Fourth Explosion
[An action post]
Palom stood in front of the grocery store, his face pressed up tightly against the glass. It would not have been entirely out of character for him to merely salivate and stare, dreams of ice cream and sweets fluttering through his mind. But no. Other thoughts were occupying the boy's head. Namely: was it worth it to try? If he ( Read more... )
Palom stood in front of the grocery store, his face pressed up tightly against the glass. It would not have been entirely out of character for him to merely salivate and stare, dreams of ice cream and sweets fluttering through his mind. But no. Other thoughts were occupying the boy's head. Namely: was it worth it to try? If he ( Read more... )
She wished she could feel the magic, but that part of her was still sealed tight, no matter how she meditated or tried to draw it out of herself. But it was quite easy to see and hear. "Palom!" she hissed, looking around as she hurried over. "The police are going to see this," she said, but she watched what he was doing. Fire and Blizzard... that wasn't a bad idea, actually.
"How long have you been at this?"
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" . . . A while." Palom paused for a breath, panting as he parked his butt onto the ground. "I don't think it's gonna work." And of course, all this effort had just gone to make him even hungrier. Staring at the food through the windows certainly didn't help matters; though there was soot and frost all over the glass, he could tell that it wasn't even close to breaking. If it was even glass at all.
"What're we gonna do, sis?" He continued after a short pause, wiping his sweaty hair out of his face. "Do ya think they'll give the food back if they find out who broke in?"
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"I know... they seem to cover everything," said Porom with a frown. "Using fire and ice together was a good idea, though."
She sat next to him, a look of concern on her face. How much energy had he just burned up doing that? And in the summer, too... she shook her head at his question. "No. They already know who broke in--that's how people are brainwashed for punishment. They just want to turn us against each other and make us obey their rules."
She waited for him to recover more--but after that, she was going to take him back to her house and give him some of the little food she had managed to gather.
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He noted the expression on Porom's face. "It's OK. They said we don't die here, so -- might as well do everything I can." The boy scooted over to a grassy section of the ground and flopped over backwards. "And yeah, you're probably right. But maybe once we start arguing and stuff, they'll give the food back anyway. Maybe we should fake it."
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She frowned. "But I don't want to provoke some of the people in this town. I'm pretty sure one of them was suggesting cannibalism, or at least eating the drones. A fake argument could end up turning into murder if they get in on it."
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Palom picked a stray clover and looked at it thoughtfully for several seconds. After which he proceeded to put it in his mouth.
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She glanced at the clover, but didn't say anything as Palom ate it. They were edible, after all. She didn't look for anything, though... she'd already had some clover and dandelion leaves today.
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