Pages of Numbers (Otherwise Untitled)

Story by Moriar on SoFurry

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#174 of Short Stories

Detective Clip, Jackalope of the law, investigates using numbers.


~ With all the records open in tabs of her terminal, and pages splayed out across her table, Detective Clip divided her focus between the case at hand and the earpiece phone call to her mother.

~ "You know why I won't, Mom. Not even for the holiday."

~ She'd managed to narrow it down to the three possible ships for this particular smuggling run, each had been to the right ports at the right times and order.

~ "Yes, Mom, it wasn't a phase. It's who I am, not something I was."

~ Of the known cargo loads and ship capacities, none of the three were excluded from taking on a bit more. All could've easily tucked the goods into their holds without going over the weight limits.

~ "Because that's a boy's name and men's formal attire; you can't make me wear those anymore."

~ All three were on dock with loading posture during a shift change; any could've slipped the goods aboard.

~ Clip sighed audibly, "Yelling isn't going to change me or my mind, Mom."

~ The Detective jackalope stared at one of the legers, and pulled up two others from the adjacent ports. She pondered a moment, before groaning audibly.

~ "Call me back if you change your mind, Okay?", tapping her phone to abruptly hang up.

~ She leaned out of her room to call down to her landlord, "Hey, Bell, can I borrow those fuel consumption tables from when you were out in The Fleet?"

Risky Noodles (Otherwise Untitled)

~ The small restaurant was a dull rumble of noodles consumed and groups chatting. Bell, the baker landlord of Detective Clip, was happily nibbling on several fructose wafers. ~ "MRphf.. this place actually uses the real cobalt in the flavors. Most...

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Theatrics Under Dinner (Otherwise Untitled)

~ The kobold's armor was gleaming with the reflections of the bright lights above, the gray wooden sword held firmly to his grasp. All around, the crowds of customers were cheering with excitement at each of his lunges and feints. Down in the dirt and...

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Remote Storage (Otherwise Untitled)

~ It had been a brisk week's turnaround between the advice Detective Clip had gotten from the kobold that Bell was dating, and her crouched slinking across the grassy field. Nothing of the task at hand was particularly difficult, and the jackalope's...

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