Self-Control
Title: Self-Control
Genre: general
Series: Original
Comments: Written for oc_speedfic's second challenge: drinking. Incredibly craptastic; I'm sorry. Inspired by The Adventures of Sinbad -- if you're familiar with the series, you'll understand why. Much thanks to kaeru_chan and shinigamikender for inspiration and name-help.
Alexis stretched her sore muscles as she walked into the bar. Try to behave yourself, she told her little brother.
Sure, sure. The chipmunk wasn’t listening to her at all, choosing instead to peek his head around the bar, in search of goodies.
I’m serious, Aiden! Alexis snapped. I don’t want another hot air balloon incident!
We’re not in a hot air balloon.
You know what I mean!
PEANUTS!
The little chipmunk jumped out of Alexis’ breast pocket and scrambled across the floor towards the bar.
“AIDEN!” Alexis cut herself off as the entire bar turned and looked at her. Damn it! Of course the little bugger, small and brown as he was, would be impossible to see on the floor. She wouldn’t be able to catch him until -
“WAAAT DA BLOODY ‘ELL?!?!” A large, burly, and thoroughly drunk sailor leapt from his seat, startled by the chipmunk that had climbed up his cup to lap at his drink.
Oh yeeeeah, this is the stuff.
Alexis wanted to cry. Can’t you control yourself for THIRTY SECONDS? she wailed at him. Aiden didn’t dignify that with a response.
Mostly because he didn’t have time, as he had to jump off of the cup as the sailor swung a meaty fist straight for his head. The chipmunk lived, but the beer was hopelessly spilled on the floor.
“You’re still gonna havta pay for that,” the barkeep said evenly.
“FUCKING LITTLE RODENT!!!!!!!” the sailor roared. Alexis quickly moved a few steps closer so that Aiden could jump into her shoe, and then hurried out.
I only got a few nuts, Aiden whined as they left.
“And I didn’t get anything!” Alexis snarled. “Like SUPPLIES.”
What kind of supplies could you get at a bar? Aiden pointed out.
Alexis growled.
One of these days, she was going to KILL the little brat.
Genre: general
Series: Original
Comments: Written for oc_speedfic's second challenge: drinking. Incredibly craptastic; I'm sorry. Inspired by The Adventures of Sinbad -- if you're familiar with the series, you'll understand why. Much thanks to kaeru_chan and shinigamikender for inspiration and name-help.
Alexis stretched her sore muscles as she walked into the bar. Try to behave yourself, she told her little brother.
Sure, sure. The chipmunk wasn’t listening to her at all, choosing instead to peek his head around the bar, in search of goodies.
I’m serious, Aiden! Alexis snapped. I don’t want another hot air balloon incident!
We’re not in a hot air balloon.
You know what I mean!
PEANUTS!
The little chipmunk jumped out of Alexis’ breast pocket and scrambled across the floor towards the bar.
“AIDEN!” Alexis cut herself off as the entire bar turned and looked at her. Damn it! Of course the little bugger, small and brown as he was, would be impossible to see on the floor. She wouldn’t be able to catch him until -
“WAAAT DA BLOODY ‘ELL?!?!” A large, burly, and thoroughly drunk sailor leapt from his seat, startled by the chipmunk that had climbed up his cup to lap at his drink.
Oh yeeeeah, this is the stuff.
Alexis wanted to cry. Can’t you control yourself for THIRTY SECONDS? she wailed at him. Aiden didn’t dignify that with a response.
Mostly because he didn’t have time, as he had to jump off of the cup as the sailor swung a meaty fist straight for his head. The chipmunk lived, but the beer was hopelessly spilled on the floor.
“You’re still gonna havta pay for that,” the barkeep said evenly.
“FUCKING LITTLE RODENT!!!!!!!” the sailor roared. Alexis quickly moved a few steps closer so that Aiden could jump into her shoe, and then hurried out.
I only got a few nuts, Aiden whined as they left.
“And I didn’t get anything!” Alexis snarled. “Like SUPPLIES.”
What kind of supplies could you get at a bar? Aiden pointed out.
Alexis growled.
One of these days, she was going to KILL the little brat.