For aingeal8c
Number One - Whimsy/ Reality
“Benny, not that I’m complaining or anything: but why are we here?” Ray Vecchio looked around himself with an expression of extreme distaste. The Chicago sewer system was not his first choice on any list, even in the best of circumstances.
The hottest day of the year so far? Most definitely not the best circumstances.
“I apologise, Ray, but I deemed the reports worthy to follow up. The fact that the robberies have all been happening very near to the section of sewer that’s currently closed of for repair work could be significant.”
“Whatever.” Ray gingerly stepped over a dried up pile of something that looked an unhealthy shade of iridescent green and tried to keep up with the Mountie. They were currently wolfless, and Ray was really beginning to wish that he’d stayed up on the street with Diefenbaker. Given the extensive argument that Fraser had indulged in with the creature, Ray was sure that he and Dief shared an opinion about sewers (and when had he started anthropomorphizing the wolf even more than Fraser, anyway?)
“Ah. Not exactly what I suspected.”
Krrrrblmrp?
Ray cursed and grabbed his gun from the holster as he ran to catch up with Fraser who had adopted a pose remarkably akin to parade rest in front of a hole seemingly chewed into the side of the sewer wall.
Skidding to a halt in front of the Mountie, who was leaning forwards with an expression of curiosity on his face, Ray leveled his gun and yelled, “Chicago P.D!”
Squinting at the unexpected brightness on the other side of the hole, Ray took in what looked like a cave, filled with piles and piles of stuff-everything ranging from all the jewelry (and more) that had been stolen over the past two weeks to tin cans, scrunched up cooking foil and bits of brightly coloured plastic traffic bollards. The haphazard illumination was being provided by a scattered and battered collection of miner’s lanterns, camping lanterns and torches. Sitting in the middle of this was a small, silverish green dragon.
“I don’t believe this,” Ray said with a sigh.
mrrrplwwt?
“Benny, not that I’m complaining or anything: but why are we here?” Ray Vecchio looked around himself with an expression of extreme distaste. The Chicago sewer system was not his first choice on any list, even in the best of circumstances.
The hottest day of the year so far? Most definitely not the best circumstances.
“I apologise, Ray, but I deemed the reports worthy to follow up. The fact that the robberies have all been happening very near to the section of sewer that’s currently closed of for repair work could be significant.”
“Whatever.” Ray gingerly stepped over a dried up pile of something that looked an unhealthy shade of iridescent green and tried to keep up with the Mountie. They were currently wolfless, and Ray was really beginning to wish that he’d stayed up on the street with Diefenbaker. Given the extensive argument that Fraser had indulged in with the creature, Ray was sure that he and Dief shared an opinion about sewers (and when had he started anthropomorphizing the wolf even more than Fraser, anyway?)
“Ah. Not exactly what I suspected.”
Krrrrblmrp?
Ray cursed and grabbed his gun from the holster as he ran to catch up with Fraser who had adopted a pose remarkably akin to parade rest in front of a hole seemingly chewed into the side of the sewer wall.
Skidding to a halt in front of the Mountie, who was leaning forwards with an expression of curiosity on his face, Ray leveled his gun and yelled, “Chicago P.D!”
Squinting at the unexpected brightness on the other side of the hole, Ray took in what looked like a cave, filled with piles and piles of stuff-everything ranging from all the jewelry (and more) that had been stolen over the past two weeks to tin cans, scrunched up cooking foil and bits of brightly coloured plastic traffic bollards. The haphazard illumination was being provided by a scattered and battered collection of miner’s lanterns, camping lanterns and torches. Sitting in the middle of this was a small, silverish green dragon.
“I don’t believe this,” Ray said with a sigh.
mrrrplwwt?