Recent content by Temerity Boudreaux

Temerity’s tail thrashed in exasperation. Cryle was soaked, and making a miserable, noisy scene. The ratmaid had virtually jumped into Herman’s lap and made him soggy too. The two inkscribblers had anything on their minds but the mission. Temerity tutted at them, looking over Cryle to make sure...

“Too late!” Temerity cheerfully informed Kiptooth. She leapt up onto the gunwale, one paw holding onto a mainmast shroud for balance. She peeked over the side, down at the bubbles effervescing where a naked leopard cat had cannonballed. Her ears flicked as she heard commotion belowdecks. Cannon...

Temerity stared up at Calara, mouth ever so slightly agape. Her whiskers trembled, her tail flicked. The seconds ticked by in a lengthy, awkward silence between the weasel and the otter. Behind her blue eyes, the question was bouncing around Temerity’s skull like a billiard ball shot by a coiled...

“’elmsbeast Driftsong too, yes!” Temerity chirped cheerfully. “Bring your javelin! I’ll bring some spares!” Temerity saluted as Admiral Keltoi came up on deck, and Surgeon Rowanheart joined the away team. It was Navy regulation, or had been Navy regulation at one time or another, for the first...

The weasel’s vivid blue eyes might have been sparkling like gems at that moment, at least looking at them in the right light, if Captain Jeshal happened to be squinting and also feeling particularly imaginative. The promise of a secret alone was enough to make her short tail poof up into a...

The lookout’s call echoed down the hatches and vents of the BlackShip. As the sound traveled below the waterline, the force of Freya’s shout trickled into a ghost of a whisper, barely audible over the creaking of the hull, the snoring of off-watch crewbeasts, and the perpetual din coming from...

Temerity’s eyes widened, her pupils dilating as though she had just spotted the love of her life, or perhaps a very delicious cake. “You will let me master the arms? Master all the arms, not just the cannon?” Temerity’s tone was tremulous, not quite believing in her good fortune, until the...

Like any sensible tenant, Temerity began with a tour of the premises. The least weasel had arrived before dawn. That was the best time to avoid the crowds, but if she went by the gangplank, the bo’sun would fuss and get in her way and make her visit the captain’s cabin first. Temerity thought...