the distant space of the city where the Dark Spire once stood. Smoke billowed out and away from the fallen tower, the black mist at the base of a poisonous waterfall whose source had been cut abruptly. For the longest time, no one moved, no one looked away. It had just been there, and then it wasn't. The Spire had been destroyed. But the heroes had not appeared at their sides. Tootie blinked, once, twice, then sank to her knees, heartbroken sobs pouring from her body as she trembled violently, arms crossed over herself as she rocked back and forth. "No, no, no.... Not again... please...! Not ag

16 "Chester!" Timmy cried, paling at the sight of his best friend lying on the war-torn concrete with a sword run through him. The blonde struggled to breathe, fighting for each pained gasp of air. The countdown on his armband had expired; the server control system had died, along with the hundreds, maybe thousands, of anti-magic units under its command. The sounds of large metal objects raining down on the lot and the streets of Dimmsdale seemed far away. Timmy turned his attention slowly towards the other blonde standing nearby. Remy only looked up at the tower in confusion. "What the bloody hell was that sound?! What's going on?! What di

18 Chester sat back with a sigh of relief. Finally. The cutter completed, he lifted it up and set the blade near the pipe, ready to switch it on and get the cutting underway. He looked back at A.J. "This one, right? I don't wanna end up cutting power to half a city block just because our pal Undead Fred marked off the wrong network." the blonde told him. "Yeah, that's the one." A.J. returned dryly and looked over at Cosmo and Wanda, one looking worried, the other in a black mood, simmering with barely masked fury while floating in the air. "Are you guys sure that Timmy's gonna be okay on his own? Wanda, you're usually the one to bug him un

23 ~T Minus 3 Minutes "Hey, slow down! I can't keep up with you when I can't see where I'm going!" Tootie exclaimed, scrambling to stay up to speed with the android dragging her and Romi around in random directions. "What are you doing wearing sunglasses at night in the first place?!" Caleb snapped, scanning the skies for the black units and running down another random street. "It wasn't my idea! Timmy made them like this so I wouldn't be blinded by the fire!" she yelled back. "What fire?" "The one he caused blowing up the nullification generators!" "Pardon me for not noticing due to hacking attempts being made on me." the android grumbled

Danny Phantom looked up at the figure with a sigh and tsked in a disappointed manner. A slow shake of his head and he gave another little sigh, ignoring for the moment the worried little boy and young girl standing nearby. "You didn't listen, did you?" he remarked flatly, "I told you, I warned you that you weren't supposed to try to make any puzzles." The halfa gestured at the professor. "Now look. You're dangling from the ceiling by your hands and ankles. One of the muses is constantly coming in here just to stare at you... don't give me that look!" he went on with a flustered scowl, "It's your own fault!" "Excuse me, sir." the little boy

49 Sam tossed the spoon back into Caleb's travel pack, eyeing the renewed aura of protection that glowed softly over her body. Who knew vegan tempura could boost all stats, like that label claimed? She was going to want the recipe after all this was over. If Caleb was still alive by then. She shook her head and looked up when Tucker let out a cry of awe, pointing at the air. The two of them watched in wonder as Danny yelled and fired a single sphere of Light-enfused ectoplasm that suddenly became a mini-meteor shower of light that slammed into Nebilim with a vengeance. "What was that?!" the Goth blurted out, "I've never seen him do that befo

Chapter 11 ~Giant Palace, Dream Giant Palace was back in motion. Billy blinked away the last of the flickering sparks of blindness before looking around himself, the now white ball still in his arms. He was alone, the crows from before were still gone and none were coming to replace them. The rest of the Heroes of Morning Land were still gone, probably on that floating chunk of the palace he'd sent flying with them and Corvo on it. This was really it then. He was on his own. Billy grinned, the wide mischievous smile that always put his teachers on edge. That was fine with him. It was his mind and his life on the line; he didn't need distr

Intermission Molco had seen better days. The destruction within it caused by Neku's Imagination Pin had sent debris of all shapes and sizes all over the place, cars turned over, trees uprooted, buildings battered and windows shattered. Players picked themselves up carefully and began assessing damages to themselves and their partners, confused at first by the fact that the mission had been completed, then by the fact that they hadn't moved to the next Day yet. Reapers began entering the area, bit by bit, picking up the pieces and trying to get things as close to normal again as possible. Those injured and without healing pins were moved to s