Wednesday 3 April 2024

Chapter Five: Finding Plasma Bugs

Chapter 5: Finding Plasma Bugs

Watcher: Sunset was a brilliant orange, but the warmth quickly faded and Haruo, well, he managed to get himself all highlighted by the sunset which probably wasn't a good idea if he didn't want to be ID'd by the rest of the hostile supernaturals namely those toothy plasmasuckers who had nothing better to do but drain humans of their life-essence and remark casually about how O- tasted better than A+ and whatever vintage was much tastier. Haruo hated those bloodsuckers with a passion. Nothing was better than to rip out the throat of one of those vampires and send them back to whatever hell they came from.

Haruo: "Man...black nails? People are going to think I'm contagious or something!"

Watcher: "Don't worry, nobody will notice..."

Haruo: You'd better hope not.

Watcher (threateningly): "Hey, I made you, I can remove you from this game..."

Haruo: "Oh, Please, can you, really, That would be so nice...??"

Watcher: "No."

Haruo: "drats..."

Watcher: "Meanwhile Haruo was bemoaning his fate with regards to being stuck in this sadistic Watcher's game of Let's see how much we can torture Haruo and by extension River and Bebe. Hey, the Watcher can call himself sadistic if he wants to. No point in sugar-coating it.

Bebe: "Guess I didn't do too badly. Found a plasma bug. "

Haruo: "Yeah, I found two."

River: "Heh heh heh...I found eight." Winner winner chicken dinner.

Bebe and Haruo: "Hey...she must've cheated!"

River: "No I didn't..."

Bebe and Haruo: Yes, you did...

River: "No I didn't..."

Watcher: "OK...next time you each find as many as you can...and well who ever wins it wins it, no complaints, got it?"

All: ~grumble~.

Watcher: "Now get in your tents, it's late and you all need some sleep."

River: "But I have to turn in the plasma bugs."

Watcher: "Oh, all right...get going...

Taxi Driver: "Hey Lady!!! I'm drivin' here!!! Get the heck outta the way!!!"

River: "Cranky driver!!!"

Watcher: "Well...at least she made it back safely after depositing a grand total of eleven plasma bugs for the night...little less sleep than the rest of the gang; a nice haul of about §48,950 in the account and a bunch of satisfied biology eggheads. What else could be better?"

All: "A house would be nice..."

Watcher: "Shut up and go to sleep!!!"

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