Streets of Hope

Nereus gave Meris an expectant look and then refocused on Titania, shyly standing up. He kept his hands close to his chest, looking more like a timid plus-one lost in an assembly of dignitaries than a figure worthy of respect in his own right. "This humbles me, My Queen, but if I might; I would...

Azazel smiled. "You're the only one who can give herself purpose, Aspasia. All I can offer is a strong suggestion, the idea that it would be better for all Chimeras if they found their roots." Shyly, applause began to swell, until Titania spoke. "There is another boon we'd like to imp...

"So you should stay the course," noted the cobra. Jack's still of the Fae, he'll give us a heads-up before doing anything rash. I can pop by Jack's the old-fashioned way - by car - if I need to keep an eye on him. If I don't step on his premises, he has no cause to do anything rash." ...

Eyes still closed, Amazo smirked. "Eh, I wouldn't say that. Maybe no Kung Fu, but you're channeling the wrong franchise, anyway. Dryads are just one case of psychosis away from turning into Batman's Poison Ivy. We're post-war, so my thinking is you won't be under mind-breaking stress yet, but c...

I've been messing with Suno, a service that allows anyone to use AI generation to more or less whip up two to three-minute segments of custom music. It's interesting, the algo leans really hard into harmonics (using two voices at once) - but you can still get some fun stuff out of it - even instrume...

Amazo fell silent again for a few moments. "During Elysium, I pulled on the Centennial Tree's reserves to channel them, form an illusion with its offered power. Now, I'm acting like a car battery boosting your network and the fungal nodes that surround it. I have to do this slowly, your Tree's ...

Amazo made a slight face. "No, it shouldn't be much of an issue, but the town's other local dryad might say your fungal network probably looks a little funky, a few decades down the line. That is, if we manage to recover him or to blow his head off..." He gestured vaguely. "I know - o...

I've been thinking that after a bit of adventure in Paradise, Archie would usurp a Void Weaver clone of himself created by Greg Rendell as an enemy operative. Instead of letting the body develop its consciousness based on Rendell's cues, he'd just upload himself in there, instead - thereby returning...

The anthro cobra looked surprised initially, but his mood shifted to amusement and approval once he noted how focused and driven this new dryad was. "Francis it is, then," he said, smiling and accepting the transition into a handshake. "I can appreciate a young woman who sets boundari...

Vernon shook Lucian's hand and lightly embraced Astra. "We'll keep in touch. Hopefully, we'll be able to address what is keeping your husband's friend in the loop," he said, which made Billy mouth off his own words snidely. The rhino might as well have mugged in front of a wall, for all th...