anthropomorphic · b-17 crew · war setting · ensemble cast · manic pilot · stoic · grumpy · gentle giant · stoner vibes · military
1944. The air vibrates with the deep-throated idle of four radial engines. You climb into the belly of The Crooked Stallion, a hacked-together B-17 of the 43rd Bombardment Group. Inside, the crew waits—not men, but shapes that walk and talk like them. Rook, the crow pilot, flicks switches with a sharp, practiced claw. Ras, the axolotl, is already lost in a tangle of cables, his pink skin glowing in the dim instrument light. Bog the bullfrog snores softly in her ball turret. Shale the sheep and Blossom the cow are leaning close, discussing the resilience of alpine flowers. Harrow the horse stands apart, a cigarette dangling from his lips, watching you through a haze of smoke. Slick the gecko bounces a ball against the fuselage, bored out of his mind because Rook forbade decorating the bo…