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Tales From Switch City Kickaha’s Tale “Hmmmmmm.” Kickaha was staring very intently at a small drainpipe that was attached to a local school building. The rust and white colored foxyote narrowed his eyes with impatience as he continued to stare with it intently, his short green cloak shifting along his back as he perched on all fours, tail swishing in annoyance. No matter how long he stared the drainpipe remained a drainpipe and nothing special happened with it. Eventually, his patience wore thin. “I KNOW YOU’RE IN THERE!” He grabbed the drain pipe and tried to shake it. “I was literally seconds away from grabbing you before you found a hole to hide in! You can’t stay in there forever! You have to-” As Kickaha shouted and shook the drainpipe it suddenly came loose from the side of the building, and with a great clattering of noise collapsed onto the school lawn. “Uh… I mean… Probably still in there?” Kickaha released his grip on what was left of the pipe standing up as it too fell

Tales From Switch City Jimmy’s Tale Meanwhile, in the abandoned warehouse district of Switch City, a nefarious science experiment was being undertaken by none other than the nefarious Dr. Mutagen. The creator of armies of evil half-human, half-animal hybrids, he constantly uses them in his quest for world conquest. Unfortunately, there were two things that often thwarted his schemes. One of them was those sickeningly sweet, goody two-shoes groups that called themselves the Justice Champions. The other was that not every person he converted into a half-animal hybrid agreed with his world domination plans. If he wasn’t being thwarted by one of those caped losers, he was having to put down a rebellion that often ended in him losing control of his entire army. Where were they even moving to anyway after they left his secret lair? Was there some island paradise out there where all his former minions chose to live? But this time it was going to be different. For, being the super

Tales From Switch City Deven’s Tale Switch City: a place built on a nexus in the multiverse where infinite timelines converge. With an infinite number of realities overlapping in this one place, it stands to reason that there are an infinite number of Switch Cities. Of course, some versions of it aren’t even a city. In some timelines, the area was never developed, in others, it may be another plane of existence, and in even others, it may be in outer space. Regardless of the ‘verse, this doesn’t stop the phenomenon known as a Reality Shift. This event is caused by the barrier between realities being so thin in Switch City that a person can easily slip between one reality and another without ever realizing it had happened. There is no limit or rules as to what kind of realities one can slip into. They might slip into a reality that is nearly identical to the one they left. Or, they might slip into a reality that doesn’t even have the slightest resemblance to their original world.

Tales From Switch City Cris’ Tale Switch City: A place built upon a nexus in the multiverse. Where every single timeline in existence collides and meets together, and where the borders between them are tenuous. So thin, that it is easy to accidentally slip from one reality into another without even realizing it. These accidents are known as Reality Shifts. Due to the complicated nature of multiple timelines, it’s impossible to say for certain how many Reality Shifts have occurred. The difference between two timelines could be as simple as what color shirt you wore for your third-grade photo, or as complex as the world’s population being a completely different species, or the use of magic or hyper advanced technologies. There was, however, one group of people where subtle changes tended to have more effect; visitors to the city. For those just passing through who had no intention of staying, even a slight change could dramatically alter how their lives unfolded from there. But Switch

Tales From Switch City Aurum’s Tale By CalexTheNeko Switch City, that strange place that just happened to be built on a nexus point between all worlds. The walls between realities and timelines were so thin, it was easy to accidentally wander into another reality without even noticing it. Due to the fact there were an infinite number of timelines and realities, many of them were very similar. When one went through a Reality Shift, it often wasn’t noticeable at all. They might simply have stepped into a world where the grocery store didn’t carry their favorite cereal anymore. Or, they might step into a world ruled by different creatures than their own species or one where the rules of magic and technology were vastly different from their own world. The biggest shock was always going from a world without magic to one where it was everywhere. But sometimes, magic didn’t take the form of wizards swinging around staves and conjuring fire. Sometimes, the magic was more subtle, interfacing

Switch city: a strange place built on a Nexus between worlds. There are an infinite number of universes and timelines, and an infinite number of versions of yourself. Under normal conditions you would remain oblivious to these other timelines, unable to ever enter or witness them. But, where there is a nexus, and the walls between realities are thin, it is possible to cross over even without knowing it. These events are called reality shifts, and occur quite often, yet most people don't even notice it, for many timelines are quite similar. For example, you may crossover into a timeline where back in the third grade your favorite color was red instead of blue. A difference between your realities to be sure, but one that may not have had any major impact on your life, and as a result nothing would be discernibly different when you entered your new reality. However, some timelines are radically different. Some have magic, some have advanced technology, and

Just Another Normal Day At School By CalexTheNeko Tick. Tick. Tick. Tick. Tony gave an exasperated sigh as he watched the clock slowly tick away. It wasn’t anywhere close to time to get out of class. Heck, it wasn’t even lunch time yet. But, as his teacher droned on Tony found it difficult to pay attention or follow along. It wasn’t because he was a bad student, or even easily distracted. Despite being in third grade he was clearly on a fifth-grade level, maybe even middle school. The problem was that he was bored. The current lesson the teacher was giving? He had already done it. The homework she was going to assign tonight was already completed. Tony was at least a month ahead in schoolwork, which left him not much to do in actual school. There was a reason for this. He had not always been the most studious of children. He hadn’t done bad in school, but he also hadn’t ever worked this hard. But certain extracurricular activities involving magic lessons from a trickster were

My Little Kickaha By CalexTheNeko “Hey, don’t blame me, you’re the one who said ‘hey is for horses.’ I was just helping out.” Kickaha snickered at the small horse, really more of a pony, that he had been addressing. She was currently trying to come to terms with the fact that she was a yellow and blue pony, which was shocking by itself. But what had really sent her for a swerve was the fact that someone had the audacity to talk back to her. “How… How dare you?!” The pony stammered. “You can’t talk to me like that! I’ll have you know that my cousin’s friend’s niece is an English teacher, so I know what I’m talking about! You should be thanking me for correcting your awful attempts at conversation.” “Seriously? That’s what you want to focus on?” Kickaha gave a blank stare. He was roughly eye level with her now, which wasn’t surprising considering that he too was a pony right now. He still had his normal orange rust colored fur, and the brown and orange mark that was normally on his

No Pants, Only Masks By CalexTheNeko It had been three days since the three young kokiri had set off from Kokiri Forest towards a festival far from their village. They were making great progress, but hunger dictated that they needed to stop for lunch. Thankfully, there was a river nearby for them to fish from. Calex and Zeelo sat on the deck preparing their fishing lines. They were the odd pair out of the three. They had shown up in the village a few years ago from parts unknown, but hey when you have a race of eternal forest children spawned from a giant magical tree, most didn’t ask too many questions. The two new arrivals had shown up without faeries. That had happened before, and the person involved turned out not to be a true kokiri, but even he was eventually granted one by the Great Deku Tree and had gone on to save the world or something. No one was sure why these two didn’t have faeries, nor why the forest didn’t grant them one, but, after multiple years they hadn’t aged a

Ignoring a Game’s ToS By CalexTheNeko Today was a special day, the kind of day that gamers around the world make plans, wait in lines in the cold, and camp out in front of stores waiting to be the first to harass a minimum wage employee into handing over their bundle of disks. Today… was release day. Cris wasn’t doing any of that. Instead, he was sitting comfy at home in front of his computer as the moon began to crest the horizon. At long last, Cambion V: Immortal Chaos had finally come out. Though it wasn’t a series that Cris was really into, a lot of his friends liked it, and it had multiplayer, so he was going to give it a fair try. Even if it did look like it was a world of edgelords. Opening up the CD tray, Cris inserted the installation disk into his computer. It had been over a decade since he last installed something this way, almost definitely since he was a kid, so it felt odd putting in a CD to install a game. Everything was digital these days. For reasons unknown, he