Meteora.
Title: Allergies
Word Count: 164
"So," Azazel said, balancing on the pads of his feet on the security desk and skimming his fingers across his palmtop, "it looks like we'll have to use the emergency stairwell to get past the first -" He was cut off as Jaedyn let out an explosive sneeze, loud enough to make both Sketch and Taesa jump. "To get past the first three floors," he continued, bringing up a projected display and spinning it with one hand, tracing a route in red with the tip of one finger. "After that I should be able to shut down the -" His ears flattened as Jaedyn sneezed again. "To shut down the nanoengines and -" A third sneeze, and he finally slapped the palmtop down on the desk, glaring at the robed girl. "Seriously, Jae?"
"Shut up," she replied in an obviously congested voice, and jabbed a finger accusingly at a decorative vase overflowing with flowers at one corner of the desk. "I'm allergic to lilies."
Word Count: 164
"So," Azazel said, balancing on the pads of his feet on the security desk and skimming his fingers across his palmtop, "it looks like we'll have to use the emergency stairwell to get past the first -" He was cut off as Jaedyn let out an explosive sneeze, loud enough to make both Sketch and Taesa jump. "To get past the first three floors," he continued, bringing up a projected display and spinning it with one hand, tracing a route in red with the tip of one finger. "After that I should be able to shut down the -" His ears flattened as Jaedyn sneezed again. "To shut down the nanoengines and -" A third sneeze, and he finally slapped the palmtop down on the desk, glaring at the robed girl. "Seriously, Jae?"
"Shut up," she replied in an obviously congested voice, and jabbed a finger accusingly at a decorative vase overflowing with flowers at one corner of the desk. "I'm allergic to lilies."