Bearly Fiction by Frances Pauli

Author:Frances Pauli
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: anthropomorphic, anthro, furry, furry story, short story, collection, contemporary fantasy, nonhuman, fable
Publisher: Frances Pauli
Published: 2018-05-10T00:00:00+00:00

THE TORTOISE BEHIND the port office counter blinked at her and rubbed its beak.

"Delivery," Cici said. "Bald Rock crates."

"I see." The woman adjusted her glasses and re-checked the paperwork. "Captain of the Dogfish."

"Yes."

"How long will you be staying?" The tortoise leaned to one side until it rocked in place. It eyed the derriere of Cici's flight suit skeptically.

"Cardigan Corgi." She waved her tail. "And unfortunately we'll have to depart immediately. Though I find your planet delightful in almost all ways."

The woman blinked again.

"Too much?" Cici grinned, felt the prickle of a pin feather that had gotten lodged in her back teeth. "Just long enough to unload our cargo. Then we're off again."

"I see." The manifest rattled in bony hands. "Six crates of Bald Rock poultry. Delivered."

"Yup. Six crates." One of which was light a few birds and patched together in places.

"Sending barges."

"Oh, okay. Sure." Cici scratched behind her ear and nodded. A feather had worked down inside her uniform. It itched against the small of her back. "Wish I could stay. Such a lovely place."

"Hrmph." The tortoise cleared her throat and tapped her fingers on the counter. "Sure."

Cici already scooted away. She waved once more, both paw and tail, and then hauled ass out of the port authority building.

"Barc?"

"They're all unloaded, Captain. Are the barges coming?"

"Yeah, but don't wait for 'em." She dodged the port hawkers and hover sleds like a half-bald chicken being chased by... "Get the boat ready to fly, Barc. I'm almost there."

"Before they retrieve the crates?"

"Before they have time to count the damn birds." Cici stifled a burp and hustled to her ship.

"Won't we be taking on a new job?"

"It's an Ag. world, Barc." Cici inhaled a whiff of a whole planet's worth of livestock and ran for all she was worth, howling, "We don't take live cargo!"

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