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Re: Uneasy Twilight. loyalty_ever October 11 2009, 03:54:50 UTC
"Ssuaj-ha, rekkhai." The words pinched past the harsh taste in his mouth, sour with dread and disgust.

His fingers clenched; he drew his disruptor to cover it.

The twilight...Aer'omn. That thing. It spun dreams, bright and gentle, to hide the sharp pressure of vile clutching teeth hidden in its appendages.

It devoured hope.

He suppressed a shudder and pried the door panel aside with his foot. No sense in getting any closer than he needed. The lights were sour and yellow; he lowered them to a less painful brightness. The man he was after wouldn't notice or care.

George Kirk hardly even stirred, bloodless, the thing coiled black and seething on his chest as it pulled everything from him, pulsing faintly with hateful life.

Ayel shook away a pang of dread, made himself lower his arm but did not holster his weapon. The room reeked of maybe and forever; the floor was sticky with it. Couldn't get caught ( ... )

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