Outsider's Documents (Otherwise Untitled)

Story by Moriar on SoFurry

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#176 of Short Stories

A fennec finds troubles when dealing with bureaucracy in an avian settlment.


~ The beige room was saturated in the hum of doldrums and the smell of shuffling paperwork. The fennec's expression was of exasperation to the barn owl across the desk looming over him.

~ "I've only got the one; I wasn't laid and then hatched. Just the one day, a birth day!", for a moment of stillness it seemed that the room otherwise entirely filled with birds took notice of his vocalized desperation.

~ The barn owl carefully adjusted her glasses before leaning down somewhat, effecting no benefit to her approachability, "You're going to need a letter from a doctor."

Overconfidence of Youth and Flame (Otherwise Untitled)

~ The phoenix turned in her chair and gave the Synth a long stare and a sigh as he entered the tucked away room. ~ "I must've done a fine job today, what with this meeting with tha boss, no?", mused the phoenix. ~ The Synth simply glared as he...

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Pages of Numbers (Otherwise Untitled)

~ 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."...

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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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