"Oh." I say to KellyTires. "Yeah, I can work it." I'm not sure that going to the tower to talk to Metro right now is a great idea if we have raiders or Wendys incoming, but a part of me doesn't really care.
I'm impressed by Jemma. She's a sharp old…
"Yes, ma'am." I reply to Jemma as I shake her hand. I look her in the eye, too.
Well that solves that. I'd told Metro when we were supposed to be back in Salt. Either he had to go out to work on the tower, or he left to avoid me. Doesn't much matt…
I nod to KellyTires. "Hi." I say to Jemma- she looks too young to be somebody's grandmother- she's not that much older than me.
I blush when Kiddo calls Metro my boy. I stammer about him not being mine and that I'm just curious, but it's barely int…
I nod my head in thanks. "It was simple enough. I'm just glad we got there when we did- another hour or two and she might have died." It's always nice to chalk one up in the win column- especially a surgery on the hood of a car with no complications…
I feel lonely. Svenja is from my time, but I just can't connect with her. I thought I'd connected with Metro but he's gone and I don't know why. Nobody at this table really gives a shit about me and the trio of VB, Rinso and Kiddo are all over each …
"What? Oh, no." I reply to Svenja, shaking myself out of my thoughts. I'll walk back to the table with her, sitting down next to Motel6.
I listen to him talk- I could listen to him talk all night. I try to imagine what he looked like when he was y…
"Hey, Bicycle." I say, sitting down at the bar. I chew on my thumb nail, wondering if I should ask the tower workers about Metro. I don't have the guts, though- I sit at the bar and drink, trying not to think about him.
My stomach does one final flop when the van I'm hoping to see most definitely isn't there. I feel like all the air has been let out of me. I swallow, the lump in my throat not going anywhere.
I nod to Svenja. I most certainly could use a drink. It'…
I worry because Metro's messages for me stopped. The first day it was disappointing, but the next made me worry. I've managed to chew one of my nails down to the quick. Did he find someone else? Did he forget about me? What if something happened to …
"Oh." How on earth could someone make somebody do that to them self?!? No, not on Earth, I remind myself...
I've had mochi before- some benefit dinner for the hospital- I went with Ethan and barely tasted my food. That was in the beginning, before …
Advanced Moves
Act Under Fire- on a 12+, you transcend the danger, the pressure, the possibility of harm. You do what you set out to do, and the MC will offer you a better outcome, true beauty, or a moment of grace.
Read a Sitch- on a 12+, ask any …
"Kiddo wants to go there, after we finish this job." I say quietly to Svenja.
"What about this Brannigans guy- what's his deal?" I ask Touch, or really anyone.
Touch offered me spam! Caesar keeps talking about trying to get his hands on some- I offered to trade a chocolate bar for a tin of the stuff.
I listen to Motel6, not knowing what's truth or lie, but I enjoy it nonetheless. Svenja seems down, but I …
I help move the trucks when they are unloaded, feeling like a giant ass for having given VB that chocolate. There was no way I could have known, but I still feel bad.
The way Dulux runs his hand through his hair... it's *exactly* how Ethan used to …
If they've got a bag, I tie the infected organ off there, otherwise I tell them to bury or burn it- it's full of germs. I pull out a bottle of antibiotics and toss them over to payday- "Make sure she takes these, they will prevent infection."
I have to stop myself from biting my fingernails like six times while they clear space. I wasn't a surgeon in my former life, but it's a relatively simple procedure. I take a few calming breaths as I knock her out. I'd like to give her a general, bu…
I nod at Rinso, thankful for the reassurance.
"Fuck." I whisper. "She needs surgery. Her appendix is gonna burst. But cutting her open puts her at risk for infection. If I don't operate, though, she'll die for sure." I outline it to Spree, not suga…
I don't ask about Zips, though I file the name away in my head- maybe I'll ask Kiddo about it.
I get out of the truck. "Yeah." I say to Rinso. It's funny because I'm a coward up until the point where someone needs a doctor, then I'd run into a fire…
"Is that rare here?" I ask. Come to think of it, I haven't had any chocolate since waking up. I open up a bar and toss Vee half- that girl could use some empty calories.
"Yeah, I'm fine. What's going on up there?" Between the exhaustion yesterday and the drama between Kiddo and Saff, I just want to find a quiet corner of this planet and never hear anyone threaten to kill anyone ever again.
I smile widely at the message from Metro. I'm looking forward to getting back to Salt.
I stay in the damn truck, way back behind Kodak. I'm a coward and I know it.
I want to tell them not to fight. That they want the same thing. But neither is gonna hear me right now.
I wait until Saff looks at me and I wave her goodbye, sticking my tongue out at her.