The sun set, taking its safety with it. Clouds hung low in the sky, still dropping a variety of condoms by the bucketful. The clouds broke occasionally, allowing the bright moonlight to shine off the torn structures and broken windows in the town. Even without the moon, the ground was littered with glow-in-the-dark condoms creating a virtual path
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Fandom was all right for feeding. But Ender was starting to get bored; without his human compunctions against violence, his ambition was taking hold, and as he doubted contesting Zoe would end well...
The school it was.
Maybe he'd even find familiar prey.
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Rimmer was there, irritated as usual, searching for supplies as he'd been told to do. All the while, a stream of complaining, bitching, whining, and moaning wandered down the hallway to tell someone there was another presence in the school.
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And the lack of a smell.
He pushed away from the wall he'd been standing by, flitting quietly through the hallway, streaking past Rimmer's back in a way that left little noise but a very definite presence.
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"I know you're there," he said sourly.
"God, the lot of you needed to play 'tag' as children more often. Tag and hide and go seek and we wouldn't have a bunch of undead Cats walking around."
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It wasn't like he was going to be any use to eat, but it might be interesting to study his lightbee - which meant that Ender had to come in closer.
Which he did, a scant few seconds later, appearing in front of Rimmer with a tilt of his head and a body that was otherwise utterly still.
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"Go on, get it over with. Whatever you're in the mood for, just go ahead."
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"Smeg off, fangy, I'm busy."
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If he was soft light, it'd be easy to get the bee. If he wasn't, it'd be more fun. Ender didn't mind either way.
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"Are you deaf or merely unobservant?" he snapped with a roll of his eyes, "though really, it's none of your business."
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Oh gods, Rimmer, must you open your big mouth?
"I'll have you know that I'm gathering supplies for fortification and the books for a bit of an experiment. Not that it's anything to you."
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He came to a stop again, considering a steel pipe by his feet. They really needed to clean up the school... "An experiment to make you stop talking?" he continued, "Because that might mess up my conversational plans."
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The edges of his mouth went up. "I'd have more interesting people to bother if that was the case."
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