one-shot

Since the World Was Born The world is as kind a place as ever it’s been, but still it’s not enough. In the stony understory stood something not known to kami or man. A gauzy white ginkgo leaf rooted and enlarged a hundred times. It did not disappear when Amaterasu brushed it with her paw...

Summary: They say that if you do what you love, you’ll never work a day in your life. Well, that’s absolute stunky spray. Rating: PG (minor cursing) Word count: 3,194 If you're feeling generous, throw me a review on FFN or AO3! You can find the details for the contest here and the other...

Buzzing through the early morning light, a frazzled ribombee made a hurried crossing through the city streets. In his tiny palms he carried a notepad with some hasty scrawls and checkmarks marking the surface. He paused at one dusty crossing to let a few merchants pass through with their...

this is a holding space for my drabbles, flash fics, bite-sized oneshots, and other odds and ends. this post is reserved for indexing later.

Summary: A zoroark survives an attempt on her life. Only one ice dragon stands in the way of her revenge. Content Warnings: Violence, cursing What Was Left Behind It was the ice that called. For some time all she knew was its cold and the burning, a low, deep pain not of fire but of something...

“I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.” ― Albert Einstein ____________________________________________________________________________ Journal Entry 107. June 1. Time of day, 21:00. My troops morale has never been...

Storm in a Teacup One-shot / 1.8k words / Rated T for some language and implied child abuse Wes had hoped desperately that the readings were wrong, that there couldn’t possibly be a shadow pokémon at this house—but, for once, he had been wrong about being wrong. It was just as he remembered...

This is a standalone one-shot written as a present for a 2018 holiday gift exchange. The requested prompt was "overcoming a loss." I'm archiving it here for posterity's sake. I do not consider it representative of my current writing abilities. It's set in the world of Pokémon Mystery Dungeon...

AN: This is my first story on the forum! I know it’s quite simplistic and basic, but I’ve made it that way intentionally as I don’t want to tackle something too big, and I want to ease myself into writing after a personal hiatus. Constructive criticism is appreciated, but please be on the...

Silver Raft A vaporeon feels like he's forgotten something, but it's hard to care on such a nice night. A Pokemon Mystery Dungeon microfic. Thanks to Slink34884 and SnapDragon for beta reading. A distant voice nags in the vaporeon’s head, but before it can be interpreted, the tide rushes to...

Unown Quantity A researcher arrives at the doorstep of one of the last Tanoby with a few questions. This was written to fulfill the prompt "Tanoby's Descendant" for the 2023 Anniversary Bingo. Content warnings: none It was a summer evening when the impostor came knocking, so when Tuku pulled...

OVER AND OUT A gnarled gob of sludge lurched in the water. Harrah stared, ignoring the stray droplet that splattered onto her face. It rolled halfway down her acrylic body and sizzled away. The porygon’s heal ball could still handle a little poison—thankfully so, because this just wasn’t a...

“Want to charm that pretty lass down the street? Or make a statement at the latest social? Come and take a gander at these crystals!” An assortment of quartz, opals, amethysts, and more sparkled in a glittering rainbow beneath a dull, grey sky. Alistair waved his cane over his wares while the...

As per the current Saturnalia and Estival Solstice celebrations, I'm legally authorized to cross-post this story ft.: two of your favourite characters! Enjoy Playfield The normal routine of the bushland and the meadows was interrupted by a threat of a nature surprising to its inhabitants...

Hello everyone. Presenting here Auld Foundations, a fic I actually wrote recently instead of having it in the drafting stage and revisionism hell for six months. Furthermore, this is a story about a good doggo, and how we can protect her job. Enjoy! Auld Foundations Sorento waited under the...

(credit to Umbra for Kari's character design) Author's note: This is a one-shot that I originally wrote in 2009 (well, I'd written an older draft of one scene of it before that that I only ever posted on one forum), which I've been fiddling with on and off of late. If you've read the old...

BAD EGG It’s happening on another plane of existence—at once infinitely distant from and yet deeply linked to your own—so you couldn’t possibly know that somewhere, a young boy is pushing an Action Replay into his Nintendo DS, inserting his copy of Pokémon Diamond, and reviving your world from...

☾ NEW MOON ☽ “Why did you leave me?” Again it was dusk. Again it was time for every visible thing to disintegrate. An impulse driven by panic, Alianna swallowed—as if her words needed to escape back into her throat to hide. Perhaps the night would spare her if she remained still. Alianna...

Delivery Deferred This oneshot was originally written in 2018, and was the first piece of writing to ever feature Brisa Escarpa. It has since been revised to better reflect lore and characterisation developed in the Blacklight Eternal rp campaign of 2020/21, and I'm very proud of it. Many...

Putting up another old one-shot. This was a gift fic for @slamdunkrai written in December 2019. Again, if anyone actually decides to look at this for the blitz, know that I don't consider it representative of my current writing abilities. Enjoy! XxX On a calm, crisp winter night a murkrow...