Fizzing Legacy (Otherwise Untitled)

Story by Moriar on SoFurry

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#221 of Short Stories

A panther explains a drink.


~ A chilled mixture of fog and moonlight drifted across the pond and shore where the couple rested on a worn out blanket, leaning firmly against the bedroll they'd brought along for the evening's gaze into stars. The rabbit's ears perked a bit as he heard the crisp clicking of the panther opening another can of DozaMen Soda Brew.

~ "That stuff tastes like burnt transmission oil smells, you know?"

~ With a soft chuckle and defeated shrug the panther cuddled in closer before he replied, "It's what my dad grew up on, and I acquired the taste while I was too young to know any better, Hon."

Disagreeable Relations (Otherwise Untitled)

~ The holiday meal-table was a lengthy sprawl of all sorts of entrees and side dishes, surrounded in every place by an otter of the family, with only the exceptions of the lone Synth sitting a head taller than everyone else and the glucose wafer...

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Don't Pay for Water (Otherwise Untitled)

~ The bear's howl of laughter seemed to echo off the walls of the diner, while the ferret grinned sheepishly up to him. When he'd settled back down from the heights that the weasel's anecdote had taken him, the diner seemed even emptier. With a wide...

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Ritual of Re-entry (Otherwise Untitled)

~ The possum's breathing was somewhat labored as he leaned back against what was left of the small transport ship's communications console. He couldn't seem to stop tasting the burnt wiring smell, or stop hearing the gurgling hiss of the ship's reserve...

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