A MUDDLERaoul pressed the access button so that Katze could enter the office. But he did not deign to turn around and acknowledge the ex-Furniture when Katze respectfully announced his presence. “I apologize for any interruption, milord. I trust everything is–?”“Take the mongrel and go, Furniture.”There was a marked pause, before Katze smoothly answered, “Yes, … Continue reading

A MUDDLERaoul pressed the access button so that Katze could enter the office. But he did not deign to turn around and acknowledge the ex-Furniture when Katze respectfully announced his presence. “I apologize for any interruption, milord. I trust everything is–?”“Take the mongrel and go, Furniture.”There was a marked pause, before Katze smoothly answered, “Yes, … Continue reading

AT THE OFFICEDr. Heiku Quiahtenon escorted Riki to the office where the young mongrel’s medical evaluation would take place. Waiting there was Lord Raoul Am, Tanagura’s Chief Biotechnology Specialist. “Ah, Heiku, at last. Bring the mongrel forward; let us get a good look at the wayward mutt. Can’t have it spreading fleas throughout the complex.”“Nice … Continue reading

AT THE OFFICEDr. Heiku Quiahtenon escorted Riki to the office where the young mongrel’s medical evaluation would take place. Waiting there was Lord Raoul Am, Tanagura’s Chief Biotechnology Specialist. “Ah, Heiku, at last. Bring the mongrel forward; let us get a good look at the wayward mutt. Can’t have it spreading fleas throughout the complex.”“Nice … Continue reading

WAITING ROOMLaw required that all Pets living in Eos receive a monthly checkup. Not only that, but with Riki’s inordinately high rate of getting into scrapes with Eos Security over one infraction or the other, Riki was very familiar with the inside of Tanagura Medical. He took his usual seat in the waiting room, looking … Continue reading

WAITING ROOMLaw required that all Pets living in Eos receive a monthly checkup. Not only that, but with Riki’s inordinately high rate of getting into scrapes with Eos Security over one infraction or the other, Riki was very familiar with the inside of Tanagura Medical. He took his usual seat in the waiting room, looking … Continue reading

DETOURSKatze and Riki rode in silence for several miles. As they left the slums of Midas behind them and headed on the main road into Tanagura, Riki grew more tense. Finally, he carefully queried, “So….? On a scale from 1 to 10, how mad would you say Iason was?”Katze shot him a brief sympathetic glance.“Say … Continue reading

RELEASED“Get up, Alec,” was Katze’s chosen greeting upon entering the cell. “Time to go.”“Hey, Boss…uh…are you mad?”“Mad? Why would I be mad?” Katze’s eyes, however, blazed with inner fire. “What I AM is baffled.”“Katze, I swear, Riki and I had nothing t do with this. Thank Luke over here.”Katze’s golden eyes narrowed in Luke’s direction … Continue reading

COOL HEELSRiki was fine.Scratch that. He was unharmed (for now) but far from fine. FAR. In fact, he was internally freaking out. Oh, he’d been arrested before, dragged down to the Midas Police Center and roughed up a bit before his records were pulled…. His records showing that he was the exclusive property of a … Continue reading