sapphires-of-ice

Fractured Sci Fi Beep beep beep! Beep beep beep! Beep beep beep! "Oh God. No, just ignore it. It's your day off. You aren't hearing that damn SpO2 monitor. Stop pulling damn you!" The woman was ignobly dragged off into the bushes surrounding the artificial pond in her neighborhood by her dog. "What the balls?!" She tentatively poked the small shiny silver oblong with her foot. "Leave it Max!" she commanded her dog sharply, but it was too late. The dog's eager sniffing had activated the sphere and three aliens unfolded themselves stiffly from it. "Wha-wha-wha," the girl began babbling as the dog sniffed the newcomers fearlessly. The aliens

I sighed. A moonlight night in a beautiful clearing in the forest was the most romantic idea for a first date I'd ever heard. "Oh Byron, it's perfect!" I squealed. "The full moon looks soooooooooo amazing on the flowers! I can't believe you went through so much trouble." "Mary Sue, we've known each other for a long time. I've always admired your…flawless skin…You can see…every vein…And all that lovely definition in your muscles…" I admired my muscled arms. "I am quite well muscled. Thank you Byron, what a sweet thing to say!" "You didn't tell anyone where we were going tonight did you?" he growled. I assumed he

 "I am sorry you were unable to ascend to Valhalla, friend Stark." "I'm sorry, what?" Steve briefly looked up. "Valhalla! Glorious Valhalla. It is where the warriors come to feast! They are brought by the shield maidens, and spend the days fighting and the nights drinking and feasting. It is magnificent!" Tony smirked. "Pepper would say I do that too much." "Nonsense friend Stark! There can never be enough feasting, drinking, and fighting!" Thor pounded the table, shwarma temporarily forgotten in his excitement. "Sif, Fandral, Hogun, Volstagg, Loki, and I spent many happy days there."  His face darkened. "Aye. It may be hard to believe, b

Matt tentatively spread himself in the prism. George had taken the prism from the bag after a few years of torture and left it in the sunlight- an unheard of act of mercy on his part- and Matt found the light invigorating. When he dared, he found that he was able to make little forays out of the prism and into the light itself. --- Matt sat in his sprite form in the sunshine. He turned his face up towards the sun and basked in its energy for hours. As the sun set, Matt began to find himself being driven back into the prism. He tried to stretch himself to stay out of the prism, but it was no use. With a pop, he disappeared into the prism.

The Sorceress and the Assassin: The Sorceress "Mistress Tailtiu!" Three sprites came tumbling into Tailtiu's home, noisily crying for their protector. "There are evil people in a cave and an evil sorceress! They're ruining our home! Make them leave." "Hush little ones. I'll see what I can do. Now, show me the cave with the 'evil people'." Tailtiu nodded to her golem as he came into the tree house with a paper. --- Tailtiu crouched in a tree outside a cave, the three sprites clutching her legs. She absently patted each one on the head, trying to convey reassurance. She couldn't believe what she saw. A terrible sorceress, wreathed in blue f

The Sorceress and the Assassin: The Assassin Tailtiu was sitting in her tree home one morning, staring at the ashes of her fire pit. She was contemplating tracing patterns in it when her golem spoke. "'Ey Tailtiu. This 'ere paper says a sorceress and a…assassin wandering around terrorizing the locals." He brandished one of the Elemental papers she subscribed to at her. "Oh?" she asked, mildly interested. "Do they say what species?" Her golem scanned the article, "Fire Elemental. She has flaming wings and blue tinged stripes." "Oh dear. That sounds so vague. It could even be Ele!" she laughed. "This is wot she looks like." Tailtiu